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Janan Ganesh

Chief US Political Commentator

Janan Ganesh is a biweekly columnist and associate editor for the FT. He writes on American politics for the FT and culture for FT Weekend. He was previously political correspondent for The Economist for five years.

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    Life & Arts
    The myth of the man-child

    Bachelorhood often allows for a more, not less serious life

  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
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    Joe Biden’s democracy summit risks flattering the enemy

    Free nations should not overstate the momentum or influence of autocrats

  • Saturday, 27 November, 2021
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    The world Christopher Hitchens left behind

    The writer was made for our times far more than his own, having the misfortune to peak during one of history’s blander interludes

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    Joe Biden
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    The US president gets too much flak for Afghanistan and inflation, and not enough for public health

  • Saturday, 20 November, 2021
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    Admit LA to the alpha-city club

    North Atlantic prejudice has denied Los Angeles the global status it deserves

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    US politics & policy
    US Republicans can still throw it all away

    Short-term electoral gains are breeding overconfidence in the party

  • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
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    Democrats must look beyond Biden and Harris for 2024

    The party’s historic deference to establishment candidates invites losing to Donald Trump

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    Stop intellectualising pop culture

    The response to ‘Dune’ shows an over-educated society reading profundity into mere entertainment

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    America’s political and business elites no longer agree on China

    While Washington stays vigilant, the corporate world sees new opportunity

  • Saturday, 16 October, 2021
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    The truth about the Anglosphere

    Geographic luck, not culture, distinguishes the ‘Five Eyes’ from much of the world 

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    US politics & policy
    Sinema and Manchin are wrong, but America needs them

    Humanising and demystifying opposition parties is a public service like no other.

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    Blair, Brown and the treachery of appearances

    A flawed documentary shows how we love to put people in boxes

  • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
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    Lessons from the elusive backlash to vaccine mandates

    Acceptance shows that even in populist times, voters just want to be led

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    Life & Arts
    How to talk your way to the top

    Modern habits of speech radiate weakness. Avoid them to get on

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    The controlled populism of Joe Biden

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  • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
    US foreign policy
    Biden’s French snub is a warning to Europe

    The EU should make its own arrangements as the US turns to Asia

  • Saturday, 18 September, 2021
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    Populism
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    Republican admiration for the likes of Viktor Orban ignores the big question of foreign policy

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