Editorial: The US president’s strategy is to achieve peace through Ukraine’s surrender – there is a better way

Editorial: Progress towards equal opportunity is going backwards rather than forwards in many countries. In keeping with the theme this International Women’s Day, The Independent calls for accelerated action to redress the balance

Editorial: Britain was notably absent from the EU’s emergency defence summit – but Sir Keir Starmer has already assembled a ‘coalition of the willing’ to support Ukraine, and established himself as the nearest thing to a replacement leader of the free world

Editorial: As the chancellor prepares to present her plans for social security reforms she must assess whether her cost-cutting measures are unnecessarily punitive, or indeed realistic

Editorial: Reduced US military support is a huge blow to Ukraine and Europe, and an affront to historic allies, whose warriors mingled blood on the battlefields for America

Editorial: Everyone wants peace but the dividing line is between those who want peace at any price – and those who seek a durable peace with honour

Editorial: As Keir Starmer declares a ‘once in a generation’ moment for European security, the promised ‘coalition of the willing’ needs strong leadership to ensure it delivers – and so a Ukrainian peace can endure

Editorial: Never before has the ‘leader of the free world’ told a brave nation fighting for its survival that it would be better if it gave up. Donald Trump must not succeed in pushing the Ukrainian people to surrender

Editorial: As tempers flared in the White House, it is President Zelensky – and the rest of Europe – who will suffer

Editorial: The new US power brokers claim to venerate free speech – until someone disagrees with them

Editorial: Keir Starmer can tell the president he was right about Europe paying more for its own defence, but he should not trade away his principles

Editorial: In voting to reject a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine – alongside three undemocratic regimes – Donald Trump’s desire to be a global renegade is clear. It is a turning point that must be faced up to, in all its enormity

Editorial: As President Trump’s policies shift towards Russia, Europe is going to have to pay a price and bear some burdens if it wishes to stay free. Has it the resolve to unite and succeed?