Simon McDonald: “It’s the end of the game for Britain”
The former head of the Foreign Office on the UK’s decline, why we should not “make an enemy” of China…
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Britain must be pragmatic, but we can still pursue our vision of a better world
We should not abandon idealism nor our faltering international institutions, but new alliances are also needed.
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Liberal internationalism has failed, but we can live in a multipolar world
A new era of great-power rivalry and resource competition need not end in ruin.
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Europe’s focus is on Ukraine and the east – but relations with Africa are as important
By 2050 two in every five children in the world are projected to born in Africa. It is the continent…
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The New Age of Tragedy
Great-power rivalry, resource scarcity and the crumbling of the liberal rules-based order.
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China’s wolf-warrior diplomacy is pushing it closer to Russia
The Chinese ambassador to France said that ex-Soviet states don’t have an “effective status under international law”.
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The EU cannot afford to take sides in the contest between the US and China
Europe’s economy, dependent on global supply chains, is not built for Cold War-style relations.
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The world according to Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
China and Russia are united in an epic struggle against the West – and their leaders seek nothing less than…
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