Rishi Sunak plans US trip with Northern Ireland high on agenda

UK offi­cials in flur­ry of diplo­ma­cy seek­ing agree­ment with EU over pro­to­col, but play down talk that deal is close Rishi Sunak is con­sid­er­ing a trip to vis­it Joe Biden in the US as talks between the UK and EU over the North­ern Ire­land pro­to­col inten­si­fy. The prime minister’s offi­cials are draw­ing up plans for him…

China Is Doing Biden’s Work for Him

If Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s trip to Asia—marked as it was by his com­ments on the defense of Tai­wan, announce­ments on a pro­posed new region­al trade pact, and meet­ings with lead­ers who exhib­it sim­i­lar lev­els of con­cern about a ris­ing China—has shown the per­sis­tence of Amer­i­can glob­al pow­er, it has also revealed some­thing of equal importance:…

US intelligence told to keep quiet over role in Ukraine military triumphs

US intel­li­gence told to keep qui­et over role in Ukraine mil­i­tary tri­umphs CIA vet­er­ans advise suc­ces­sors against ‘unwise’ intel­li­gence boasts that could trig­ger esca­la­tion from Rus­sia Rus­sia-Ukraine war: lat­est updates For­mer US intel­li­gence offi­cers are advis­ing their suc­ces­sors cur­rent­ly in office to shut up and stop boast­ing about their role in Ukraine’s mil­i­tary suc­cess­es. Two…