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Janan GaneshFinancial Times |
Stinting Ukraine will harm America in the contest with the supposed ‘real’ rival China
Smartphone addiction, culture wars and low birth rates are byproducts of wealth
Voters haven’t had to think about the party’s flaws, such as its statism, for 14 years
It isn’t clear that their electorates have done the same
Refugee flows, low birth rates and left-behind regions persist because there is no answer, not because politicians are useless
His State of the Union speech was too popular with his own side to reassure swing voters
Why moderate to win power when life is cushier in opposition?
He is obsessed with money but his record suggests he doesn’t always drive a hard bargain
US Democrats should reverse the tradition of Labour politicians asking them for advice
Dislike of the US and its allies is often muddled and vexatious
It isn’t China or Russia who will dominate the post-American world
Donald Trump, Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu have all presided over growth
Unilateralism is not the same thing as isolationism
A ‘red wall’ agenda was never needed, feasible or all that popular
The free world has shrunk — but from heights that were unimaginable when I was born
The notion of ‘decline’ is too crude to capture what is happening to the US in the 21st century
Like so many politicians from the private sector, the UK prime minister doesn’t understand fanatics
For trying to do something about public debt, Emmanuel Macron is the politician of the year
The US variant is much more of a personality cult
The problem is the fundamental Democratic offering, not a failure to communicate
Organisational, financial and ideological flaws stop the continent carrying its weight
Democracies should tease out the contradictions between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea
War in Europe and the Middle East is slowing the vaunted pivot to Asia
His leadership of the Labour party has been a political masterclass
The maligned nation is doing better than the continent at fighting extremists
The jilting of Ukraine, a bonfire of treaties, but perhaps a surprise on China
In public life, unlike in business, there is no reward for being right
His big government activism wasn’t demanded and lets Republicans frame him for inflation