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Philip Stephens from COLUMNISTS 5:29pm

Pay up for Nato or shut it down

Being prepared for new threats requires military capabilities but no one wants to pick up the bill

MPs warn on defence spending
Gideon Rachman Disarmed Europe will face the world alone
Putin seeks to close US military gap
Editorial Lessons from Iraq a decade after war

The A-List

US jobs reports will give a verdict on Fed strategy

Amid congressional dysfunction, the central bank’s strategy of unorthodox monetary policy seems to be the only way forward

– Mohamed El-Erian

Chávez death exposes flaws in China’s foreign policy

The news from Caracas reminds Chinese officials that their government continues to depend on commercial relations with relatively unpredictable countries

– Ian Bremmer

Immigration reform can break the partisan deadlock

The signs are encouraging for Republicans to co-operate with the president on the issue

– Bruce Bartlett

Martin Wolf from COLUMNISTS 6:24pm

The man at Number 10 is not for turning

If the British government’s plan is working, what would a failing one look like?

ECB sticks to its monetary guns
Global Insight Political centre at risk as eurozone fears revive

OPINION 4:39pm

China must seize rare chance for reform

The new leadership is more talented and entrepreneurial, says Zhang Weiying

OPINION 6:48pm

US judges are jeopardising global finance

Those who contributed to Argentina’s debt restructuring are being punished twice, says David Martinez

Argentina given month to make debt offer
FT Alphaville Repent, Argentina!

Gary Silverman from COLUMNISTS 6:54pm

Don’t forget that sunset moment

New York is buzzing over the stock market’s record high but turning a blind eye to its homeless

Expat lives Park life in Brooklyn
US equities boosted by jobless data

Gillian Tett from MARKETS 4:23pm

Davos Man’s faith in globalisation is shaken

Localisation of financial flows flies in the face of expectations

Editorial

Obama’s drones and laws of war

US targeted killings must be put on a statutory footing
Our tangled web

EU should protect users’ basic rights in data reform
Beppe Grillo’s grudge

Italy’s Five Star should prove it is not just a protest party