menu_open Columnists

Financial Times
We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

The Taliban comes in from the cold

Isolated since 2021, the Islamist group is now rebuilding ties with many countries, despite a fierce dispute with former patron Pakistan

yesterday 8

Financial Times

The Big Read

Britain’s big experiment with taxing EVs

Governments have to offset falling fuel duties without slowing electric car sales

yesterday 9

Financial Times

The Editorial Board

The marketplace has superseded diplomacy in Ukraine talks

Kyiv is having to deal with actors who treat reconstruction as a money grab

yesterday 10

Financial Times

Candace Rondeaux

The rise of humanoid robots threatens political disruption

Our delighted faith in the automatons raises the question of how they will integrate into human society

yesterday 9

Financial Times

Leo Lewis

The hunt for copper to wire the AI boom

Data centres and green grids are heavy users of the red metal, but mine supply is stagnating and new discoveries are rare

previous day 2

Financial Times

The Big Read

The rise of unpopular populism

On birth rates, the lockdown and above all Brexit, the right is out of touch with the public

previous day 30

Financial Times

Janan Ganesh

Governments cast a hungry eye over public piggy banks

Investors’ first duty is to their stakeholders, not to politicians trying to fund spending and infrastructure

previous day 9

Financial Times

Katie Martin

The wins of COP that nobody noticed

Latest annual climate summit revealed changes on the ground are starting to outpace the UN talks themselves

previous day 9

Financial Times

Pilita Clark

The economic miracle of China’s midday naps

The wuxiu habit is regarded as traditional but its popularity has grown with rising incomes and longer working hours

previous day 20

Financial Times

William Langley

The food industry must face up to nature-related risk

Boardrooms need to acknowledge that without healthy soils and reliable seasons the system could face collapse

previous day 3

Financial Times

Dave Lewis

India’s blockbuster labour reforms

The government’s changes promise to liberalise the country’s vast jobs market

tuesday 30

Financial Times

The Editorial Board

Trump, Xi, Putin and the strongman race

The Chinese leader is ending the year in a better position than his American and Russian counterparts

tuesday 40

Financial Times

Gideon Rachman

Will the next blockbuster drug come from China?

The biopharma industry is booming following record investment and improved supply chains

tuesday 5

Financial Times

The Big Read

Britain must improve how it uses its fiscal watchdog

Weak buffers and poor support undermine the Office for Budget Responsibility

tuesday 5

Financial Times

The Editorial Board

Let me count the ways in which Labour isn’t working

The government’s muddled thinking on the economy is causing it to haemorrhage support on all sides

tuesday 5

Financial Times

Stephen Bush

It’s time to sound the alarm on growing fiscal and financial risk

Rising public debt is one concern — another is how it is being financed

tuesday 9

Financial Times

Martin Wolf

Videos are the new start-up pitch decks

The pandemic forced tech founders to record messages when fundraising, now slick trailers are becoming the norm

tuesday 7

Financial Times

Amber Atherton

Europe should repeal the directive that’s killing growth

It badly needs access to reliable fossil fuels from dependable allies like the US

tuesday 5

Financial Times

Andrew Puzder

Trump-style regime change in Venezuela

Conducting foreign policy, let alone war, by meme is dangerous and foolish

tuesday 5

Financial Times

Edward Luce

Will Volkswagen’s radical revamp be enough?

A year after revealing plans for capacity cuts and job losses in Germany, some think more retrenchment is needed

01.12.2025 40

Financial Times

The Big Read

AI doesn’t add up if you neglect the mathematicians

We are failing to invest in the mathematical community at a time when we need it more than ever

01.12.2025 20

Financial Times

Ewan Kirk

The best time to buy quality stocks is now

A generational opportunity in otherwise bubbly markets

01.12.2025 20

Financial Times

Ruchir Sharma

The UK must escape the doom loop of low skills

Social mobility like my own is all too rare when so many are trapped in low-income jobs by lack of training

01.12.2025 1

Financial Times

Alan Johnson

The EU should play its Russian assets card

There are ways to overcome a Belgian block and provide game-changing support to Kyiv

30.11.2025 20

Financial Times

The Editorial Board

Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America

The EU must make itself minimally vulnerable to inevitable US pressure

30.11.2025 4

Financial Times

Martin Sandbu

Doge, crypto and the end of the lol era

Running the White House and launching memecoins once seemed so simple — more than that, it seemed hilarious

30.11.2025 5

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Labour has already broken its manifesto commitments

Tax rises, instability and a lack of pro-growth measures contravene the party’s election platform

30.11.2025 5

Financial Times

Tej Parikh

How the pope went pop

Efforts to attract young audiences to religion can be fraught but pizza-loving, Wordle-playing Leo XIV has struck a chord

29.11.2025 3

Financial Times

Amy Kazmin

Dan Driscoll, the unlikely Ukraine envoy with his eye on the Pentagon

The ambitious US army secretary has been thrust into the spotlight of Moscow-Kyiv negotiations

29.11.2025 2

Financial Times

Person In The News

This Budget’s tax decisions will haunt the government

The buffer Reeves built into her plans is admirable, but no guarantee of avoiding the nasty dilemmas to come

29.11.2025 2

Financial Times

Ruth Curtice