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    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      Rare earths
      The scramble for rare earths carries big geopolitical risks

      But without these metals there are limited solutions to our planetary problems

    • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
      Kosovo
      Serbia and Kosovo must dial down Balkan tensions

      EU and Nato have crucial roles to play in stopping Russia from exploiting regional rivalries

    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable by Mikko Hypponen — cyber space and how to defend it

      The master coder and superb communicator provides a refreshingly jargon-free introduction to the history of hacking

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      FT Books Essay
      Walking Plutocratic London — the rise of the super-rich

      Part guide, part indictment of a yawning wealth gap, Caroline Knowles’s eye-opening book reveals how the capital has changed over the decades

    • Friday, 14 May, 2021
      Cyber Security
      The Colonial Pipeline cyber attack is a warning of worse to come

      A plague of ransomware will continue in every sector until the superpowers step in

    • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
      Special ReportIllicit Goods and Services
      Pandemic accelerates growth in cybercrime

      Gangs benefit from digitisation and are happy to carry out state-backed hacks on the side

    • Friday, 25 October, 2019
      Life & Arts
      How the east was lost: the triumph and tragedy of 1989

      Misha Glenny smuggled out messages from eastern European dissidents. Was it all worth it?

    • Friday, 22 March, 2019
      Life & Arts
      Could Brexit break the Union?

      As England leads its neighbours out of the EU, old battles over a shared British history are being fought all over again

    • Friday, 3 August, 2018
      Audio articles
      The war on drugs has been lost

      As production moves to the developed world, policymakers are struggling to keep up

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2017
      Cyber Security
      Organised crime finally embraces cyber theft

      European police struggle to keep up as the Godfathers go digital, writes Misha Glenny

    • Friday, 12 August, 2016
      The Diary
      Amazon Diary: Misha Glenny

      The UK journalist on Brazil’s evangelisation, cyber technology, university of crime, and the Amazon’s wanton destruction

    • Friday, 18 March, 2016
      Olympic Games
      After Lula-era excess, the Car Wash generation upends Brazilian politics

      It will be a tumultuous few months before the Olympics, writes Misha Glenny

    • Sunday, 3 January, 2016
      US politics & policy
      To win the war on terror, forget the war on drugs

      If marijuana were legal in UK, the extra tax take could amount to £1bn a year, says Misha Glenny

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