Associate Ed at the FT, US-based writer/columnist. Author of Zbig, America's Cold War Prophet. On the Economist, Foreign Affairs, FT & Wapo's best books of 2025
"Because of Ukraine’s circumstances, Zelenskyy speaks to a larger audience than any other leader, barring one. Trump is no friend of the “west”. Zelenskyy, on the other hand, is uniquely reminding the west of itself." My column.
Rarely has a geopolitical roll of the dice gone so rapidly wrong. Netanyahu played on Trump’s vanity to help convince him to start this war. That same vanity will now be deaf to any future bridges Netanyahu might try to sell.” My column
"As case studies of how to throw away strong hands, Putin and Trump are without peer. As the lap into which most of their cards have fallen, China is the main beneficiary." My column.