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Friday, 17 September, 2021

FT Swamp Notes
For Biden — and America — it’s basically China from now on Premium content
If Beijing holds co-operation hostage to its demands, the world will forever be waiting for Godot
Thursday, 16 September, 2021

US tax
The Democratic party’s double standards on wealth inequality
Now is the time to redress inequality — but watered-down proposals will benefit the rich, not ‘middle-class’ voters
Saturday, 11 September, 2021

FT Books Essay
Forever at war — the bloody legacy of 9/11
Two books look at the effects of the attacks and argue they turned the US into a martial state in perpetual conflict
Thursday, 9 September, 2021

Global InsightJoe Biden
It is far too soon for people to write off Joe Biden
He might not be a saviour but those proclaiming his presidency a failure have short memories
Tuesday, 31 August, 2021

Afghanistan
Joe Biden and Europe are going different ways
For EU governments, the contrast with Donald Trump’s policies is more apparent than real
Friday, 27 August, 2021

FT Swamp Notes
The known known of Rumsfeld’s legacy Premium content
The former defence secretary corrupted America’s highest ideals and damaged its national interest
Friday, 27 August, 2021

Instant InsightAfghanistan
Joe Biden’s potential Jimmy Carter moment
The US president will always be associated with the manner of the pullout from Afghanistan
Tuesday, 24 August, 2021

Joe Biden
Biden’s America is confused — and so is the world
Many allied nations prefer the Democratic president to Trump but crave clarity about Washington’s world role
Friday, 20 August, 2021

The Big Read
Biden’s Afghanistan fiasco: ‘We look like a deer caught in headlights’
The chaotic scenes in Kabul are unlikely to derail his domestic agenda but undermine his promise to restore competence
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Friday, 20 August, 2021

FT Swamp Notes
Twenty years since 9/11 — a personal story Premium content
The former head of Pakistan’s intelligence agency falsely claimed Osama bin Laden was being framed
Tuesday, 17 August, 2021

Afghanistan
Afghanistan and the tragic verdict on post-9/11 America
Biden’s decision to withdraw, like many others in the past two decades, was shaped by domestic concerns
Friday, 6 August, 2021

FT Swamp Notes
Why Andrew Cuomo makes me nostalgic for Al Franken Premium content
The NY governor’s stand-off exemplifies the mendacity of what presents itself as principled politics
Thursday, 5 August, 2021

Covid-19 vaccines
Covid has shown up western democracy’s childish tendencies
Governments are too easily sidetracked by instant gratification to see where real interests lie
Friday, 30 July, 2021

FT Swamp Notes
‘Succession’: the Xi, Putin and Biden editions Premium content
In the next three years, the world’s three most powerful countries have to navigate transfers of power
Thursday, 29 July, 2021

US politics & policy
Republicans have become the party of nihilism
US conservatives who might once have criticised Trump are now falling in line with disturbing speed
Friday, 23 July, 2021

FT Swamp Notes
Britain’s breakthrough infection culture Premium content
Boris Johnson’s pursuit of ‘freedom day’ is an act of pyromania
Thursday, 22 July, 2021

US politics & policy
Things could fall apart for Biden
Republican strategy of uncompromising opposition to the president’s policies is unchanged
Thursday, 22 July, 2021

ReviewFT Books Essay
After the Fall and Last Best Hope — mourning in America
Two commentators on the US political system offer detailed diagnoses on the troubled question of what it is to be a US citizen
Friday, 16 July, 2021

InterviewLunch with the FT
Historian Heather Cox Richardson: ‘Now people see what’s happening. Thank God!’
The scholar turned Substack star on her nightly newsletter, tackling trolls — and the 19th-century parallels with today’s US politics
Thursday, 1 July, 2021

InterviewAmartya Sen
Amartya Sen — citizen of everywhere
The economist and human rights campaigner talks about his new book, his early life and his long battle for a fairer world
Thursday, 24 June, 2021

Global InsightCoronavirus pandemic
West risks retreating into Covid limbo
Vaccination rates are slowing as Americans in particular assume that the pandemic is over
Friday, 18 June, 2021

The Big Read
America is back — and wants everyone to focus on China
Joe Biden spent the last week reassuring European leaders even as he made clear his ‘real business’ was in the Indo-Pacific
Friday, 18 June, 2021

FT Swamp Notes
The strategic unexcitingness of Joe Biden Premium content
The US president is carrying on as if everything is normal — it could be a premeditated decision
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021

Instant InsightUS foreign policy
Biden politely reads riot act to Putin
Modest goal of stabilising US relations with Russia conveys realism that eluded earlier presidents
Friday, 11 June, 2021

FT Swamp Notes
Kamala Harris’s troubled vice-presidency Premium content
Her two main vice-presidential roles are close to insoluble