Europe can find strength in its solitude

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is editorial director and a columnist at Le Monde Popes’ funerals can produce miracles. First came the picture of Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy engaged in a brief one-on-one dialogue … Read more

How Ukraine could break the western alliance

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Fear of Russia brought the western alliance together. Now fear of Russia threatens to break it apart. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in 1949 by the US, Canada and European allies … Read more

Trump’s 100 days of chaos

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world “Flooding the zone” was a strategy devised by Donald Trump’s first-term adviser Steve Bannon to generate such a blur of news that the media could not keep track. Trump has elevated it in … Read more

Undermining the Indus Waters Treaty imperils Indian security

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is professor of history and environmental studies at Yale University, and the author of ‘The Burning Earth’ The Indus Waters Treaty has withstood three wars between its nuclear-armed signatories, India and Pakistan. But … Read more

The signal from stock/bond correlation

This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. Donald Trump went to Michigan today to unveil new carve-outs for the US’s beleaguered car industry — just … Read more

Let’s hear it for the annual general meeting

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Many a boss will sympathise with HSBC as the bank mulls ditching physical annual general meetings. Traditionally associated with retirees scarfing canapés while griping about abominable service in the Sevenoaks branch, AGMs offer little of … Read more