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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, 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
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Populism
    Economics can’t explain all the anger of voters

    If it did, the US should have much healthier politics than Europe

    An abacus with the beads in the shape of a question mark
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Geopolitics
    The western myth of the ‘guy we can do business with’

    Assad, Putin, Gaddafi — the free world too often gets its hopes up about despots

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a snake hidden in flowers.
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Merkel-worship was liberalism at its worst

    Fans of the former German chancellor should be contrite — even if she isn’t

    Angela Merkel, wearing a red jacket, looks downcast in the centre as Macron on the left and Trump on the right face each other to speak
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    US politics & policy
    America’s nightmare is two feral parties

    The Democrats might decide that playing by the rules has got them nowhere

    Illustration of the American flag being torn apart by two raccoons
  • Saturday, 30 November, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Frank Auerbach and the unexamined life

    The great painter, like most people, didn’t reflect on his inner state in the modern way

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Elon Musk
    Musk is the right man in the wrong continent

    Europe’s bloated governments need his efficiency revolution much more than Washington does

    Illustration of Elon Musk’s head in profile overlayed with the EU flag
  • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
    Life & Arts
    The age of the partial outsider

    There is such a thing as the optimal degree of alienation — and it isn’t zero

    The head of a white statue
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    How Britain squandered the best hand in the world

    Having had three friends in high places — the US, the EU and China — the UK contemplates life with none

    A map of Britain in green with the rest of the world faded into a blue background
  • Saturday, 16 November, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Liberals speak a different language

    ‘Gaslighting’, ‘cosplay’, ‘intentionality’ — the American left doesn’t realise how odd it sounds to most people

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    US politics & policy
    How the Democrats can win in 2028

    If the party changes, the US rightwing realignment won’t last

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a picture of a donkey which has been cut into 12 pieces and then put back together in the wrong order
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    The Democrats threw away a winnable election

    Harris was the wrong candidate, and the consequences could be global

    Illustration of the blue and starred section of the US flag superimposed over Trump’s smiling face
  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
    Life & Arts
    We will be living in Trumpland for decades

    The protectionism that Trump brought back into fashion now has a momentum of its own

    A man in a suit stands on a platform carpeted red. He has his arm in the air and there is an American flag in the background
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    How Trump learnt to love big business

    Nothing separates the man from his 2016 self more than his disappearing qualms about capitalism

    Carl Godfrey illustration of a torn billboard poster of Donald Trump.
  • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Why it is lonely in the political centre

    Genuine commitment to the middle ground is much rarer than it seems

    Two men stand on a platform talking against a backdrop of London skyscrapers
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    The tragedy of a 50-50 America

    The era of western stability relied on dominant parties, and the US has none

    Blue hands on the left and red hands on the right pointing at each other
  • Saturday, 19 October, 2024
    Life & Arts
    In search of art without an argument

    Why artists are so often banal or strident in their treatment of politics

  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
    Kamala Harris
    The difference between Harris and Starmer

    A cautious politician is easier to elect than an ambiguous one

    Carl Godfrey illustration of Keir Starmer’s and Kamala Harris’s portraits in a superimposed 3D image
  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    Life & Arts
    What cities owe the provinces

    The heartland votes for conservative policies that allow urban life to flourish

    A photo of the London City skyline. There are trees in the foreground and above is a big blue sky with white clouds
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Geopolitics
    US foreign policy is too volatile to lead the world

    The swings between Democratic and Republican presidents weren’t so wild in America’s heyday

    Illustration of a cutout picture of the US bald eagle in flight. There are tears in both wings and its been stuck to the wall with a piece or red tape on one wing and blue tape on the other
  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Can liberals be trusted with liberalism?

    If the woke movement is now fading, it wasn’t the sensible centre that beat it back

    A group of people sit outside at a restaurant table. There’s a large group of protesters outside waving placards
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    US politics & policy
    The China challenge isn’t bringing Americans together

    There is none of the bipartisan spirit that the cold war brought to Washington

    Illustration of a slingshot which has two elastic straps, each being pulled in the opposite direction so as to be aimed at each other
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Politics
    The end of the popular politician

    A once-common type is vanishing from the west, and it is a problem of demand not supply

    Illustration of a podium and microphones with squashed tomatoes sliding down the podium and on the floor around it
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Britain and Germany are failing differently

    Two contrasting ways of running a country are now similarly unsuccessful

    Two men in suits walk along a red carpet past a military band guard of honour in grey tunics and green berets
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    EU economy
    Why Europe will not catch up with the US

    America has cultural and structural advantages that governments can’t close

    Mario Draghi
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