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David Gardner is International Affairs Editor at the FT, which he joined in 1978. He has been Chief Leader Writer, Middle East Editor, and an FT correspondent in Europe, Latin America and South Asia.

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  • 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

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    Terrorism
    Taliban victory signals a defeat for global jihadism

    But western intervention has left countries trapped in despotism, making continued instability likely

  • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
    US foreign policy
    Middle Eastern leaders have learnt not to count on the US

    The limits to American geopolitical reach now on show in Afghanistan could yet lead to new ways of wielding power

  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    Tunisia
    It’s not too late to save Tunisia’s shaky democracy

    The US and EU should deploy their leverage to oppose Kais Saied’s coup

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  • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan
    Erdogan’s strongman rule is beginning to fray

    U-turn on university appointee adds to sense that Turkey’s president is no longer invulnerable

  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    Jordan
    Palace intrigue exposes fragility of Jordan’s social contract

    Former crown prince crossed the royal court’s red lines by presenting himself as a tribune of the people

  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Midnight in Cairo by Raphael Cormack — a golden age of dance halls

    Fascinating look at an underexplored bit of the Roaring Twenties, which ultimately changed the terms of Egyptian popular culture and blazed a path for women

  • Wednesday, 7 July, 2021
    Gulf Cooperation Council
    Saudi-UAE competition threatens to upend the GCC

    Rivalry has already blocked an Opec deal and stoked regional tensions

  • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
    Iran
    Iran’s hardliners disregard voters at their peril

    Historic low turnout in presidential poll could presage rebellion of an alienated young population

  • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
    Lebanon
    Sanctions could force Lebanon’s politicians to govern

    Country is imploding as officials collude in ‘deliberate depression’

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Change unlikely to come to post-Netanyahu Israel

    The new governing coalition is too ideologically riven to address the country’s biggest problems

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Iran
    Curbing Iran’s regional ambitions remains a distant hope for the west

    Tehran regards a local entente as something to be settled with its neighbours

  • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Benjamin Netanyahu is on the edge in Israel

    A motley collection of parties could finally oust the country’s longest-serving premier

  • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Palestinian unity upends Middle East status quo

    Violence undermines Israeli assumption that occupation had been accepted

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    Global InsightIsraeli-Palestinian conflict
    Israel faces existential questions with uprising by Arab citizens

    An end to discrimination is needed to stem growing resentment

  • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Israeli actions in Jerusalem endanger recent detente with Gulf Arabs

    Provocations around al-Aqsa mosque jeopardise relations with Muslim countries

  • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Equality-for-peace will make Israel accountable for Palestinian rights

    A new approach to occupation can go beyond the moribund peace process

  • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Erdogan as Arab people’s choice reveals weakness of region’s leaders

    Turkish leader’s popularity will not help the Middle East escape from the mire of sectarian conflict

  • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Even Saudi Arabia and Iran may be thinking peace now

    With the US also seeking to restart the Iran nuclear accord, all this dancing with detente is almost balletic

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Instant InsightJordan
    Jordanian intrigue points to outside meddling

    Arrest of officials with foreign ties suggests ‘plot’ against king goes beyond former crown prince

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