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  • Thursday, 15 December, 2016
    US foreign policy
    Gates sees Tillerson as bonus for US-Russia ties

    Former CIA director talks of need to tackle Putin’s ‘bullying’ and ‘thuggery’

    Thursday, 15 December, 2016
  • Sunday, 23 October, 2016
    FTfm
    Condoleezza Rice to advise RWC on emerging markets

    Former US secretary of state will provide geopolitical risk analysis to asset manager

    Sunday, 23 October, 2016
  • Tuesday, 26 July, 2016
    The Big Read
    Xi’s China: Command and control

    The People’s Liberation Army has undergone a root-and-branch overhaul under the ‘commander-in-chief’
  • Thursday, 19 May, 2016
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    White House Countdown – Unqualified?
    Thursday, 19 May, 2016
  • Wednesday, 3 December, 2014
    US
    Pentagon pick will lack autonomy he needs
    Wednesday, 3 December, 2014
  • Sunday, 2 November, 2014
    Columnists
    Obama can learn from George W Bush
    Sunday, 2 November, 2014
  • Tuesday, 7 October, 2014
    Global Insight
    Throwing the books at Obama
    Tuesday, 7 October, 2014
  • Thursday, 18 September, 2014
    Global Insight
    Obama’s isolation deepens
    Thursday, 18 September, 2014
  • Wednesday, 13 August, 2014
    US
    A hug cannot heal US split over intervention
    Wednesday, 13 August, 2014
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  • Sunday, 11 May, 2014
    Non-Fiction
    Uncertain legacy for the president’s man
    Sunday, 11 May, 2014
  • Sunday, 30 March, 2014
    Global Insight
    US wants Europe to get on its bike on sanctions
    Sunday, 30 March, 2014
  • Monday, 24 March, 2014
    UK defence spending
    Crimea fuels call for defence rethink
    Monday, 24 March, 2014
  • Friday, 17 January, 2014
    FT Magazine
    Peace in our time
    Friday, 17 January, 2014
  • Thursday, 16 January, 2014
    UK defence spending
    Gates strikes chord with defence chiefs
    Thursday, 16 January, 2014
  • Thursday, 16 January, 2014
    UK Politics & Policy
    Gates warns on British military cutbacks
    Thursday, 16 January, 2014
  • Sunday, 12 January, 2014
    The World blog
    McCain on Gates on McCain
    Sunday, 12 January, 2014
  • Friday, 10 January, 2014
    Non-Fiction
    After the surge
    Friday, 10 January, 2014
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2014
    US
    Gates memoir provides boost for Clinton
    Wednesday, 8 January, 2014
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2014
    US
    Gates memoir mixes disdain and respect
    Wednesday, 8 January, 2014
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2014
    The World blog
    Does Robert Gates need his head examined?
    Wednesday, 8 January, 2014
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2014
    US
    Gates hits out at Obama foreign policy
    Tuesday, 7 January, 2014
  • Monday, 9 September, 2013
    Global Insight
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    Monday, 9 September, 2013
  • Friday, 19 July, 2013
    US intelligence
    Arrested CIA agent returned to US
    Friday, 19 July, 2013
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2013
    Aerospace
    Commentary: Weapons makers focus on returns
    Sunday, 16 June, 2013
  • Thursday, 10 January, 2013
    US
    Obama’s choice of insiders eschews new ideas
    Thursday, 10 January, 2013
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