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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

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Merging USAID into the State Department is a good idea being carried out badly

Placing the administration of development aid within a country’s foreign ministry is not some strange, grasping display of control freakery.

14.02.2025 4

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Should we take Trump 2.0 literally, or seriously?

He meant what he said, however outlandish, aggressive, impetuous or simply preposterous, and the power of his determination should not be...

21.01.2025 3

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For fear of finding something worse: Trump and the end of the global rules-based order

The impending second presidency of Donald Trump is a challenge to the framework of global politics and diplomacy that it may not survive.

12.01.2025 4

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

The wider meaning of the Archbishop of Canterbury's resignation

In England, where the archbishop wields real authority, the church is decline.

20.12.2024 5

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How well does Donald Trump understand Elon Musk?

While Musk did not stint or hesitate in his support for Trump, the world’s richest man is not in ideological lockstep with his new friend.

24.11.2024 2

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

How will the UK deal with the second Trump presidency?

There have been several awkward stumbles in the relationship between the once-and-future president and his British counterpart.

14.11.2024 2

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

The post-imperial saga over Diego Garcia's sovereignty

For nearly 50 years, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean has been a critical part of the American global strategic footprint.

10.11.2024 2

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Meet the new leader of the UK Conservative Party

Badenoch has always presented herself as a no-nonsense, right-of-center conservative with a powerful belief in free markets and personal...

06.11.2024 2

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How would a President Harris deal with Saudi Arabia?

As president, Harris would need to engage with Saudi Arabia or take a conscious — and momentous — decision not to do so.

29.10.2024 2

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

The United Nations is on the verge of irrelevance

There are two unpalatable truths about the U.N.

14.10.2024 2

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

How seriously should we take Putin’s threats of nuclear escalation?

Putin's proposed radical revision of Russian nuclear doctrine has to be read alongside what he has actually done over the course of the Ukraine war.

02.10.2024 3

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Is Britain’s ‘green’ foreign policy innovative or mere posturing?

Climate change is not the same type of threat as terrorism or state aggression, and it is much more susceptible to methodical scientific analysis...

24.09.2024 2

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

The Trump-Vance plan for Ukraine is insane

This is the imposition of a Russian veto on Ukrainian foreign policy.

18.09.2024 6

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How will Britain’s defense review affect its allies?

Whoever occupies the White House in 2025 will still find a “special relationship,” but its junior partner will have less hard power to contribute.

16.09.2024 2

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Can Germany’s move to the far right be stopped?

A firewall is not enough.

06.09.2024 40

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Can Emmanuel Macron solve the parliamentary impasse he created?

If he has the inclination for self-reflection, Macron must be wondering if his decision to call a snap election was wholly wise.

29.08.2024 2

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Britain won't win a free-speech fight against Elon Musk

The dangers of mass immigration and the limits of multiculturalism have become favorite Musk talking points.

15.08.2024 2

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Why the far-right is rioting in Britain

It is now obvious that the tragic murder of three young girls in Southport was merely an excuse seized upon by far-right, racist, anti-Muslim...

08.08.2024 4

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Don’t expect too much from the Afghanistan War Commission 

Last week the bipartisan Afghanistan War Commission held its first public hearing since it was established in 2021, with members of the foreign...

28.07.2024 20

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

Comparing the history of political violence in America and the UK

Any decent citizen abhors violence and its presence in the political system. But can we ever eradicate it?

19.07.2024 2

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor

How the Labour Party swept the board, and what happens next

Labour’s position is, for the moment, crushingly dominant and Starmer will not lose much sleep over parliamentary opposition as he begins the hard...

12.07.2024 2

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Eliot Wilson, Opinion Contributor