Ten years, seven prime ministers: What Keir Starmer’s resignation means for the UK’s foreign policy

When Andy Burnham entered 10 Downing Street on July 20, it was as the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade. As the product of aturbulent domestic political climate, with thedecline of the traditional two-party system and the rise of far-right party Reform UK, coupled with economic uncertainty, rising migration, and the still sore point of the UK’s 2016 decision to leave the European Union (EU), the political demands on the new prime minister are high. Added to this are the tumultuous changes taking place in global politics, with the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the growing rivalry…