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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 July, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Trump and Maga are no longer the same thing

    A summer of splits shows what post-Trump conservatism will look like

    Carl Godfrey illustration of the MAGA hat turned backwards, floating above Trump’s head.
  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
    Geopolitics
    Britain, France and the necessary relationship

    In a war-footing Europe, London-Paris might become what Paris-Berlin was in the era of peace

    Illustration of two crossed wooden oars, one with the Union Jack and the other one with the French flag on the tip of the blade.
  • Wednesday, 2 July, 2025
    UK politics
    Keir Starmer is preferable to his party

    The UK prime minister is weak but Labour MPs are deluded about fiscal reality

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a hand trying to reach a fly away upside down turned red umbrella with the Labour party symbol on it.
  • Saturday, 28 June, 2025
    Life & Arts
    The neocons a generation on

    A mostly wrong movement got some things right

    Four soldiers — three men and one woman — all wearing sunglasses, stand smiling behind a grey-haired man in an open-neck blue shirt
  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    US foreign policy
    America’s retreat from the world stalls again

    The bombing of Iran suggests that a global role is a hard thing to give up

    Illustration of the US flag planted on a different part of 12 globes of the world.
  • Saturday, 21 June, 2025
    Los Angeles
    How Los Angeles made the modern world

    The troubled city has done more than most to shape how people now live

  • Saturday, 14 June, 2025
    Life & Arts
    How boredom gave us chaos

    The political shocks of the past decade are partly about stagnant societies craving drama

  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    UK economy
    Only a crisis will wean the west off debt

    The British state in particular is unreformable without pressure from the bond markets

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a lighten dynamite, surrounded by piles of silver coins
  • Saturday, 7 June, 2025
    Life & Arts
    William F Buckley and the revolution that wasn’t

    Judged on its practical impact, the US right has been a flop

    A middle-aged man wearing a light-coloured coat and sunglasses walks with a uniformed police officer. A crowd of protesters is visible in the distance
  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Biden has become a scapegoat for the Democrats

    The party’s real problem is a consistent tolerance of obvious losers

    Illustration of a donkey with a blue rosette on its back side
  • Saturday, 31 May, 2025
    Life & Arts
    A drinker’s case against drinking

    I won’t join in, but the global trend towards sobriety is a wise one

    A black-and-white fashion shot of a man in a dark suit leaning across a table towards a chic young woman with her hair tied up in a bun. wearing a black dress and drinking wine from a large glass
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Geopolitics
    The myth of Maga’s isolationism

    From South Africa to Europe, the movement is absolutely obsessed with foreign countries

    Carl Godfrey illustration of an eagle’s talon clawing a globe of the world
  • Saturday, 24 May, 2025
    Life & Arts
    A war too well remembered

    The 1930s and their aftermath are no guide to current events

    White crosses in a field with a blurred view of a man in a suit and red tie in the bottom right-hand corner
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    European Union
    Britain will be negotiating with Europe forever

    Like a poorer Switzerland, the UK will never find a happy balance of independence and access

    Carl Godfrey illustration of two linked bubble speeches, one with the UK flag in and the other with the EU flag in.
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    UK politics
    Labour has given up its growth mission

    Having said it was paramount, the UK government now has half a dozen ‘number one’ priorities

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a hand holding a bouquet of roses with all the heads snipped off except one
  • Saturday, 10 May, 2025
    Life & Arts
    Why travel didn’t bring the world together

    As people go abroad more, nationalism has surged

    A suitcase plastered with stickers from multiple overseas destinations
  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
    US presidential election 2024
    Take no comfort from America’s Trump backlash

    The revolt against him isn’t huge, and it isn’t about constitutional principle

    Illustration of a pair of heart-shaped sunglasses with Trump’s reflection in the lenses
  • Saturday, 3 May, 2025
    Life & Arts
    Wanted: a mean liberal

    Mark Carney shows how to be moderate in substance and populist in style

    A man, seen from behind, wearing a red hoodie that with the words ‘M Carney 24’. He is facing a cheering crowd
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    Conservative party UK
    Canada is a warning to Britain’s Trump-loving Tories

    The Conservatives must choose between their US obsession and their electoral viability

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a dog sitting on Maga hat
  • Saturday, 26 April, 2025
    Life & Arts
    Where the west still wins

    Aeroplanes, universities, sports leagues — there are lots of exceptions to the decline of the North Atlantic world

  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
    US politics & policy
    There is no such thing as a Trump whisperer

    Western leaders who are said to be on special terms with the US president have nothing to show for it

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a wine bottle top in Trump’s ear.
  • Saturday, 19 April, 2025
    Life & Arts
    What abundance can’t achieve

    Growth is worthwhile in itself — but it’s not a cure for populism

    A male jogger runs past the tower blocks of Singapore’s Marine Bay
  • 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.
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