William Hague is to say UK foreign policy must "always have a conscience" as he calls for more focus on protecting human rights.

William Hague today sets out his vision of a new world order in which Britain forges fresh strategic alliances around the globe.

“The Foreign and Commonwealth Office requests the honour of your company at a major address by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, The Rt Hon William Hague MP,'Britain's Foreign Policy in a networked world'.” Thus reads the invitation from the Foreign Office. If emails could be gold-embossed, this one probably would be. The speech on Thursday is ...

Those who hate the new Conservative-led government and those who love it seem to be united in one expectation: that Europe policy may be the coalition's downfall. David Lidington, the able new Europe minister, certainly has his work cut out for him. In the latest of the Brussels journal Europe's World, Foreign Secretary William Hague lays out the government's Europe policy, a policy...

As William Hague found before last year’s election, getting your voice heard on foreign policy is difficult for an Opposition. You are, at best, reduced to providing commentary to on-going events, vying not with the government for access to the media but with an array of better-informed foreign policy experts. Having a distinctive take on the changes in the world and practical ideas for how ...

In a major interview, William Hague sets out his vision of a new world order in which Britain forges fresh alliances around the globe.

Foreign Secretary William Hague has blocked plans drawn up by Europe's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton for an EU military headquarters.

The FT reports that a speech given yesterday by Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague, entitled “The future of British foreign policy under a Conservative government”, was greeted with “dismay” by European diplomats as they warned that the Conservative vision would downgrade Britain’s relations with Europe.

Foreign Secretary William Hague rejects suggestions that ex-defence secretary Liam Fox and his friend Adam Werritty may have been independently trying to create foreign policy.

Today's Scotman reports both William Hague and John Redwood as among those Tories disconcerted by David Cameron's strong support for Georgia against Russia."It has been pointed out by sources that William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, had given a more...