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Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and…
Read MoreAustralia and US pledge stronger ties, EU calls for trade deal and Johnson refuses to rule out getting involved in a conflict involving the islandChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has vowed to resist “interference from external forces” as Taiwan welcomed …
Read MoreAustralia’s defence minister says Aukus pact makes region safer and ‘no amount of propaganda can dismiss the facts’Australia has dismissed “outbursts” from China over its decision to develop nuclear-powered submarines and flagged plans for more US mili…
Read MoreWe know from Iraq that those with responsibility for 20 years of strategic disaster won’t actually be held responsibleOn the morning of 14 March 1757, one of the Royal Navy’s most senior serving admirals, John Byng, was marched on to the deck of the wa…
Read MoreJames Heappey, armed forces minister, says it is important to let veterans know their service was not in vainBritish veterans of the conflict in Afghanistan will be feeling vulnerable and questioning whether their service was worth it as they witness t…
Read MorePrime minister’s statement follows criticism from leading military figures of west’s withdrawalBoris Johnson will tell British veterans of Afghanistan that he will “do right by” soldiers who served during the 20-year campaign, after significant critici…
Read MorePlight of aide who served with British troops and is now destitute in Greece raises fears over prospects for other escapeesAn Afghan interpreter who risked his life working with British forces is stranded and destitute in Greece, prompting concerns ove…
Read MoreOfficers say soldiers encouraged to ‘share feelings and open up’ after trauma of Afghan evacuationBritish soldiers were “a matter of metres” from last week’s deadly bomb blast at Kabul airport – and are taking part in decompression therapy to help deal…
Read MoreLabour calls for an end to ‘unseemly infighting at the top of government’ after response to defence secretaryDominic Raab has hit back at his cabinet colleague Ben Wallace’s assertion that he knew the “game was up” in Afghanistan by July, escalating th…
Read MoreAttempts to legitimise warfare should be met with scepticism, argues Andrew Clapham. Plus letters from Prof Keith Hayward, Blaine Stothard and Margaret VandecasteeleSamuel Moyn is right to emphasise how humanising war has distracted attention from ques…
Read MoreBen Wallace also contrasts his department’s handling of Afghanistan crisis with Foreign Office responseBen Wallace, Britain’s defence secretary, suggested the US could no longer be considered a superpower in an interview where he also contrasted his de…
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Read MoreOpen letter from the prime minister tells military personnel they should take ‘the greatest pride’ in their service there, and that gains made will live onBoris Johnson has responded to criticism that the rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan has undermine…
Read MoreThe British ambassador to Afghanistan, Sir Laurie Bristow, said it was ‘time to close this phase’ of the evacuation effort, after the final UK flight for Afghan nationals left Kabul airport. About 14,000 people have been airlifted out of the country by…
Read MoreChaotic airlift ends after taking around 14,000 people out of Taliban-controlled countryThe final UK evacuation flight purely for Afghan nationals has left Kabul airport, ending an often chaotic process in which about 14,000 people were airlifted out o…
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