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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    US-China relations
    China imposes sanctions on Trump officials including Mike Pompeo

    Beijing targets former US secretary of state and 27 others for violating its sovereignty

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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    News in-depth
    Biden faces first foreign policy test with Russian balancing act

    White House seeks arms control pact even as it warns of consequences for Navalny arrest

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  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson plays down Biden removal of Churchill bust as he seeks to build relations

    Downing St says ‘it is up to the president’ to decorate Oval Office as he wishes

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    German politics
    Angela Merkel warns Joe Biden to expect ‘arguments’

    German chancellor says relief at new US administration should not stop Europe assuming more responsibility

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Philip Stephens
    The right answer to Xi Jinping is a one-China policy

    To counter Beijing’s strategy of divide and rule, the US and its allies need consistent policies

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    America’s big China question

    Resetting relations will be near the top of Joe Biden’s agenda — three new books look at the challenge

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    David Gardner
    Joe Biden will find ample potential for acrimony in the Middle East

    The incoming president could face problems with traditional US allies such as Israel, as well as with adversaries

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    US-China relations
    Pompeo says China’s repression of Uighurs is ‘genocide’

    Trump administration accusation is backed by Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Biden-Harris: what you need to know
    What does a Biden presidency mean for the world?

    From trade to climate, the new president has vowed to restore US leadership and repair relations with allies

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    Biden-Harris: what you need to know
    Biden in the White House: which world leaders stand to lose out?

    Russia’s Putin, India’s Modi and the UK’s Johnson, will find relations with the US more challenging

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    How international financial sanctions could derail vaccination drives Premium

    Biden must give banks cover to help all countries participate in rollout of Covid jabs

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Gideon Rachman
    America’s disarray is China’s opportunity

    China’s economy is growing strongly while the US is mired in a political crisis

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    News in-depthCuba
    Biden rapprochement with Cuba faces difficult hurdles

    Havana’s reluctance to make concessions and US electoral politics complicate detente

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
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    Pompeo’s blitz, Merkel’s heir apparent, tech boom shapes cities

    The US secretary of state has delivered a deluge of last-minute measures that will impede the incoming administration

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Pompeo tries to pin Biden down with parting foreign policy blitz

    Last-ditch measures will complicate next administration’s efforts to reset global relations

  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    US-China relations
    US imposes sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown

    Trump administration ratchets up pressure on Beijing in its final days

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    News in-depthUK foreign policy
    Boris Johnson on back foot as UK tries to reset relationship with US

    PM hopes shared international policy interests will overcome Biden’s unfavourable initial impressions

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Russian politics
    Russia to withdraw from Open Skies defence treaty

    Moscow’s decision effectively cripples the 2002 treaty following US withdrawal last year

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
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    Xiaomi/US: rice cooker commando Premium

    Chinese group has had time to hedge smartphone revenue with low-tech products before blacklisting

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Life & Arts
    From Suez to Brexit and back again: Britain’s long search for a role

    Britain’s departure from the EU reopens a difficult debate over its place in the world

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Ecuador
    US development bank strikes deal to help Ecuador pay China loans

    ‘Novel’ deal comes in exchange for excluding Chinese groups from the country’s telecoms networks

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Philip Stephens
    Joe Biden needs an America-first foreign policy

    The new president’s most important decisions will be about the domestic economy

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Israel launches air strikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria

    Dozens of soldiers reported killed in big bombing raid ahead of Trump’s departure

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    David Gardner
    Qatar’s rapprochement restores balance in the Middle East

    The deal with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other neighbours ends a three-year blockade of the emirate

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Biden poised to name foreign policy expert as Asia tsar

    Ex-state department official Kurt Campbell expected to serve in new administration role

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