Donald Trump’s threats to take the territory have divided parliamentary candidates over the future of Danish rule
Joseph Nye coined the term for the influence countries exert through attraction. Here he sets out why exclusive nationalism is likely to prove a losing strategy
Trump is the heir to a national-populist strain that runs deep in American politics
US decisions can no longer be analysed using assumptions shared across the democratic west
Tuning out the external world may be tempting but it’s the wrong strategy
Reform UK’s leaders risk misreading the British electorate’s appetite for Trumpian policies on climate and Ukraine
Can talks between the US and Russia reach a lasting settlement over Ukraine? So far, argues historian Margaret MacMillan, the signs are not looking good
Liberal nationalists must respond with imagination to US policies rather than gripe at being cut out of Ukraine talks
Rapprochement with Moscow over war in Ukraine serves Beijing’s aim of multipolar world order
The defence of freedom at home and in Europe is the paramount task facing likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz
The lesson of this world-changing month is that geography matters — despite what the Brexit campaign claimed
Washington has decided to abandon both Ukraine and its postwar role in the world
Move that was backed by Russia and China deals further blow to western unity
Europe will have to defend liberal democracy without American support
Despite Trump’s diplomatic cavalry charge, the Kremlin will continue to view the west as an enemy
Donald Trump’s abandonment of allies is real and will endure
The ‘special relationship’ has underpinned the UK’s security since the Suez Canal debacle — but the world has changed
Donald Trump is the first US president to voice a pessimistic worldview
Trump’s actions on Russia and Ukraine will be a ‘test case’
Neither the US nor China is willing to assume the responsibility
George Bernard Shaw was right — progress depends on ‘unreasonable’ people
The continent has been shocked by Trump’s antagonism but not yet jolted into action on defence
Washington’s message at Munich security conference sends shockwaves through transatlantic alliance
This is a world in which no one can ‘price’ peace any more
