Schröder and Merkel long insisted Putin was a trustworthy partner, but Germany under Scholz has now been forced to take the side of freedom.
Is the British public remotedly prepared for possible cyber attacks aimed at our national infrastructure?
If Xi Jinping comes to believe the West will not defend its allies, the consequences could be disastrous.
“Now we see him for what he is: a bloodstained aggressor who believes in imperial conquest.”
“However long it takes, that will be the steadfast and unflinching goal of the United Kingdom.”
Control of important industries gives Putin scope to hit back. If he thinks he can endure the pain longer than we can, they will be a poor deterrent.
The Salisbury attack constituted a kind of education in how brutal and shameless Moscow is prepared to be when flouting national sovereignty.
Moreover, its leaders do not understand his motivations. He doesn’t want a win in Ukraine; he wants a continuing crisis.
When the Chancellor has to sub you two hundred quid to keep the lights, some fresh ideas are needed.
They may very well decide that if the establishment wants Johnson gone so badly he must be doing something right.
It is also clear that Rishi Sunak is positioning himself to be able to take over as PM.
Be ready too, for him to surprise by doing less than expected, in the hope that the more skittish members of the Alliance peel off.
NATO has to accept that the Germans will never voluntarily take part in another war against the Russians.
The President is scarred by his disastrous mishandling of the Taliban’s summer takeover of Afghanistan.
The conventional war on the Central European landmass unfolding before us is a massive international event – comparable in security terms to a 9/11.