The EU and the CPTPP differ profoundly in terms of scope and depth. Closer links are of course desirable, but to think that such links remove the question of Britain’s deeper access to the European s… (View Post)

Charles’s trip to the U.S. (planned for July) should be veto-able by Mark Carney. For now, I can’t see why the UK itself might want to cancel such a trip, but I can see where to go ahead would be con… (View Post)

Nobody seriously think that Greenland lacks “proper protection” from China or Russia. (View Post)

Putin not willing to let recent humiliations in Venezuela and the North Sea prevent him from reinforcing the wedge between U.S. and Europe. Compare with China, who have criticized Trump outright as h… (View Post)

I still think it exceedingly unlikely that Trump is going to “invade” Greenland, not least because the idea is incredibly unpopular with the American public. However, the man is a deranged sociopath,… (View Post)