While campaigns will largely focus on domestic issues that are most important to voters — NHS waiting lists, the cost of living, and mortgage rates — over the next six weeks, the crises facing the world at large will continue to unfold and intersect in new and dangerous ways.

Auhor: Major General James Michael Cowan CBE, DSO is Chief Executive of the Halo Trust and former Commander in the Armed Forces.

The world is facing a daunting set of international challenges. Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine rages on, China’s rapid military build-up is more expansive than anything seen since World War II, and a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza. When the world needs stability, more voters than ever in history will head to the polls in 2024, including the UK, US, and India.

Authors: The Rt Hon Alistair Burt and Ryan Henson

At a time when the world is facing what Lord Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, has described as a daunting set of international challenges, the United Kingdom is at its most influential when it acts as a global leader in development as well as in defence and diplomacy.

Author: Tom Collinge, Head of Policy and Comms at Progressive Britain

I was privileged to attend a dinner recently organised by the coalition for global prosperity marking the anniversary of Winston Churchill’s sinews of peace speech. The subject of the dinner, and of the speech, was what role should Britian play in the world in the context of its longstanding partnership and cultural ties with America. It is indeed the speech where Churchill coined the phrase “special relationship” to describe that warm in principle and often difficult in practice partnership between the two countries.