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Edward Luce

US National Editor and Columnist

Edward Luce is the US national editor and a columnist at the Financial Times. Luce's biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski "Zbig, The life of Zbig Brzezinski: America's great power prophet", was published in May 2025 and is a New York Times bestseller.

Before that he was the FT's Washington Bureau chief. Other roles have included South Asia bureau chief, Capital Markets editor, and Philippines Correspondent. Luce was previously the speechwriter for the US Treasury Secretary, Lawrence H. Summers, in the Clinton administration.

He is the author of three highly acclaimed books, The Retreat of Western Liberalism (2017), Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent (2012), and In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India (2007). He appears regularly on CNN, NPR, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and the BBC.

He is also the author, along with colleague Rana Foroohar, of the Swamp Notes newsletter, which covers the intersection of money, power, and politics in America.

Meet Edward

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  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Donald Trump
    The age of the American Pharaoh

    It would be strange if dynastic succession were not on Trump’s mind

    Edward Luce
    Donald Trump gestures while standing with Donald Trump Jr. among blooming pink and white flowers, with framed portraits in the background.
  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    FT Swamp Notes
    Republicans and the King’s speech

    It was revealing that many GOP lawmakers cheered for the separation of powers

    Premium content
    King Charles III in close-up, looking to the side with a serious expression during a UK-US trade event.
  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    Middle East war
    Get used to the long Iran war

    Tehran has a strong incentive to keep the conflict going

    Edward Luce
    USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) sails in front of the oil tanker M/T Stream while enforcing a blockade at sea.
  • Sunday, 26 April, 2026
    Donald Trump
    Trump and the recurring assassin

    Saturday evening’s shooting was the third assassination attempt on the US president in less than two years

    Edward Luce
    Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at the podium in the White House briefing room
  • Friday, 24 April, 2026
    FT Swamp Notes
    King Charles’s high-stakes America trip

    Getting his address to Congress right will be a delicate task for the British monarch

    Premium content
    US President Donald Trump, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, and First Lady Melania Trump walk together in a grand hall at Windsor Castle during a state visit.
  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2026
    US politics & policy
    Why America is falling out of love with Israel

    Public opinion and elite sentiment has turned decisively against Netanyahu

    Edward Luce
    An illustration shows Benjamin Netanyahu looking concerned as Uncle Sam, carrying luggage, walks toward an airport departures gate.
  • Friday, 17 April, 2026
    FT Swamp Notes
    Auguries from Hungary

    Orbán’s election defeat is a blow to Trump and Maga

    Premium content
    JD Vance and Viktor Orban shake hands on stage, with Hungarian and US flags and a cheering crowd in the background.
  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Books
    London Falling — a masterful story of money, tragedy and the city’s dark side

    An exhaustive investigation by ‘Empire of Pain’ author Patrick Radden Keefe looks into the death of Zac Brettler and the murky world where wealth and crime collide

  • Tuesday, 14 April, 2026
    US politics & policy
    The ever-shrinking JD Vance

    After a series of setbacks, the vice-president is no longer Trump’s obvious successor

    Edward Luce
    Donald Trump and JD Vance salute side by side in front of an American flag at the National Memorial Day Observance.
  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2026
    US politics & policy
    Trump is not just sinking in the Gulf

    As his poll numbers tank, the president’s trade and immigration agendas are encountering judicial resistance too

    Edward Luce
    Donald Trump shakes hands with Amy Coney Barrett as John Roberts, Elena Kagan, and Brett Kavanaugh look on during the State of the Union address.
  • Sunday, 29 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Trump says US could ‘take the oil in Iran’

    US president tells the FT he is considering seizing strategic Kharg Island even as negotiations continue

    Donald Trump gestures with both hands while speaking at a desk, with military flags visible in the background
  • Friday, 27 March, 2026
    FT Swamp Notes
    What is Mark Rutte smoking?

    The Nato secretary-general should remember that it’s resolve that causes Trump to back down, not obeisance

    Premium content
    Mark Rutte gestures with one hand raised while holding a report, standing in front of a NATO backdrop.
  • Friday, 27 March, 2026
    Life & Arts
    Lunch with the FT. Death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson: ‘Hope is our superpower’

    The attorney and activist on overturning capital convictions — and his fears that civil rights gains are being dismantled

    An illustration of a Black, bald man in a restaurant wearing a white shirt, dark cardigan and a grey jacket.
  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Trump’s Armageddon-Taco shuffle

    One minute he threatens death and destruction, the next he says the US and Iran are engaged in negotiations

    Edward Luce
    Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House wearing a black coat and gloves.
  • Friday, 20 March, 2026
    Political Fix podcast40 min listen
    Angela’s ambitions

    Plus: Ed Luce dials Trump

  • Friday, 20 March, 2026
    FT Swamp Notes
    Rahm Emanuel and the 2028 ‘ideas primary’

    Obama’s former chief of staff has the thickest résumé of any potential candidate for the Democratic nomination

    Premium content
    Rahm Emanuel rests his chin on his hand and smiles during his Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing.
  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
    US-China relations
    China is not going to bail Trump out

    The US president has a better chance of cajoling help from Nato partners

    Edward Luce
    Donald Trump waves while standing next to Xi Jinping in front of U.S. and Chinese flags at a business event.
  • Monday, 16 March, 2026
    US-China relations
    Trump throws US-China reboot off course with threat to delay Xi summit

    President casts doubt on visit with Chinese leader as officials from both countries lay groundwork for improved relations

    Scott Bessent and He Lifeng shake hands and smile during a bilateral meeting, with US and Chinese flags behind them.
  • Sunday, 15 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future’ if allies fail to help US in Iran

    US president tells the FT in an interview that China summit could be delayed

    Donald Trump stands in front of a large American flag, looking serious, during an event with military families.
  • Friday, 13 March, 2026
    FT Swamp Notes
    Bored of peace

    The idea of making difficult trade-offs is alien to Trump

    Premium content
    Donald Trump, Prabowo Subianto, Edi Rama, Adel Al-Jubeir, Ilham Aliyev, and Ayman Safadi pose together at the Board of Peace meeting.
  • Tuesday, 10 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Taco on Iran will come too late for Trump

    The US president has already done lasting damage to international trust in America

    Edward Luce
    Donald Trump gestures with his right hand while speaking on stage at the Republican Members Issues Conference
  • Friday, 6 March, 2026
    Swamp Notes podcast21 min listen
    Trump’s ‘war of whim’ in Iran

    The US and Israeli war in the Middle East is altering the shape of the region and the world.

  • Friday, 6 March, 2026
    FT Swamp Notes
    Washington’s Anthropic-shaped abyss

    Who gets to set the limits on the military use of AI?

    Premium content
    Dario Amodei gestures while speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum, with attendees visible in the background.
  • Tuesday, 3 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Donald Trump’s dangerous ‘war of whim’

    Anyone who claims to know where this conflict will go is bluffing

    Edward Luce
    US President Donald Trump sits at a table with hands clasped, flanked by telephones, appearing serious.
  • Friday, 27 February, 2026
    FT Swamp Notes
    Why Ukraine is still standing

    On any appraisal, Russia has failed in its war aims

    Premium content
    Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a podium with flags of Ukraine and Norway in the background, gesturing with his hand.
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