Some good things, a few bad ones, some absences – and an opportunity missed not so much to level up Britain as to level with voters.
Britain can convene a coalition of countries, including Poland, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands and the Baltic states, possibly with Ukraine in association.
The UK and governments across the west have started to act. But we’re still just starting to figure out how to respond.
It is not is a clear-cut issue, and those that claim it is are doing our public discourse a disservice.
Wallace has done well to win an exceptional defence settlement, but it may not be enough to fund all the Integrated Review’s ambitions.
During the last year, we’ve learned much about the Government – but far more about ourselves.
The impulse of Brexit is to prove Britain’s openness by striking out, but this tilt increases our security dependence on Europe.
And if that projection is to be effective, we will need to invest in our operating bases – and not just at traditional sites.
The Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy is upon us. But will the capabilities follow the challenges, or vice-versa?
Offering help to those who need it is a far more constructive and effective approach than hitting all gamblers with bans and restrictions.
The delay to the review, historic increases to defence spending and rumoured cuts to troop numbers paint a picture of an organisation in flux.
The D10 presents an opportunity for coordinating democracies around goals of combating climate change while securing supply chains.
It will need to make hard choices and to show evidence of a clarity and long-term vision that, to date, have been rather notable by their absence.
Some are having fun with Alan Duncan’s diary revelation that Tobias wants Svetland to become a UK spaceport. They shouldn’t.