John Lloyd

John Lloyd was the FT’s Moscow correspondent from 1991–95. He is co-founder of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and his forthcoming book is about the rise of the New Right in Europe.

48 Posts

Colonialism and Its Discontents

Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar’s controversial reassessment of Britain’s imperial record has reignited an important academic quarrel over the meaning and legacy of empire.

John Lloyd

6 Feb 2023 · 16 min read

Democracy’s Trenches

The idea that the war in Ukraine is not our business is seductive but dangerously mistaken.

John Lloyd

4 Jan 2023 · 11 min read

The Politics To Come

How will the rise of the New Right change Europe?

John Lloyd

26 Nov 2022 · 11 min read

Defying Russia’s Despot

Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s new book offers a profile in courage.

John Lloyd

20 Oct 2022 · 9 min read

Prepare for Turbulence

Meloni remains bound into a loveless union with Europe, but she is unlikely to be a model prisoner.

John Lloyd

28 Sep 2022 · 7 min read

A Good Laugh

Farewell to the charm and sleaze of Boris Johnson.

John Lloyd

5 Sep 2022 · 7 min read

Idealist and Idiot

Gorbachev’s legacy is partly to blame for the tyranny into which Russia has since slumped.

John Lloyd

2 Sep 2022 · 9 min read

The Roads Not Taken

A new book by Orlando Figes explores the role of Russian history in the Ukranian war.

John Lloyd

12 Aug 2022 · 9 min read

Zelensky’s Terrible Dilemma—and Ours

Capitulation or Bloody Resistance?

John Lloyd

4 Jun 2022 · 7 min read

A Fracture Revealed, Not Healed

As the scale of her defeat in the Presidential election was announced, Marine Le Pen, leader of the Rassemblement National (RN), was quick to gloss it. “Millions of our compatriots,” she declared [https://www.newsweek.com/le-pen-claims-victory-record-support-despite-loss-french-election-1700429] (in a speech that must have been prepared for weeks), “have chosen the

John Lloyd

26 Apr 2022 · 8 min read

Corrupter of the World

The depth and breadth of corruption in countries, leaders, and peoples has gained more and more public attention in recent years, another torment to add to those already disturbing the peace of the socially aware. It is tormenting because—like the warming of the globe, the advance of authoritarianism, and

John Lloyd

29 Mar 2022 · 14 min read

Identity Mania

A review of The Identity Myth [https://amzn.to/3skYmMJ] by David Swift. Constable, 320 pages (June 2022). In recent decades, anxieties afflicting Western democracies have arisen from new beliefs and conflicts about how citizens relate to each other—their relative status in society, notions of mutual respect, and the

John Lloyd

9 Feb 2022 · 7 min read

Taiwan, Ukraine, and Huntington’s Clash of Civilisations Revisited

John Lloyd

Colonialism and Its Discontents

Democracy’s Trenches

The Politics To Come

Defying Russia’s Despot

Prepare for Turbulence

A Good Laugh

Idealist and Idiot

The Roads Not Taken

Zelensky’s Terrible Dilemma—and Ours

A Fracture Revealed, Not Healed

Corrupter of the World

Identity Mania

Taiwan, Ukraine, and Huntington’s Clash of Civilisations Revisited

Bitter Lessons from Afghanistan

Inflammatory Anti-Racism