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Britain’s post-Brexit policy options

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Mideast war: The view from Tehran

3

The backlash against AI

4

Mitsotakis on Hormuz, Iran and how to escape a debt trap

5

Trump returns to Beijing: what’s at stake

6

Lloyd Austin on Ukraine, Iran and the lessons of war

7

Ukraine’s ‘existential’ battle with Russia

8

Introducing: The Story of Money

9

Trump finds it’s easier to start a war than to end one

10

Iran war: What does Tehran want and will it get it?

11

Is it possible to negotiate with Iran?

12

Trump says the Iran war may be ending soon: mission accomplished?

13

Hungary’s pivotal election

14

The heavy cost of the war on Iran

15

Introducing Untold: Opus Dei

16

Formidable US firepower fails to unseat Iran’s regime

17

Iran war risks turning into a battle of endurance

18

Boris Johnson: Pressure on Putin is the price of peace

19

Chrystia Freeland on how to negotiate with autocrats — and allies

20

Trump's predatory foreign policy

21

Can diplomacy avert a US-Iran war?

22

Bill Gates: AI, aid cuts and the fear of speaking out

23

Mark Carney on a world in rupture — and what comes next

24

Alexander Stubb on Greenland: the good, the bad or the ugly?

25

Sudan: inside the world’s worst humanitarian crisis

26

‘Regime roulette’ in Venezuela: Is Greenland next?

27

2025: a year of chaos and confusion

28

Trump takes aim at South Africa

29

Europe’s rocky relations with Donald Trump

30

Splits in the Maga movement

31

The voice of moderate America

32

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death

33

Europe’s triple shock: Putin, Trump and Xi

34

The battle for AI supremacy

35

Donald Trump and autocracy in America

36

US versus China: a test of strength

37

Nuclear weapons and the balance of terror

38

Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy

39

Taiwan under threat: how strong are its defences?

40

What chance for Trump’s Gaza peace plan?

41

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars

42

David Lammy on the fight for democracy

43

How to fix America

44

Russia’s drone incursions put Baltics on alert

45

Israel's man without a plan

46

Lea Ypi on parallels between the 1930s and today

47

Taiwan’s Trump problem

48

Trump ‘plays into Putin’s hands’

49

What next for India as Trump-Modi friendship sours?

50

The cold war guru whose warnings on Russia still stand

51

Can Israel translate power into peace?

52

Our shrinking and ageing world

53

The war in Gaza - what do Israelis want?

54

Putin steps up summer offensive against Ukraine

55

Is the US heading for a debt crisis?

56

Too soon to celebrate peace between Iran and Israel?

57

Israel goes to war with Iran

58

Nato’s moment of truth

59

What drives China’s strongman?

60

Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange

61

A foreign policy debrief with Jake Sullivan

62

Is Trump a threat or an opportunity for the EU?

63

India and Pakistan: what now?

64

How can Democrats combat Donald Trump?

65

Are we any closer to peace in Ukraine?

66

El Salvador’s ‘jailer for hire’

67

Iran’s nuclear talks could reshape the Middle East

68

The end of globalisation as we know it

69

China in the age of Trump 2.0

70

The making of Vladimir Putin

71

Mexico hopes to stave off Trump tariffs

72

Europe's response to the threat from Trump

73

How should Canada react to Trump’s threats?

74

Ukraine weathers new geopolitical climate

75

Mathias Döpfner: Transatlantic alliance in danger

76

US systems unravel under Trump

77

Trump sets his sights on Gaza property deal

78

Bangladesh students win a chance for change

79

Finland's president on Europe in a Trumpian world

80

Does the Trump administration pose an existential threat to Canada?

81

South Korea’s real-life political drama

82

What to expect in 2025

83

Fear and euphoria in Damascus

84

Will Trump pull America back from the world?

85

Syria caught up in Lebanon fallout

86

Can Britain's ties with the US survive a second Trump presidency?

87

What Elon Musk gains from a friend in the White House

88

The ideology behind Xi Jinping’s China

89

What will Donald Trump's second term in office look like?

90

Donald Trump and the autocrats' playbook

91

The trauma of life and death in Gaza

92

Afghanistan: a country on the edge

93

Germany’s ‘deplorable’ divide on the Ukraine war

94

Israel presses its military advantage

95

How will Hizbollah respond to Israel’s Lebanon onslaught?

96

Does the UN still matter? With António Guterres

97

Why Russians are still backing Putin

98

The truth behind QAnon’s lies

99

Japan raises its defences

100

Ukraine wrongfoots Russia in Kursk

101

Maduro’s humiliating election

102

Is the Middle East heading for all-out war?

103

Can the Olympics cure France’s malaise?

104

'Kamala Harris could win — and win big'

105

Drama in the US presidential race

106

Britain’s role in a changing Europe

107

Who are the Middle East power brokers?

108

US foreign policy under Trump 2.0

109

Can South Africa’s national unity government succeed?

110

Macron's gamble

111

China’s great power strategy

112

How much power can far-right parties win in Europe?

