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Janan Ganesh

International politics commentator

Janan Ganesh is a biweekly columnist and associate editor for the FT. He writes on international politics for the FT and culture for FT Weekend. He was previously political correspondent for The Economist for five years.
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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Global trade
    Donald Trump’s gift to globalisation

    Not since the crash of 2008 has free trade held the moral and intellectual high ground

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a red shipping container with a white heart drawn on it.
  • Saturday, 12 April, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The midlife non-crisis

    Why the middle years are better than youth and old age

  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    US politics & policy
    The hopeless search for Trump’s cunning plan

    Attempts to read grand strategy into the US president’s doings have run their course

    Carl Godfrey illustration of Trump figure stuck on top of a weather vane, with his hand stretched and pointing his finger in the southern direction.
  • Saturday, 22 March, 2025
    Life & Arts
    A Denmark state of mind

    The country’s ability to think on an issue-by-issue basis is rare in a tribal era

    A couple in a green car with red luggage, a small pennant of the Danish flag and a red doll’s pram strapped to the roof, drive through a town
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    EU defence
    Europe is only half-awake from its long sleep

    Talk of Donald Trump bringing the continent together is absurdly premature

    A blue triple tandem bicycle designed for three riders, featuring three sets of pedals and seats with a single front wheel missing the back one
  • Saturday, 15 March, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The bright side of a transatlantic rift

    Culturally, it’s not the worst thing if Europe and America have less to do with each other

    Two men in suits walking in a room with yellow curtains
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Recession will not make Trump change course

    A president who can’t run again is freer from public opinion than business seems to realise

    Illustration of Donald Trump’s signature in black ink at the bottom of an executive order, cascading down as a red graph line
  • Saturday, 8 March, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The pandemic that didn’t change the world

    It is hard for a journalist to accept, but almost all events are ephemeral

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  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    European economy
    Europe must trim its welfare state to build a warfare state

    There is no way of defending the continent without cuts to social spending

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a toy soldier with a coin slot on his back
  • Saturday, 1 March, 2025
    Life & Arts
    How France got America right in the end

    Britain and Germany were too close to the US to see it straight

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2025
    UK foreign policy
    The Tories discover that Britain is located in Europe

    The lesson of this world-changing month is that geography matters — despite what the Brexit campaign claimed

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  • Saturday, 22 February, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The anti-woke overcorrection is here

    Conservatives are mistaking public dislike of the cultural left for enthusiasm for the opposite dogma

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  • Saturday, 15 February, 2025
    Life & Arts
    Michelin and the return of deference

    The more information there is in the world, the more people crave guidance

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    US trade
    Tariffs won’t bring back America’s unipolar moment

    Trade is wrongly blamed for the relative decline of the US

    Illustration of people flying huge Chinese kites, including a dragon kite and two smaller red kites with the yellow stars of the Chinese flag
  • Saturday, 8 February, 2025
    Life & Arts
    Tech vs finance: the social wars

    No longer the most powerful profession, finance still provides better company 

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  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2025
    Donald Trump
    The deceptively negotiable Donald Trump

    The tariff row is further indication that he is quick to quarrel but also quick to settle

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a red boxer’s glove squeezing a gold trophy.
  • Saturday, 1 February, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The revenge of the Mediterranean

    The future of the continent will be shaped in the once-mocked south 

    Men in suits walk down stairs
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
    Populism
    American and European populism don’t mix

    Elon Musk will find the European right more statist than some progressives at home

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a fishing net being held aloft to catch European Union stars
  • Saturday, 25 January, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The revolt against over-management

    In politics, media and sport, the advantages of looseness are becoming clear

    Donald Trump, seen from behind, waves to supporters wearing red Maga caps and taking photos with their phones
  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
    US presidential election 2024
    The strange liberal nonchalance about Trump’s return

    Having supposedly worried too much about him last time, people are overcorrecting

    Carl Godfrey illustration of two golfers at the putting green while an electric cart that has left deep wheel marks in the grass sits near a sand bunker
  • Saturday, 18 January, 2025
    Life & Arts
    Liberalism’s quiet victories

    Against religion, against de-growth, against a pandemic, modernity endures

    Donald Trump, wearing a blue suit, blue tie and a frown holding a Bible
  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2025
    UK economy
    Britain should stop pretending it wants more economic growth

    Almost everyone in politics has something they prioritise over it

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a red watering can with the top part for pouring water tied in a knot
  • Saturday, 11 January, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The strange world of the Euro-Gulf 

    The entwinement of Europe and the Arabian peninsula is ever tighter, and ever more improbable

    Breakfast is laid on a round table on a terrace with views of skyscrapers
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Geopolitics
    Pity the middle-sized nations of the world

    Small countries have the best outcomes, while the few giants shape the globe

    Illustration of an elephant foot on top of a turtle, with a robin standing on top of his foot
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Things have to get worse to get better

    Voters can’t be sold on change until their nation is in acute trouble

    A hand holds a burning match
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