Alec Russell
@AlecuRussell
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Foreign Editor @FT - always in search of great stories, curious correspondents, joining the dots, Africa's renaissance and the perfect porcelain teapot
Joined May 2012
“Welcome to the à la carte world. As the age of America as a sole superpower fades, the old era when countries had to choose from a prix fixe menu of alliances is shifting..” My essay on the rise of the middle powers - their dreams and disagreements
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With the US and China at loggerheads, a range of ‘middle powers’ see an opening to pursue their interests
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“We need people holding power to account” - customarily inspiring speech by @ChristopherJM on why journalism matters
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@AlecuRussell @FT @ftweekend I think this might actually be the first ever mention of @ZohranKMamdani in the @ft!!!
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This could prove to be the first half of a rare (unique??) Lunch with the @FT double of both a parent and child getting the @ftweekend golden ticket? @AmyKazmin
https://t.co/OFXEFODkxb via @ft
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The Indian film-maker on hit-and-run cinema, Hindu nationalism and why ‘A Suitable Boy’ is a story for today
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I like the idea of being a veteran! And I did after all write my first piece for @FT from Pakistan back in a very different age, in October 1989…
"Trump thinks we are not stingy in our praise,” says Mushahid Hussain Syed, a former senator in Pakistan, and veteran @AlecuRussell @humza_jilani commentator. https://t.co/KiPYBnWnr8 via @ft
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Can Pakistan’s military strongman fix his failing nation? Allies of Asim Munir say he’s the tough leader who will bring in essential reforms. But can he break with the dismal record of military-led rule? @FT Big Read with @humza_jilani
https://t.co/HwCV07fbD4 via @ft
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Trump’s ‘favourite field marshal’ is confidently wooing global powers, but Asim Munir faces far tougher challenges closer to home
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Honour to be back with Julian Worricker on @bbcworldservice Weekend show - the gold standard in broadcasting - here on all the big issues including wrenching insight into Gaza & Afghanistan & whether to quit journalism to become a cheese-maker
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US earlier said it had "credible reports" that Hamas was planning an "imminent" attack
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Yet again, @FT leads in excellent coverage on Ukraine-US relations. Read: "Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia." @ChristopherJM @HenryJFoy @maxseddon deserve huge congratulations for their work https://t.co/g6mq7gEmyd
@AlecuRussell
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US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine front line in volatile White House meeting
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Wake up world. The Taliban appears close to an all-out war with its longtime old sponsor Pakistan and is anyone outside the region paying attention? @humza_jilani @AndresSchipani @ https://t.co/bMbUNAWa3I via @ft
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Taliban government claims it launched ‘retaliatory operation’ after blaming Islamabad for recent air strike in Kabul
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“On the reefs of roast beef and apple pie….[in the USA] socialistic utopias of every sort are sent to their doom.” Must-read on Zohran Mamdani & socialism with American characteristics @Jderbyshire
https://t.co/8vRQ1jdzmH via @ft
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Tens of thousands of volunteers mobilised by the Democratic Socialists of America are working to elect a torchbearer for a beleaguered US left
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“After 43 years, the guy is still there standing — and at 92 he wants to run again. This is so surreal.” The ultimate lesson in political survival - @davidpilling
https://t.co/BAndB45f4X via @ft
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Cameroon’s Paul Biya, aiming to stay in office until nearly 100, has attended only one rally and spent part of the presidential campaign in Switzerland
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“If history tells you something, it is that if you nurture snakes in your backyard they will bite you.” Is Pakistan heading to war with its old proxy, the Taliban? @humza_jilani @AndresSchipani
https://t.co/opcYKkiTWq via @ft
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Alleged attack comes amid mounting tensions between the Taliban and its former supporter Islamabad
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“For New Delhi, long-standing fears of being “encircled” by China have never seemed more real” Essential and deeply reported @ft read on South Asia’s shifting tectonic plates @leahyjoseph @AndresSchipani @humza_jilani
https://t.co/oB8JsKxmCk via @ft
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Beijing’s new diplomatic forays in south Asia have stoked New Delhi fears of being ‘encircled’
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The dollar may remain top dog for many years but step by step the post-US-led world trading and currency order is emerging - via ever canny @veenavenugopal
https://t.co/W3v4SSbMeE via @ft
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Also in this newsletter: X loses free speech challenge
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Scoop @FT reflecting and reinforcing recent geopolitical shake-up of South Asia - an audacious Pakistan pitch for a US base on Arabian Sea With the Ft’s excellent Islamabad corr @humza_jilani
Scoop: Advisers to Asim Munir floated a draft proposal for a US-backed port on the Arabian Sea for minerals prized by the DOD ahead of his meeting with Trump. It would sit 70 miles from China’s Gwadar port and 100 miles from Iran. w/ @AlecuRussell
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This will ruffle some feathers…
Scoop: Advisers to Asim Munir floated a draft proposal for a US-backed port on the Arabian Sea for minerals prized by the DOD ahead of his meeting with Trump. It would sit 70 miles from China’s Gwadar port and 100 miles from Iran. w/ @AlecuRussell
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Pakistan goes all in trying to woo Trump’s America - officials proposing a strategic US port on the Arabian Sea, near Iran and a huge Chinese port @FT scoop with @humza_jilani
https://t.co/tf3dZY4HKu via @ft
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Audacious plan would give Washington a mineral gateway near China’s flank
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Few things in journalism beat hammering out a scoop in a remote Pakistani roadside chai stall with the @ft excellent Islamabad correspondent @humza_jilani
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Wonderful double honour to be made honorary fellow of @LucyCavColl with @NOIweala - at a ceremony enriched and inspired by her resonant defence of multilateralism and its future
Many thanks to @LucyCavColl, University of Cambridge, for its award of Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College along with @AlecuRussell, Foreign Editor @FT. A fun and at the same time solemn ceremony presided over by the President of the College, Professor Dame Madeleine Atkins
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Can the UN save itself from irrelevance? My bleak take on the plight of the UN with @ahauslohner
https://t.co/7bNCwEzmYB via @ft
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As the organisation turns 80, wars are raging in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, its core ideas are in tatters and the world no longer seems to be listening
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