With the geopolitical tectonic plates beneath Ireland shifting at potentially earthquake-causing speed, the State is facing multiple crises in its international positioning vis-à-vis both Europe and the US, along with smaller, but significant issues regarding China and Israel. It is a time when effective statecraft has rarely been more necessary, nor political leadership more essential. Foreign policy needs to be conducted in a statesmen-like way by politicians focused on national interests, and who are not cowed by the fevered claims of assorted activists and fringe extremists. US President Donald Trump has not been wrong about everything in his political career. But he has…

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