Lunch with the FT: Ali al-Naimi on two decades as Saudi’s oil king
Over Dover sole in Mayfair, Saudi Arabia’s former oil minister talks about his frustrations with Opec, his early years as a nomad — and why he will be proved right
How to talk to kids about President Trump
The hate speech and anger of the winner’s campaign is hard for parents to explain
Autocrats of the world benefit from Donald Trump’s win
Notebook: Populist victory in the land of the free gives democracy a bad name
Aleppo and Mosul — two sides of the same sprawling war
Notebook: Success will be judged by how the people are treated after the offensives
Life in Brexit Britain for a proud citizen of the world
Flirting with identity politics seems to be a requirement for mainstream politicians
Saudi Arabia and its toxic relationship with America
The interests of the two countries are diverging
End of the Isis old guard signals more danger ahead
Conspiracy theories surround the reported demise of chief propagandist Adnani
The fleeting influence of a powerful war photograph
Notebook: What Omran Daqneesh’s family needs is a Syrian ceasefire
US election plot lines are reminiscent of a cold war classic
Notebook: Curious events around Trump make for a juicy conspiracy theory
From Theresa May to Hillary Clinton: the march of the sisterhood
Notebook: The UK leader has a more promising record than her predecessors on appointing other women
Young people feel betrayed by Brexit but gave up their voice
Notebook: Many millennials failed to turn out to vote in the referendum
The deadly draw of the Isis brand without borders
Notebook: The Orlando massacre has benefited the group at a time when it desperately needs it
The UN secretary-general has the most impossible job in the world
Notebook – Quite rightly, it is time for a woman to be chief of the international organisation
How Israel can marshal the ‘good news’ from the Middle East
The country is basking in a newfound convergence of interests with Arab states
An inconvenient truth for the Middle East and a line in the sand
Notebook: It is an enduring habit to blame outsiders for the ruinous state of the region
Sadiq Khan offers new role model for young European Muslims
Notebook: It is right that London should prove that tolerance, and merit, still prevail
Regional politics likely to take bigger role in Saudi oil policy
Ali al-Naimi’s exit signals how much things are changing, writes Roula Khalaf
Hillary Clinton plays the woman card against Donald Trump
Gender will play a crucial role in the presidential election campaign
Egyptian satire and the slim textbook of propaganda
The country is more repressive than during the rule of Mubarak
The Brexiteers at the gates of the Lycée school
Notebook: Those you would not expect are buying the Leave campaign’s logic
Collapse of Doha talks highlights the rise of Mohammed bin Salman
The influence of the deputy crown prince over Saudi oil policy is growing, writes Roula Khalaf
Lunch with the FT: Sheikh Hamad Bin-Jaber al-Thani
As PM of Qatar he invested in Britain and intervened in the Arab Spring. In one of his luxury London hotels he talks about what went right — and what went wrong
US takes cyber warfare mainstream
No one, Moscow included, will argue against America’s use of the internet to attack Isis
A desperate search for the jihadi profile
Notebook: The drive to fight has roots in prisons and depression, as well as religion
A week that makes some sense of Trump’s foreign policy ideas
He needs a crash course in international relations and to learn to differentiate friends from foes
