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    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      ReviewBooks
      Grand Delusion — America’s imposition on incompatible Middle East realities

      Steven Simon presents a brilliantly written critique of 45 years of US foreign policy in the Mideast

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Russian politics
      Macron is playing a risky game on Ukraine

      His warning that Putin should not be ‘humiliated’ could lead to a premature ceasefire that locks in Russian gains

    • Sunday, 5 July, 2020
      Huawei Technologies
      The UK should bar Huawei from its 5G network

      The west also needs to unite and stand firm against rising Chinese aggression

    • Friday, 20 September, 2019
      Geopolitics
      Countries must wake up to business security risks

      The US and EU have already beefed up their scrutiny of corporate takeovers

    • Thursday, 27 June, 2019
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Assad or We Burn the Country — vivid account of Syrian war

      War correspondent’s powerful new book describes the devastation and the west’s reluctance to stop it

    • Friday, 19 October, 2018
      Britain after Brexit
      Former MI6 chief backs second referendum

      John Sawers believes both side in Brexit debate should support another plebiscite

    • Sunday, 24 September, 2017
      US politics & policy
      The nuclear threat can be contained by diplomacy

      These issues are manageable if they are given the right degree of priority

    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2017
      Brexit
      Britain on its own will count for little on the world stage

      Leaving the EU removes a crucial platform for projecting British power

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2016
      Chinese politics & policy
      We are returning to a world of great-power rivalry

      The US unipolar era lasted less than 25 years, writes John Sawers

    • Friday, 2 September, 2016
      Terrorism
      Isis is down, but not yet out

      In the long term, al-Qaeda is a more sustainable organisation, writes John Sawers

    • Sunday, 15 November, 2015
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Intelligence failure or not, Germany and Britain are now at risk

      US cannot lead fight against terrorist plan to divide Europe, says former MI6 chief John Sawers

    • Thursday, 14 May, 2015
      LombardJonathan Guthrie
      Adding ex-spy Sawers to BP board could spook nervous customers

      Ex-spooks on boards is a funny way to demonstrate group’s arm’s length relationship with the state

    • Thursday, 14 May, 2015
      Non-executive directors
      Former MI6 chief Sir John Sawers joins BP board

      First high-profile move into private sector for former UK intelligence head

    • Wednesday, 4 February, 2015
      World
      Pentagon nominee supports arming Ukraine

      Ashton Carter hints at US shift on military aid

    • Monday, 19 January, 2015
      FT AlphavilleAmie Tsang
      FirstFT (the new 6am Cut)
    • Sunday, 18 January, 2015
      Syrian crisis
      Mideast turmoil biggest threat to Europe since cold war, warns ex-spy chief

      Former head of Britain’s MI6 says terror attacks show heightened dangers

    • Tuesday, 4 November, 2014
      Business blogJohn Gapper
      Britain’s spies break cover to campaign for their industry
    • Friday, 3 October, 2014
      World
      Career spy Alex Younger to head Britain’s MI6

      New intelligence agency chief Younger served in Afghanistan

    • Friday, 19 September, 2014
      Lunch with the FT
      Lunch with the FT: Sir John Sawers

      In his first on-the-record interview the UK’s spy chief talks about risk, the Snowden revelations and reforming MI6

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