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  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    News in-depth
    Boris Johnson on back foot as UK tries to reset relationship with US

    PM hopes shared international policy interests will overcome Biden’s unfavourable initial impressions

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Life & Arts
    From Suez to Brexit and back again: Britain’s long search for a role

    Britain’s departure from the EU reopens a difficult debate over its place in the world

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Finding a new role for the UK in the world

    ‘Global Britain’ must rethink how it can best safeguard its interests

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    Johnson prepares ‘global Britain’ relaunch in wake of Brexit

    PM wants to use G7 and UN climate summit to burnish his reputation on world stage

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    UK to send troops to Mali peacekeeping operation

    Three-year deployment to UN mission seen as post-Brexit solidarity with French forces

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Philip Stephens
    Nostalgia is no substitute for a post-Brexit foreign policy

    The UK has plenty to contribute to global security but first it must be comfortable in the present

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    UK government spending
    Business groups call on Johnson to rethink overseas aid cuts

    Sunak expected to announce temporary reduction to 0.5% of GDP in spending review

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    UK public finances
    Downing St refusal to guarantee UK aid budget prompts backbench ire

    Temporary cut seen as possible way to help fill hole in the public finances

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    Philip Stephens
    The ‘special relationship’ has run out of time

    Joe Biden is unlikely to bear a grudge against Boris Johnson, but the UK is losing its relevance

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Brexit
    Biden warns Johnson not to let Brexit upend NI peace process

    US president-elect includes British PM among first world leaders to be contacted

  • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    Boris Johnson to stress common policy interests with Joe Biden

    Allies of prime minister insist he is no ‘mini-Trump’ as UK seeks to preserve special relationship

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Dominic Raab self-isolating after exposure to coronavirus

    UK foreign secretary working from home with US election unclear and travel restrictions on Sweden and Germany

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Robert Shrimsley
    Brexit Britain adopts the Microsoft model

    After leaving the EU, the country is about to have another go at defining its global role

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    Royal Navy chief warns climate change creates new security risks

    Melting ice allows Chinese warships faster route to Atlantic, says Britain’s first sea lord

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    Gideon Rachman
    The Johnson government should fear Trump, not Biden

    A second Trump administration would adopt a much more coercive foreign policy towards the UK

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    UK, Canada impose sanctions against Belarus president

    Lukashenko targeted amid unabated protests in Minsk following disputed elections

  • Saturday, 12 September, 2020
    Simon Fraser
    Picking up the broken pieces of UK foreign policy

    The challenge is to define a credible new role for a medium-sized international power

  • Wednesday, 26 August, 2020
    Global InsightMartin Sandbu
    How the ‘E3’ can help British-EU co-operation overcome Brexit

    Group comprising France, Germany and Britain have an interest in strengthening their collaboration

  • Sunday, 23 August, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Tim Barrow to be political director at enlarged UK Foreign Office

    Top officials announced for department after merger with international development

  • Monday, 3 August, 2020
    UK’s high commissioner in Delhi to lead expanded Foreign Office

    Philip Barton must oversee merger of two departments while maintaining diplomatic clout

  • Wednesday, 29 July, 2020
    British Secret Intelligence Service
    MI6 names former ambassador to Turkey as new chief

    Diplomat Richard Moore to take over UK’s foreign intelligence service as focus shifts to fresh threats

  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Camilla Cavendish
    The UK must take Russian meddling more seriously

    Parliamentary report shows Moscow’s influence is no laughing matter

  • Tuesday, 21 July, 2020
    Pompeo urges UK action as China tensions rise

    US secretary of state discusses use of Britain’s new sanctions regime on Chinese officials

  • Monday, 20 July, 2020
    UK suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty ‘indefinitely’

    China expected to be prominent issue when US secretary of state Mike Pompeo visits London on Tuesday

  • Sunday, 19 July, 2020
    UK signals it will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong

    Raab also criticises Beijing’s ‘egregious human rights abuses’ against Uighur minority

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