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    Janan Ganesh

    International politics commentator

    Janan Ganesh is a biweekly columnist and associate editor for the FT. He writes on international politics for the FT and culture for FT Weekend. He was previously political correspondent for The Economist for five years.
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    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Luxury goods: Europe’s joke on the world

      The old continent profits from the cultural insecurities of other regions

    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      Geopolitics
      Don’t blame the west if the global south goes its own way

      Developing countries have agency of their own, including the power to be wrong

    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The frictionless life goes on

      Deglobalisation is hardly inconveniencing me at all

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Populism
      Why DeSantis is losing Republicans to Trump

      He mistakenly thinks populist voters want to win power and do something with it

    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      Martin Amis
      A stylist, yes, but Martin Amis was also right on the money

      The writer’s life might best be understood as one long reply to George Orwell’s idea that only plainness can illuminate truth

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Starmer must wait before breaking the Brexit omertà

      Voters know they made a mistake. That doesn’t mean they are ready to be told so

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Life & Arts
      How earphones freed the individual

      Portable private sound is one of the most liberating inventions of the past century

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      US politics & policy
      Don’t blame the elites alone for populism

      The refusal to see fault in the public isn’t generous, it is infantilising

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      French politics
      The real special relationship

      Britain and France have more in common than either does with a third country

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      Coronavirus
      The west’s handling of the pandemic beat its own expectations

      A demonised elite produced vaccines and furloughs while a supposedly rebellious public mostly followed the rules

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Learn to love ambiguity

      The need for structure and order is the root of evil

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      Geopolitics
      How soft power fell out of fashion

      A once-influential concept looks dated in a world where hard power counts ever more

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Life & Arts
      YouTube, the jewel of the internet

      As other platforms fall into disrepute, one deserves praise as a cultural resource

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Geopolitics
      Europe and America will always think differently on China

      The stakes aren’t the same and nor is the geography

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Arsenal and Labour: lessons from two revolutions

      The turnround of two failing institutions has lessons for all of us

    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Starmer’s war on the left is unfinished

      The UK Labour leader must confront the soft left, not just the extremists

    • Friday, 7 April, 2023
      Life & Arts
      How art forgot the arriviste

      Culture has a jaded mood now because the creative professions are full of downwardly mobile people

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      US foreign policy
      The false choice of confronting Russia or China

      US conservatives can’t see that Ukraine’s survival strengthens America’s hand in Asia

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Where did all the reactionaries go?

      Elitist, pessimistic, anti-modern thought has a place in society

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      EU defence
      Western voters won’t give up the peace dividend

      Governments are right to increase defence spending, but their electorates prefer butter to guns

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Life & Arts
      How football got smart and art got dumb

      The sport is discussed with more depth and wit than culture nowadays

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      US politics & policy
      Don’t assume that DeSantis is a safe alternative to Trump

      Precisely because the Florida governor is not a natural fit with Maga voters, he tries dangerously hard to please them

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Life & Arts
      The useful fuzziness of liberalism

      Our society, and my lifestyle, is built on a philosophy that we are confused about

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Britain embraces trivia because it is stuck on the big issues

      The fuss over Gary Lineker distracts a nation with no good choices on Brexit, growth and other important questions

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Reflections from a thin gourmand

      The drug Semaglutide allows you to eat well and avoid weight gain. There are other ways

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