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David Gardner

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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.

He writes columns, commentary and analysis, mainly on the Middle East

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

    An end to discrimination is needed to stem growing resentment

  • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
    Arab-Israel 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
    Arab-Israel 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

  • Wednesday, 31 March, 2021
    Lebanon
    Lebanon is held hostage by its politicians

    The country hurtles towards collapse as power brokers refuse to form a government

  • Friday, 26 March, 2021
    The best of FT Weekend Spring Festival 20213 min
    Elif Shafak: ‘We are acting as if we have no memory’

    Ten years on from the Arab Spring – the writers’ view

  • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
    Turkish politics
    Erdogan’s tantrum is a sign of weakness

    Sudden reversals demonstrate the Turkish president’s lack of coherent policy

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  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Syrian peace remains a mirage after a decade of Assad brutality

    President is a centre of instability but a solution could lie in a US deal with Iran

  • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Pope and Grand Ayatollah join forces to condemn extremism

    Towering Shia and Christian spiritual leaders make a plea for pluralism in Iraq

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    US foreign policy
    US failure to act against Saudi Arabia will embolden Iran

    Lack of sanctions over Khashoggi murder adds to distrust of Washington in the region

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    ObituaryAhmed Zaki Yamani
    Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi oil minister, 1930-2021

    Orchestrator of Opec oil embargoes who survived being kidnapped by Carlos the Jackal

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Saudi Arabia
    Joe Biden’s ‘snub’ signals a reset with Saudi Arabia

    The White House distances itself from the kingdom’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    US foreign policy
    Joe Biden’s silent treatment of the Middle East prompts an outbreak of reason

    The White House demonstrates the power of not picking up the phone

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Egypt
    A decade after Hosni Mubarak fell, Egypt is a diminished state

    Promise of the revolution has given way to stifled dissent, reduced foreign investment and a decline in regional influence

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    US-Iran tensions
    New Iran envoy shows Biden is serious about reviving nuclear deal

    Robert Malley appointment marks abrupt break with Trump administration’s approach to Tehran

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Iran nuclear deal
    Reviving the Iran nuclear deal will test Joe Biden

    Tehran says the ball is in America’s court, but Washington first wants compliance

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    US foreign policy
    Joe Biden will find ample potential for acrimony in the Middle East

    The incoming president could face problems with traditional US allies such as Israel, as well as with adversaries

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Qatar’s rapprochement restores balance in the Middle East

    The deal with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other neighbours ends a three-year blockade of the emirate

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Joe Biden should learn from the Arab uprising 10 years on

    Tunisia is one of the few lasting successes but the west could help empower young populations and civil society

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Turkish politics
    Turkey is Europe’s other major headache

    The EU relationship with President Erdogan has all but collapsed but there are ways to save it

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    US-Iran tensions
    Re-engaging with Iran will not be a simple matter for the US

    All significant actors in the Middle East are invested in the paramilitarism they want Iran to renounce

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    US-Iran tensions
    Killing of Iran’s nuclear scientist complicates Biden’s Middle East plan

    Ambush of Fakhrizadeh is a gift to Tehran’s hardliners and makes a deal harder for new US president

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Saudi crown prince and Israel’s Netanyahu meet after Biden win

    There has been careful ambiguity about the move and the timing is puzzling

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