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Lionel Barber

Lionel Barber is former editor of the Financial Times. He is author of "The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times."

Liz Truss, cartoon Mrs. Thatcher, takes power in U.K.

Economic turmoil will test Britain's new prime minister

Boris Johnson's undignified exit confirms his flawed premiership

Tenure marked by political instability not seen since high inflation 1970s

Shared unease over China helps the Quad come of age

Possible future members include South Korea and the U.K.

Vladimir Putin turns to the Stalin playbook

The Great Terror continues to haunt Russia

Vladimir Putin stakes it all on Ukraine

Russian leader driven by his belief in the narrative of Western decline

Britain's soft power is under siege

Genteel decline of the monarchy and BBC will encourage China and Russia

America's 'woke warriors' are on the march

Culture wars threaten backlash against Democrats in midterm elections

Biden shifts China policy toward deterrence

Bid to counter Beijing's narrative of U.S. decline

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Wall Street doubles down on China

Financial ties continue to grow despite political tensions

Merkel era ends with a whimper, not a bang

Germany's departing chancellor leaves a vacuum on world stage

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America's Afghan misadventure is not Biden's 'Saigon moment'

Predictions about what will follow should be accompanied with a degree of humility

Taiwan temptation keeps US guessing about Xi's true intention

Biden under pressure to change policy of 'strategic ambiguity'

Netanyahu casts a long shadow over Israeli politics

New national unity government is testimony to fallen leader's formidable legacy

The rise and fall of global steel baron Sanjeev Gupta

Pied Piper of Dubai who led many astray now faces fraud charges

SoftBank's 'halo effect' loses some of its magic

Greensill collapse raises awkward questions

Boris Johnson's 'Global Britain' tilts toward Asia

UK foreign policy seeks to adapt to 'Cold War 2.0'

China's soft power push attracts scrutiny in UK

University ties and 'dual-use' technology at issue

Biden inherits a divided nation and a tarnished Trump legacy

Coronavirus and impeachment overhang his presidency

Australia pays painful economic price for its China criticism

Business leaders jittery after Canberra's call for COVID inquiry

Europe wakes up to the China challenge

But the search for 'strategic autonomy' faces obstacles