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    David Gardner

    Former International Affairs Editor

    David Gardner was international affairs editor at the FT, which he joined in 1978. He was also chief leader writer, Middle East editor, and an FT correspondent in Europe, Latin America and South Asia. 

    He wrote columns, commentary and analysis, mainly on the Middle East.

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    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Martin Wolf
      In celebration of David Gardner

      An address for our FT colleague at his memorial service

    • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
      Obituary
      David Gardner, FT journalist, 1952-2022

      The Middle East expert was a writer of passion and integrity, renowned for his lucid prose during his 44 years on the paper

    • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
      US-Iran tensions
      Iran’s enemies in the Middle East are closing ranks

      Possibility of the US removing Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard from its foreign terrorist list is causing alarm in the region

    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Mistrust between the US and the Gulf underscores the need to reset relations

      Arab regimes are disgruntled, Biden has been snubbed and Putin’s war on Ukraine is causing friction

    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      Iran nuclear deal
      Russia is close to sabotaging the Iran nuclear deal

      Difficult talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 international accord have become tangled in the war in Ukraine

    • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Middle Eastern powers must review their allegiances in light of Ukraine conflict

      As hostilities increase, it will be harder for countries such as Turkey to sit on the fence

    • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
      Riad Salameh
      All eyes are on Lebanon’s top banker as the country slides deeper into financial peril

      Riad Salameh has so far eluded the justice system at home, but European investigators are tightening the noose

    • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Pragmatism changes the dialogue in the Middle East

      Tentative signs of previously unlikely partnerships emerge in trade, investment and diplomacy

    • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
      Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
      History may finally come knocking for Erdogan

      Economic woes boost hopes for Turkey’s opposition to oust the country’s long-serving strongman president

    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Missile attack on UAE shows Iran is unwilling to compromise

      Tehran, boosted in confidence by China, is using Yemen to pursue its own agenda on Israel

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Saad Hariri’s retreat leaves a vacuum in Lebanon

      The country is in economic meltdown, facing a ‘deliberate depression’ manufactured by warlords

    • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Attack on Abu Dhabi risks upsetting a cautious detente in the Gulf

      The drone hit shows how Yemen is starting to resemble Syria as a conflict able to radiate mayhem beyond its borders

    • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
      Beirut
      Jackals prowl the hills above the new US mega-embassy in Lebanon

      The population is drifting away from crisis-hit Beirut, but America persists with its giant construction project

    • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
      Iran nuclear deal
      Nuclear negotiators in Vienna face struggle to resurrect Iran deal

      Iranians across the spectrum came to regard the 2015 non-proliferation agreement as a swindle

    • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
      Bashar al-Assad
      Arab leaders weigh normalising relations with Syria’s president

      Bashar al-Assad is slowly being brought back into regional diplomatic society

    • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
      Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
      Muammer Gaddafi’s son returns to the political stage

      Many Libyans may now wonder: to what conceivable question could Saif al-Islam be the answer?

    • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
      Iraq
      The future of Iraq is in the balance

      An assassination attempt on the country’s prime minister has raised fresh questions about militias backed by Iran

    • Wednesday, 3 November, 2021
      Lebanon
      Rich Gulf patrons turn the screws on a bankrupt Lebanon

      Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies are losing patience with a state under the shadow of Iran and Hizbollah

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      Turkish politics
      Erdogan’s wrath is damaging Turkey

      Turkish president’s persecution of Osman Kavala is personal

    • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
      Lebanon
      Violence accelerates Lebanon’s descent into state failure

      Clashes in Beirut bode ill for a country where Iran-backed Hizbollah flexes its muscles

    • Wednesday, 13 October, 2021
      Iraq
      To govern Iraq effectively, Moqtada al-Sadr must abandon factionalism

      Sectarian politics have blighted the country, leaving voters disillusioned with their leaders

    • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
      Turkish politics
      Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets his match in Biden and Putin

      The Turkish ruler’s strongman tactics fail to work on the US and Russia

    • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Autocracy has filled the ideological vacuum in the Middle East

      Even Tunisia, once the cradle of democratic hope in the region, is moving towards one-man rule

    • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Behind the smiles, competition heats up in the Gulf

      Aggressive moves by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar to boost their economies could be a zero-sum game

    • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
      Beirut
      Shifting geopolitics offer glimmer of hope for Lebanon’s new government

      The US withdrawal from the region could defuse the rivalries that have played out in the bankrupt state

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