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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Pope Leo XIV has called Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss Ukrainian children abducted by Russia and a western-backed 30-day ceasefire, in a shift from the previous pontiff who had struck a more neutral stance on…
Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. Japan’s Support for Women’s Equality Doesn’t Extend to Domestic Reform Anxieties around imperial succession have exposed the nation’s lack of gender parity. By Ming Gao, a researcher of East Asian studies in Lund University’s history department. Young women wear kimonos to mark “Coming of Age…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Resigning from the job of world policeman is harder than it seems. When fighting broke out between India and Pakistan last week, the first reactions of the leading figures in the Trump administration…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), the militant group which has been in conflict with the Turkish state for more than 40 years, said it would disband in a historic move with major political and security…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The US and China have agreed to lower tariffs for the next 90 days in a major de-escalation of the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. As part of an agreement…
<!–> The NBA Draft lottery takes place on Monday, which will set the order for the top 14 picks ahead of the first round on June 25. The lottery is filled with excitement because of the unknown as bouncing lottery balls decide those teams’ draft positions. While the teams with the three worst records from…
Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. American Shipbuilding Needs Allies If it wants icebreakers, the United States must embrace the role of junior industrial partner. By Jonathan D. Caverley, a professor at the Naval War College’s Center for Naval Warfare Studies, and Rebecca Pincus, director of the Polar Institute at the…
Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. Biased AI Models Are Increasing Political Polarization AI tools trained in different countries are producing wildly divergent views on controversial geopolitical questions. By Sinan Ulgen, the director of the Istanbul-based think tank EDAM as well as a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels. A…
Analysis The Post-World War II System Was Always Fragile Roosevelt warned that even in peacetime, America’s obligations to the world would continue. A pencil drawing of a man smiling and wearing glassesJulian E. Zelizer By Julian E. Zelizer, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. Sign…
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