Backing Ukraine, staying out of Iran and riding the Trump rollercoaster: how Starmer handled foreign affairs

<p>Analysts say foreign policy was an ‘area of relative strength’ for the prime minister – but goodwill with the White House soon evaporated</p><p>Keir Starmer inherited two wars and a country disconnected from the EU when he arrived in Downing Street – and that was before Donald Trump crash-landed at the White House and undermined the foundations of the UK’s most important alliance.</p><p>It was a context that would have tested any prime minister, though in many respects Starmer negotiated it carefully. But longer-term questions of Britain’s security remain unresolved, and the UK’s place in the world is less certain.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/22/how-tensions-with-trump-dominated-starmer-premiership">Continue reading...</a>