In an increasingly unstable world, Britain can’t afford to isolate itself from its allies | David Miliband

It must learn to use its global reach and power wisely as other, sometimes predatory, nations grow in influence

The headlines this past week have been about further terrible events in Gaza and the desperate need for a sustained ceasefire, alongside a paradigm shift in the way the war is conducted, but foreign policy is rarely at the centre of general election campaigns and 2024 is unlikely to be an exception. However, the UK does not have the luxury of thinking that the rest of the world doesn't matter.

This was one of the delusions of Brexit: that there is a future where our destiny depends only on our own decisions rather than on our ability to engage, incentivise, bargain with and deter others.