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    Felicia Schwartz

    US foreign affairs & defense correspondent
    Felicia Schwartz is the FT's US foreign affairs and defense correspondent and is based in Washington DC. Before joining the FT in 2022, she spent eight years at The Wall Street Journal in its DC and Middle East bureaus as the State Department correspondent and as the Israel/Palestinian Territories correspondent. She has also previously worked at CNN in New York. A native of Harrison, NY, she has a degree in history and geography from Dartmouth College.
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    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Russian politics
      Russian court sentences Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison

      Decision comes despite US efforts to secure prisoner swap for basketball star

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Military Briefing: Himars fuel Ukraine hopes of ‘limited’ counter-offensive

      US-supplied artillery systems deliver some impressive results against Russia but Kyiv wants more of them and faster

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Nato
      Washington ratifies Sweden and Finland’s Nato membership

      US becomes 23rd country to approve Nordic countries’ membership but Turkey remains a holdout

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Opec
      Opec+ agrees minimal oil production rise in effort to placate western allies

      US and other western powers are seeking lower prices at the pump and have been calling on group to increase output

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine’s first grain ship cleared to leave Black Sea

      Corn-carrying Razoni passed UN-led inspection in Turkish waters

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US imposes sanctions on Putin’s reputed girlfriend and other Russian elites

      Treasury department also targets multinational company, yacht and sanctions-evasion operation

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Terrorism
      US says it killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan

      Biden announces he authorised drone strike to ‘remove him from the battlefield once and for all’

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      US-China relations
      Xi warns Biden not to ‘play with fire’ ahead of Pelosi’s potential Taiwan trip

      Tensions run high over senior US lawmaker’s planned visit to island

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      US foreign policy
      US steps up efforts to secure release of Brittney Griner from Russia

      Antony Blinken plans call with Sergei Lavrov to push ‘serious proposal’ on basketball player’s fate

    • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
      News in-depthUS foreign policy
      Biden’s fist bump belies US unease with Saudi Arabia

      Energy crisis and China’s deepening Middle East footprint mean Washington cannot ignore Riyadh

    • Saturday, 16 July, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Joe Biden tells Middle East summit: ‘America is not going anywhere’

      President says US will not leave a power vacuum in the region that would benefit Russia, China and Iran

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      US foreign policy
      Biden expects Saudi Arabia to take ‘further steps’ to boost oil supply

      Saudi official downplays US president’s remarks saying production will be based on demand

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Saudi Arabia
      Saudi Arabia opens airspace to Israeli flights

      US president Biden secures a policy win ahead of his visit to the kingdom later on Friday

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Israeli-Palestinian conflict
      Biden’s West Bank visit leaves Palestinians feeling little will change

      US president’s trip highlights the limits of what Washington can do to help those in the occupied territories

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Iran nuclear deal
      US and Israel pledge to stop Iran developing nuclear weapon

      President Joe Biden and Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid sign joint declaration to work together

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Biden in the Middle East

      European countries worry the weapons they sent to Ukraine are being sold on the black market

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
      US foreign policy
      Joe Biden seeks reset on Saudi Arabia as oil tensions flare

      US president to flag energy security concerns and need for closer ties with Israel during Middle East trip

    • Monday, 4 July, 2022
      Israel
      US finds unintentional Israeli fire probably killed Al Jazeera journalist

      Report on Shireen Abu Akleh’s death comes a week before Joe Biden’s Middle East trip

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Nato
      Military briefing: Nato brings back cold war doctrine to counter Russian threat

      Ukraine invasion has forced a fundamental sharpening of focus from the security alliance

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      US foreign policy
      Biden administration offers support for Turkish F-16 deal

      Backing for modernising fighter force comes as Ankara drops opposition to Finland and Sweden joining Nato

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Nato
      US to boost Europe military presence as Nato strengthens defences

      Biden says additional deployments send ‘unmistakable message’ that alliance is ‘strong and united’

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      News in-depthMiddle Eastern politics & society
      Biden’s about-turn on Saudi war in Yemen

      US hopes truce between Riyadh-backed coalition and Iran-supported rebels will take hold but prospects remain slim

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Hajj flights from Israel to Saudi Arabia included in talks to improve ties

      US brokers effort to help former foes normalise relations as Joe Biden’s visit approaches

    • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine urges Nato to recognise its central role in European security

      Zelenskyy adviser says alliance should reaffirm partnership as Kyiv continues to fight Russia’s invasion

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      G7
      G7 leaders to debate ways to stabilise global energy markets

      US official says soaring costs and reducing Russia’s revenues will be at the centre of weekend meeting

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