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![]() Gideon RachmanFinancial Times |
America’s allies are belatedly heeding its warnings about the Chinese technology threat
The Nato summit underlines a surprising continuity in US foreign policy
Berlin used to rely on the UK to resist the expansion of the EU budget
The revolt raises questions about the Chinese president’s entire project
Threats to minority rights and democratic norms are ignored to preserve a comforting illusion
Around the world, radicalisation is making coalition and consensus much harder
After Brexit, the UK could drift into an antagonistic relationship with its continental neighbours
And like many teenagers, it needs to be set some rules
Western companies and universities have strong incentives not to offend Beijing
The emerging world order will increasingly be shaped by might, rather than law
The ‘by any means necessary’ approach is fuelling an Anglo-American democratic crisis
Both the right and the left are in thrall to identity politics
All sides have an interest in compromise — but that does not mean it will happen
If the UK can resist the virus, it will do a service to democracy around the world
Events in both places show how single-grievance protests can evolve into wider movements
Forty years of prosperity in the region are now under threat
Beijing is likely to prioritise political control of the territory over the economy
When is it right to sound the alarm about political turmoil?
Seizure of British-flagged tanker could force new prime minister to rethink approach to nuclear accord
Britain is too divided over Brexit to rediscover the togetherness of 1940
Frontrunner for British prime minister must decide whether to stand up to Donald Trump
The president’s dilemma is that the territory’s residents do not want a one-party state
Environmental policy has become a battleground in the culture wars
Global Britain assumes a world that is moving towards free trade, rather than against it
There is no reason why an ethnic Chinese society cannot also be a democracy
The more the president deploys weapons of economic destruction, the more he undermines trust in the US
Events have upended western assumptions about China’s path to democracy
The president has suggested Johnson would make a ‘great prime minister’
Parties built around the structure of last century are losing their relevance
Disappointment with the chancellor in Paris is giving way to fear over what comes next
Meanwhile China wants to preserve the model of globalisation that has served it well
Promising US voters ‘greatness’ has led the president to celebrate a brutal past
Climate change is worrying even the most determined optimists
The success or failure of efforts to inject dynamism into the country will affect the whole world
A sense of national humiliation is unnecessary and even dangerous
The US president has disarmed America in the battle of ideas
A UK led by Jeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson would radically change UK foreign policy
A trip to Jerusalem has become almost compulsory for today’s ‘strongman’ leaders
All of the EU’s big six countries are facing deep internal divisions
A rapid withdrawal by the UK would only strengthen the EU’s enemies
Technology, not military power, will be the basis for this new global split
This illiberal idea is also appealing to some on the American right
The convergence between the two countries has been disrupted by the UK’s vote to leave the EU
The Muslim and non-Muslim worlds are becoming increasingly intolerant of each other
But the populist movement is going to need more than electoral success
The message from the World Economic Forum this year was that enthusiasm and ideas are in short supply
Internal divisions are less powerful than the external pressures keeping members together
Proponents of ‘Global Britain’ underestimate just how hard it is to do deals