113

Introducing Untold: Power for Sale

114

Ukraine war at a tipping point

115

Has the US declared economic war on China?

116

Coming soon: China, the new tech superpower

117

Italy and the Giorgia Meloni phenomenon

118

Modi’s mission

119

US aid package offers fresh hope to Ukraine

120

Iran raises the stakes with attack on Israel

121

How do you define a war crime?

122

Is Japan at a turning point?

123

Is Europe battle-ready?

124

Malcolm Turnbull on US and Australian politics

125

Is there a way out of Haiti’s nightmare?

126

Netanyahu defies the west on Gaza

127

Global threats: contrasting views in Europe, Asia and the Pacific

128

Russia’s threat to Europe

129

Is China’s power on the wane?

130

Why we need the UN

131

Introducing: Swamp Notes from The FT News Briefing

132

Germans push back against extremist AfD

133

The battle for the control of Poland’s institutions

134

Introducing Untold: The Retreat

135

Putin’s nemesis in the west

136

Can a wider Middle East war be averted?

137

The future of Europe

138

The world in 2024

139

COP28: is the Dubai deal enough for the climate?

140

Biden and Xi mend ties

141

Trump closes in on a second term in office

142

How united are Arab and Muslim leaders on Gaza?

143

Is the balance tilting towards Russia in Ukraine?

144

Who will run Gaza once the war is over?

145

The global power of the dollar

146

Coups make a comeback in Africa

147

Can the Gaza conflict be contained?

148

Israel and Gaza at war

149

The problem with Bidenomics

150

Bidenomics and global trade

151

What is Bidenomics and is it working?

152

Coming soon: Can AI help us speak to animals?

153

Post-Brexit Britain

154

The nuclear and biological weapons threat

155

Biden’s plan for a US-Saudi-Israeli peace deal

156

The end of Prigozhin

157

Introducing: The Russian Banker

158

Sanctions, global terror and the drugs trade

159

Japan’s role in US-China strategic rivalry

160

Will Donald Trump end up in prison or the White House?

161

Sudan power struggle risks turning into civil war

162

Spain's lurch to the right

163

Will this year’s climate talks be a washout?

164

How much should we fear artificial intelligence?

165

Has the Wagner revolt fatally undermined Putin?

166

When should countries intervene to prevent mass murder?

167

How Ukraine’s fightback could change the world

168

David Lammy on Britain’s place in the world

169

Is the Ukraine war reaching a turning point?

170

Modi’s moment in the spotlight

171

China’s next generation

172

Putin’s historical magical mystery tour

173

How far will the rehabilitation of Assad go?

174

Is Turkey about to see the end of the Erdoğan era?

175

Is there such a thing as a rules-based international order?

176

Macron’s flawed diplomacy in China

177

Ukraine's other battleground: the economy

178

The rise and fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin

179

Divided Iran makes peace with its neighbours

180

Israeli democracy at a crossroads

181

Is Mexico slipping into autocracy?

182

Bill Gates on Ukraine’s ‘shock to the system’

183

Ukraine series: the battle for Bakhmut

184

Ukraine series: how long will the war last?

185

Ukraine series: life in a war zone

186

How to fix our flawed democracies

187

Philippines caught in the line of fire

188

The global battle against impunity

189

America’s hard right

190

What next for Putin’s Russia?

191

2022 Year In Review

192

Qatar’s soft power play

193

How threatened is Australia by the rise of China?

194

China protests test the limits of Xi Jinping’s authority

195

90,000 migrants arrive in Italian ports

196

Brazil’s Lula joins leftist leaders pushing for change in Latin America

197

How the Ukraine war reshaped US alliances

198

US midterms: Republicans on the rise

199

Xi consolidates his rule as economic problems mount

200

US-Saudi ties at an all-time low

201

Russia's nuclear threat

202

Protests show Iran’s social contract is broken

203

The remaking of Europe

204

What next for Global Britain?

205

Russia faces defeat in Ukraine

206

How Italy is facing a crucial election

207

Will India soar or struggle in the coming years?

208

Who's winning the war in Ukraine?

209

Would China go to war over Taiwan?

210

Whatever happened to Mandela’s dream for South Africa?

211

How to broker a deal between Russia and Ukraine

212

How social media platforms put profits before people

213

Can Turkey help end the Ukraine grain crisis?

214

Russia’s future: a giant Iran of Eurasia

215

Ukraine: a view from the Baltics

216

Introducing: Hot Money

217

Wirecard: the investigation that brought down a German tech giant

218

Can EU unity on Ukraine hold?

219

Where money and power collide

220

Putin’s energy power play

221

Poverty and inequality drive change in Latin America

222

Ukraine and the global food emergency

223

Ukraine’s nationalists and the Azov battalion

224

Why do some countries remain poor?

225

Why the global south won’t take sides on Ukraine

226

Putin’s nuclear threat and China ‘friendship’

227

Le Pen, patriots and the anti-globalist movement

228

“That was frightening as hell”: Ukrainian MP on working in a warzone

229

French presidential election too close to call

230

Putin and his entourage

231

How Putin’s war is reshaping Europe’s alliances

232

What would a Ukraine peace deal look like?

