One of the best Big Reads of all time --
The thing to read to understand why the undeclared war with Iran cannot take the second China shock out of the newspapers/ why imbalances are back of the G7 agenda
9/9
https://t.co/4f0R8NAwSp
An extraordinary article explaining how China's hi-tech factories are going to change the world https://t.co/UpSPltlf3R @rwmcmorrow@Sam1Fleming@pmdfoster https://t.co/06HTNzqIYX
Where did Apple get its manufacturing chops from? The answer may surprise you. Fascinating piece by @PatrickMcGee_ on the tech giant’s roots in an occupied and war-battered country https://t.co/5oF6uK7XEr
The FT's inimitable John Foley on a huge issue facing the world economy - will what could well be the biggest peacetime investment in history actually make any money? Lex in depth: Will the AI data centre boom become a $9tn bust? https://t.co/Lmx3ioi6pw via @ft
There is no better way to start the day than watching Istanbul slide past on a Bosphorus ferry towards the Black Sea.
There are also few better ways to spend the rest of the day than retracing your steps by foot, with @danieldombey as your guide
https://t.co/gnVBNdRYVs
"One Sunday morning in 2008, I woke up to learn I had supposedly plotted with then-U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney to overthrow the Turkish government," writes @elcinpoyrazlar https://t.co/6iqxidZ3eA
There's something populist about the backlash against tourism.
It involves a turn inwards similar to reactions we've seen to immigration and deindustrialisation.
And it unites people on the conservative right & the radical left.
https://t.co/MV3ohfsJzn via @ft
Spain is Nato’s biggest laggard on defence spending.
It spends less as a % of GDP than any other Nato country.
A national aversion to muscular militarism explains why.
https://t.co/VHE0ir2VPy via @ft
Five days before Turkey’s historic elections, I’m looking forward to watching this BBC documentary on the man at the centre of it all (I’m one of the talking heads) https://t.co/z7FgL5AlaA
Caught up last night with the first episode of this excellent documentary on Tayyip Erdogan. Some amazing 90s footage which brought back many memories. Highly recommended in advance of Sunday's crucial election 1/2
https://t.co/qxHau0WVgr
Five days before Turkey’s historic elections, I’m looking forward to watching this BBC documentary on the man at the centre of it all (I’m one of the talking heads) https://t.co/z7FgL5AlaA
Feels quite old school to do a #ff but my colleague and long-time fellow @Merkez_Bankasi-watcher @adamsamson recently arrived in Ankara as the new @FT Turkey correspondent.
A must-follow for news on the upcoming elections, earthquake fallout, Turkish economy + more.