UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visits to the UAE and Saudi Arabia this week took place at a crucial time for the region and the Western world, amid the Gaza war, the Hezbollah-Israel war and the unexpected collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, which came 13 years too late.

The world after COP29 in Azerbaijan will be looked at as more of the same, if not worse.

As the world digests the result of last week’s momentous US presidential election and prepares itself for a Trump 2.0 presidency, it is not difficult to imagine how the world might look according to the new president.

Saturday was the 100th day since the UK Labour Party, under the leadership of Keir Starmer, entered 10 Downing Street to end 14 years of chaotic Conservative Party rule that had eroded the country’s reputation and the standing of its political class and its institutions around the world.