Setback at home will intensify US president’s ‘America First’ foreign policy stance

French president pays for overpromising as rumours of burnout afflict his brand

Vote is dress rehearsal for a hugely consequential presidential race in 2020

President is successfully pitting country’s nationalists against its globalists

Political bickering over which country is most to blame undermines foreign policy

French president’s ‘neither left nor right’ vision has yet to materialise

US president’s invective has leaned towards the authoritarian end of the spectrum

The US president shares basic traits with other scions of wealth

The constitution has become a plaything of two increasingly venomous parties

French president is alarmed at no-deal scenario and deferring difficult issues

Party’s fight to approve Supreme Court nominee risks further alienation of female voters

Georgia’s mourning for its former champion feels like a wake for US influence in eastern Europe

Donald Trump’s laziness is a saving grace for international security

Brazil has lost cultural treasures and any interest in rational argument

As the dispute escalates, both sides are guilty of misreading each other’s weaknesses

Jeff Sessions offers cautionary tale to Lindsey Graham in dealing with US president

US president’s isolation would play to his strength: to campaign rather than to lead

Disgruntled public no longer seems willing to put patriotism before wellbeing

Beijing sees squeeze on opposition parties and push against independence as essential

As Europe wins a reprieve over trade the portents for Beijing have commensurately darkened