
The great Afghan cover-up
This data breach is a humiliation of the British state – and its pretensions to intervene abroad.
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This data breach is a humiliation of the British state – and its pretensions to intervene abroad.
ByKeir Starmer wants to lead a security government but isn’t prepared to pay the cost.
ByThe far right will always be an impediment to strategic autonomy.
ByWhat is the point of Keir Starmer’s “coalition of the willing”?
ByLabour should argue for defence spending to be ringfenced outside the normal fiscal rules.
ByTomorrow's Spring Statement should recognise a simple truth: economic and national security are now inextricable.
ByJohn Swinney is stepping up support for the defence industry and backing Keir Starmer’s diplomacy.
ByNo matter how they spin it, there is no practical alternative to American military power.
ByEnergised by international events, the Prime Minister has defined his ideas for the state.
ByIt still has many cards it can play against Russia.
ByThe Prime Minister has found the definition he lacked but tensions over spending cuts remain.
ByAs the West rearms against the Russian threat, Scotland’s government risks appearing detached from reality.
ByKeir Starmer’s new direction on defence and immigration echoes his party’s past.
ByKeir Starmer’s defence spending increase is a very expensive lesson in failing to plan ahead.
ByEven Conservative backbenchers guffawed at yet another takedown by Starmer.
ByThe defence budget is already a procurement disaster.
ByThe fate of the special relationship in a new global order.
ByThere is an opportunity for the UK in this turbulent international order.
ByGovernment needs to be totally rethought if the UK is to fill the “gaping holes” in its military preparedness.
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