Elliott Daly

Aug 30, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Dominic Nicholls |Josh Bourne |Elliott Daly

Many Western allies are so fearful of how Russia could respond to an escalation with Ukraine that they won’t allow certain donated weapon systems to be used further inside Russia. Faced with the unending prospect of having to fight this war in a pair of golden handcuffs, Kyiv has decided to test Moscow’s limits by doing two things: invading Russia and developing its own fleet of ballistic missiles.

Aug 2, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Francis Dearnley |Josh Bourne |Elliott Daly |Rachel Slater

Despite more than two years of war – and hundreds of thousands of casualties – Western leaders remain divided on what they want Kyiv to achieve. Many seek Ukraine’s survival in some form as a sovereign nation; others argue anything less than Russia’s defeat, evicted from Ukraine entirely would be appeasement, and far more dangerous. This absence of a clear objective has led to a muddled policy of arming Ukraine with enough to survive, but not enough to win.

Jun 21, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Roland Oliphant |Josh Bourne |Elliott Daly

When Britain’s next prime minister takes office on July 5, after he is finished with the photo opportunity outside Number 10, he will sit down at a desk to write sealed letters to the commanders of the country’s nuclear missile submarines. It is the first thing every prime minister does, and in happier times it would just be part of the ritual of British politics. But these are not ordinary times.

May 23, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Roland Oliphant |Elliott Daly |Josh Bourne

Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is seeking the arrest of three of Hamas’s top commanders but also Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his defence minister Yoav Gallant. For those that support the ICC and its chief prosecutor, this demonstrates that the court is not simply an instrument of Western power - it shows that everybody is equal before the law, and that’s important for impartiality and credibility.

May 10, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Dominic Nicholls |Elliott Daly |Josh Bourne

The term “useful idiot” was first coined in the Cold War to describe unwitting supporters of the Soviet Union. Since then the phrase has morphed into other areas of everyday life, but is still largely rooted in the fields of politics and international confrontation.