233

Where is the Ukraine conflict heading?

234

Ukraine failures tarnish Putin’s aura of invincibility

235

Russia invades Ukraine

236

How Russia’s Ukraine threat galvanised western alliances

237

Drone warfare and the battle to control the skies

238

Is the Orban era coming to an end?

239

The Ukraine crisis: a view from Moscow

240

What would a Ukraine conflict look like?

241

The rising toll of famine and conflict

242

Sudan’s painful struggle for democracy

243

Gideon and his team review 2021

244

The underside of globalisation

245

Cyber power: a moment of reckoning

246

Is Russia on the brink of war with Ukraine?

247

China and the US: competition or conflict?

248

COP26: success or failure?

249

Poland’s challenge to the EU

250

COP26: climate goals at stake in Glasgow

251

Israel’s new political landscape

252

Great power rivals of the 21st century

253

American democracy under pressure

254

Populations on the move

255

Germany’s traffic light coalition

256

The Biden administration and the world

257

Trudeau's future on the line in Canada's election

258

Covid and the end of the post 9/11 era

259

America’s Afghan legacy

260

Peru’s triple crisis

261

Iran under Raisi

262

Can climate damage be repaired?

263

Is Lebanon a failed state?

264

Ecocide: a new weapon in the fight to save the planet

265

India, China and the contested border

266

How much trouble is Bolsonaro in?

267

South Africa’s pivotal moment

268

Can Germany atone for its colonial-era genocide?

269

Coming to terms with Putin's Russia

270

Martin Wolf on G7 opportunities missed

271

Can Asian prosperity survive US-China rivalry?

272

Belarus: more than a moral dilemma

273

Washington’s will to find a Middle East solution

274

Myanmar on the brink

275

A crisis in the Middle East

276

Why we should all give up meat

277

India’s wake up call to the world

278

Leaving Afghanistan

279

Britain's legacy of empire

280

Are the US and China entering a Cold War?

281

Britain shifts its military focus

282

Europe's Mr Normal

283

Spying in the digital age

284

Could this year mark a turning point for climate?

285

Italy’s make or break moment

286

Michael Mann on the politics of global warming

287

The world in review

288

Britain’s post-Brexit role as ‘global broker’

289

Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin

290

António Guterres on the United Nations in a fractured world

291

Germany after Merkel

292

America’s political meltdown

293

David Miliband on the global leadership vacuum

294

The best and worst of 2020

295

EU at a turning point

296

Thai students call for change

297

Ethiopia’s struggle with ethnic nationalism

298

Macron's world

299

Biden’s global goals

300

An American chasm

301

Susan Glasser on the pandemic election

302

Bringing history back to Burma

303

Why humans wage wars

304

American entanglement in the Middle East

305

China’s second world war obsession

306

Mexico's populist president

307

German diplomacy tested by multiple crises

308

Netanyahu's diplomatic success

309

Putting existential risk on the agenda

310

Investigating ‘the doubts’ about the US presidential election

311

What China makes of ‘new cold war’ with US

312

The future of Lebanon

313

Turkey’s assertive foreign policy

314

US economist William Spriggs on scars of the pandemic

315

Is US global leadership still possible?

316

Fabulists and the limits of deception

317

Putin: a president trapped in power

318

Black Lives Matter goes international

319

Brazil: a country without a plan

320

India’s twin crises: coronavirus and China

321

Is global oil dominance coming to an end?

322

George Floyd and the politics of protest

323

A new diplomacy in the Pacific Rim

324

Merkel’s pandemic moment

325

China comes out of lockdown

326

Joseph Nye on presidential morality during the pandemic

327

Coronavirus in Africa

328

Politics and perils of running the WHO

329

Francis Fukuyama on coronavirus and the crisis of trust

330

Coronavirus and curbs on democratic freedoms

331

New York hit by double shock

332

Life in Europe's coronavirus hotspots

333

Pandemics in the age of hyperconnectivity

334

How Saudi Arabia and Iran's rivalry is unravelling the Middle East

335

Human rights under threat from politics

336

How is Modi's ideology shaping Indian society?

337

Is there a Democrat that can beat Trump?

338

Bolsonaro’s isolationism and deference to Trump

339

The global politics of climate change

340

'Let's just get out of there' is not a strategy

341

Taiwan treads fine line between democracy and China

342

The dictator and the strongman

343

Africa’s transnational challenges

344

Matteo Renzi on the problem with populists

345

Central Europe's backlash against liberal ideas

346

Tensions at the heart of Europe

347

The future of British unity and the EU

348

Xi Jinping's China

349

Germany's shifting foreign policy

350

What would a progressive Democratic president look like?

351

Singapore and the US-China trade war

352

Nick Clegg on Facebook

353

Trump's China policy

354

Trump, Brexit and America's shrinking role

355

Putin's Russia

356

Coming soon: Putin's Russia

357

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