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LIFE & ARTS
Mar 3, 2013
Mar 1, 2013
The sneaky device that is devaluation
Short-term policies can collide with an intelligent long-term view
Feb 28, 2013
Wary Obama cannot shut out the world
A risk-averse White House neglects the obligations of a global superpower
- Hossein Mousavian What Kerry needs to know about Iran
- US to give direct aid to Syrian rebels
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Feb 21, 2013
Settler policy imperils Israel’s foundations
The country is losing legitimacy among allies around the world. Netanyahu bears responsibility
Feb 20, 2013
UK: open for business, closed to foreigners
Cameron will never win the argument for ‘good’ immigration by bowing to populists
- Ravi Mattu Path to start-ups begins at the border
- Robert Hahn Britain’s immigration policy
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LIFE & ARTS
Feb 15, 2013
Shifting global power
The FT chief political commentator’s review of ‘The Great Convergence’, ‘The End of Power’ and ‘Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century’
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Feb 14, 2013
Transatlantic pact promises bigger prize
The real reward of a US-EU free trade area would be geopolitical
©Ingram Pinn
Feb 7, 2013
Intervention: the US won’t, Europe can’t
Europeans have caught the bug just as the US has shaken it off – but they lack the means
Feb 5, 2013
Merkel holds the cards for next UK poll
The German chancellor will decide the fate of Cameron’s EU strategy
Jan 31, 2013
Gloomsters buried the euro too soon
The end point looks likely to be tighter economic union that falls short of political federalism
Jan 24, 2013
Political cracks imperil China’s power
The party is mistaken if it thinks growth answers all questions
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UK
Jan 23, 2013
PM’s speech was politics on a tightrope
Main aim was to hold together fractious Tory party
Jan 17, 2013
Cameron’s incurable European headache
Rising Tory europhobia meets geopolitical reality
Jan 10, 2013
US pivot gives Europe an opportunity
Atlanticist nominations offer the continent a chance to break free of euro-crisis introversion
Dec 20, 2012
Rules of the road for world leaders
Pointers for politicians to ponder as they map a route for 2013
Dec 13, 2012
State versus citizen in tomorrow’s world
On their own, governments will struggle with the insecurities that trouble their citizens
Dec 6, 2012
Forget the fiscal cliff: buy America
The strengths of the US far outweigh its weaknesses even without cheap gas
Dec 4, 2012
A taxing problem for Google et al..
Tax dodgers – corporate and individual – are running out of places to hide
ABOUT PHILIP
Philip Stephens is a commentator and author. He is associate editor of the Financial Times where as chief political commentator he writes twice-weekly columns on global and British affairs.
He joined the Financial Times in 1983 after working as a correspondent for Reuters in Brussels and has been the FT’s Economics Editor, Political Editor and Editor of the UK edition. He was educated at Wimbledon College and at Oxford university.
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