Proponents of ‘Global Britain’ underestimate just how difficult it is to do deals

Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt appeals to opponents of democracy and the rule of law

But as its rightwing variant flags, the leftwing version could surge

I made my biggest mistakes by succumbing to optimism but my gloomy bets have come in

The legacy of Deng Xiaoping has been threatened during the past year

The thesis that rivalry leads to war captures the attention of Washington and Beijing

Beijing needs to grasp that there has been a profound bipartisan shift in US thinking

The French contradiction of a demand for lower taxes and better public services will stay unresolved

Shinzo Abe will reduce tensions if he can but the Asian superpower is a potent threat

Pundits and politicians unearth bewildering analogies from Britain’s past

Britain’s tradition of political stability is even more valuable than EU membership

Growing military tensions make the US-China trade dispute harder to settle

When the US president calls journalists ‘enemies of the people’ it emboldens dictators

The presidents represent competing traditions of thought about international relations

Donald Trump’s nationalist ideology fails to heed lessons of the 1930s

Germany is heading for a period of introversion and instability

Even ultimate failure would not invalidate his claim to be a truly historic president

Do not expect radical shifts in US Middle East policy despite Khashoggi scandal

Brazil threatens to become part of a global political turn away from liberalism