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Dec 4, 2012
A taxing problem for Google et al..
Tax dodgers – corporate and individual – are running out of places to hide
- Michael Devereux Corporation tax reform
- Chancellor backs gas to fire up Britain
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Nov 29, 2012
Towards a grand bargain with the press
Newspapers should speak truth to power, not trample over the powerless
- Editorial Leveson’s lessons for Fleet Street
- In depth Leveson inquiry
Nov 27, 2012
A British survival guide for Mark Carney
The architects of the mess have hailed the man they hope will get us out of it
- Adam Posen Britain will welcome Carney
- Jim Stanford Learn from Canada and Carney
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Nov 22, 2012
Winning wars will not make Israel safe
Khamenei shares the view of Netanyahu that military force is the sole source of security
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LIFE & ARTS
Nov 16, 2012
Diplomatic memoirs
‘Britain’s Quest for a Role’ by David Hannay, Sherard Cowper-Coles’ ‘Ever the Diplomat’ and the UK’s struggle to exert influence in a post-imperial age
Nov 15, 2012
Merkel has decided to pay up for the euro
The German chancellor will need assurances that she will not have to tap the voters later on
Nov 11, 2012
BBC needs to relearn its journalistic ABC
Checking by lawyers cannot replace experienced professional judgment
- John Gapper New leader won’t solve BBC flaws
- Max Hastings Child abuse
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Nov 8, 2012
World crowds in on Obama’s second term
To recast the US as a selective superpower will not be easy
Nov 1, 2012
Cautious president deserves second term
The case for Barack Obama is he navigated the storms with careful intelligence
Oct 25, 2012
Turkey stumbles on the road to Damascus
Ankara has come to realise that it has been overtaken by events
Oct 18, 2012
Brexit: Europe loses patience with London
There have been many crises in the UK’s relationship with the EU, but this one feels different
Oct 11, 2012
High-stakes choices for China’s leaders
Changes at the top will shape the international order for decades
Oct 10, 2012
A bad time for Britain to say auf Wiedersehen
The UK needs allies but is not spoiled for choice
Oct 4, 2012
Republicans are losing the US culture wars
The party seems ever more out of touch with a public mood framed by greater tolerance
Sep 27, 2012
US must not hide from the Middle East
The American president would benefit by setting out a decisive regional strategy
Sep 20, 2012
British foreign policy should be realist
Emotion draws the country across the Atlantic but hard calculation pulls it back to Europe
Sep 13, 2012
The US is becoming a selective superpower
The country’s global reach will be reduced in a gradual reshaping of the postwar order
Sep 6, 2012
Bombing Iran is the way to make sure it gets the bomb
There has never been a better time for Washington to test Tehran’s intentions
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Philip Stephens is a commentator and author. He is associate editor of the Financial Times where as chief political commentator he writes twice-weekly columns on global and British affairs.
He joined the Financial Times in 1983 after working as a correspondent for Reuters in Brussels and has been the FT’s Economics Editor, Political Editor and Editor of the UK edition. He was educated at Wimbledon College and at Oxford university.
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