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Starmer’s Iran approach may anger Trump, but it fits with his foreign policy philosophy

So long as the UK remains committed to progressive realism, the Trumpian realist pursuit of regime change will put even more pressure on the special...

04.03.2026 10

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Jason Ralph

Why Keir Starmer had to speak out against Trump over Greenland after staying quiet on Venezuela

Pragmatic realism called for compromise when it came to Venezuela, but there is no reasonable explanation for an invasion of Greenland.

19.01.2026 9

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Trump state visit: behind talk of harmony there are notes of discord

Both sides insisted they operate in great harmony, but notes of discord will be obvious to the outside world.

19.09.2025 4

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Keir Starmer at the White House: what ‘progressive realism’ now means in relation to Ukraine and Donald Trump

Starmer seems to have come away with the chance at avoiding tariffs by recognising the constraints of the reality on the ground in Washington.

28.02.2025 4

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