Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept cookies
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign InmyFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
    Most Read
    • Putin plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus
    • Germany’s Olaf Scholz dismisses fears over Deutsche Bank
    • Tim Cook praises Apple’s ‘symbiotic’ relationship with China
    • Rules for winding up big banks do not work, Swiss finance minister warns
    • Brussels agrees deal with Germany in spat over combustion engines ban
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Companies
      Sections
      • Companies Home
      • Banks in turmoil
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
      Most Read
      • Credit Suisse: the rise and fall of the bank that built modern Switzerland
      • First Republic hit by succession crisis before Fed began raising rates
      • Majority of Swiss want new UBS-Credit Suisse mega bank split up
      • EY global chair says partners have ‘right to vote’ on spin-off plan
      • Top Democrats lash out at ‘new wave’ of Republican climate denialism
    • Tech
    • Markets
      Sections
      • Markets Home
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
      Most Read
      • SEC raised concerns over hedge fund Rokos after losing bond bets
      • Investing in early childhood is a down payment on all our futures
      • Germany’s Olaf Scholz dismisses fears over Deutsche Bank
      • Rules for winding up big banks do not work, Swiss finance minister warns
      • Traders pile into bets on gold price rally
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      Sections
      • Opinion Home
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
      Most Read
      • Investing in early childhood is a down payment on all our futures
      • Rupert Murdoch, last of the old romantics
      • How millennial faces fell out of fashion
      • A fretful time for investors
      • China is tightening its embrace with Russia as it builds bulwarks against the west
    • Work & Careers
      Sections
      • Work & Careers Home
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
      Most Read
      • Culture clash: the challenge of uniting fierce rivals UBS and Credit Suisse
      • From SVB to the BBC: why did no one see the crisis coming?
    • Life & Arts
      Sections
      • Life & Arts Home
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
      Most Read
      • Everything I, an Italian, thought I knew about Italian food is wrong
      • Is France on the road to a Sixth Republic?
      • Courteney Cox: the Scream queen comes clean
      • Journalist Bari Weiss: ‘I hate bullies, period’
      • Could a ‘sweetener’ tempt you to buy a new home?
    • HTSI
    MenuSearch
    • Home
    • World
    • US
    • Companies
    • Tech
    • Markets
    • Climate
    • Opinion
    • Work & Careers
    • Life & Arts
    • HTSI
    Financial Times
    SubscribeSign In

    John Paul Rathbone

    Defence and Security correspondent

    John Paul Rathbone is the defence and security correspondent of the Financial Times. He was previously Latin America editor; Tokyo-based business and markets editor at Nikkei Asia, a sister publication that covers Asian business and politics; and deputy editor of the Lex column.

    Author of the 2010 New York Times best-seller “The Sugar King of Havana: the rise and fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba’s last tycoon”, John Paul joined the FT in 2008.

    Email John Paul Rathbone @jp_rathbone  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

    Add to myFT Digest

    Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Saving Ukraine’s economy: the grain giant fighting for survival

      Nibulon helped turn the country into the ‘breadbasket of the world’. The Russian invasion has brought it to its knees

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      UK defence ministry to receive extra £6bn over next five years

      Budget allocation comes on top of £5bn for next two years promised by Rishi Sunak

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      UK defence spending
      UK warns China poses ‘epoch-defining challenge’ to world order

      Government’s updated integrated review of foreign and defence policy lists Russia as the most immediate challenge

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      Sunak promises to ‘fortify’ Britain against Russia and China

      Extra £5bn boost to military spending included in update to UK defence and foreign policy

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Military technology
      Aukus: the industrial challenges of delivering a new defence pact

      The deal to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines will test the countries’ abilities to share technology

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Aukus
      Australia to buy US submarines to bridge gap before UK-design boats

      Multi-stage Aukus pact will culminate in 2040s with next- generation nuclear-powered fleet

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      US issues sanctions on Chinese companies for supplying parts in Iranian drones

      Treasury says Russia used the unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: Ukraine’s battle of diminishing returns for Bakhmut

      Eastern Ukrainian city has become an attritional trap where both sides seek to deplete each other’s ranks

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Aukus
      Britain to play bigger role in Aukus submarine deal than envisaged

      UK minister says negotiations have ‘gone our way’ ahead of unveiling of new designs

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      UK defence spending
      Failure to sustain defence spending would imperil Nato pledge, MPs warn

      British army’s capacity to deploy effective force to mainland Europe questioned in parliamentary report

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      News in-depthRussian politics
      Russia and Iran hesitate over co-operation as west warns of costs

      Moscow held off buying Iranian missiles over fears Ukraine would receive long-range rockets, say officials

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Biden in Poland for Ukraine War anniversary

      FT correspondents weigh in on the war after one year of fighting

    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Chinese peace proposal on Ukraine provokes western scepticism

      Beijing’s top diplomat said its position paper would be based on respecting national sovereignties

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      InterviewWar in Ukraine
      Russia’s ‘big’ Ukraine offensive advancing in ‘metres not kilometres’, says UK defence secretary

      Ben Wallace says Russia is suffering heavy losses from ‘meat grinder’ tactics that may be unsustainable

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Germany’s Scholz airs frustration over allies’ stance on tanks for Ukraine

      Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Munich Security Conference to help him win against ‘Goliath’

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK defence secretary braced for ‘uphill battle’ with Treasury on military spend

      Ben Wallace to argue for extra funding ‘because the world is much more dangerous and unstable’

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: Russia prepares Ukraine spring offensive

      Kyiv’s allies expect Moscow to alter combat tactics and employ more air power in planned attack

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      Sunak says UK will do ‘whatever it takes’ as concern mounts over spy balloons

      London launches security review after US shoots down ‘unidentified object’

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      UK defence spending
      UK armed forces would last just ‘five days’ in a war, senior MP warns

      Tory chair of defence committee says cost of replacing kit sent to Ukraine and high inflation had created ‘a really grim picture’

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: how the UK took a vanguard role on arms for Ukraine

      British leaders have been feted in Kyiv for their role in galvanising allies to provide weapons

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Zelenskyy’s speech spurs UK to look at sending fighter jets to Ukraine

      Ukraine’s president delivers impassioned call for ‘wings for freedom’ at historic address in London

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      ExplainerWar in Ukraine
      Why are Ukraine’s allies arguing about tanks?

      Heavy fighting vehicles would give Kyiv a military advantage against Russia

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: Western allies at ‘inflection point’ on tank deliveries to Ukraine

      Tanks could help Kyiv expel Russia rather than just resist it, but escalation fears remain

    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Military briefing: Soledar victory could cost Russia dear

      Ukraine may be deliberately wearing down its foe ahead of a counter-offensive, although both sides suffered heavy losses

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Moscow’s military reshuffle

      EU draws up plans to stockpile scarce medicines

    Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

    Useful links

    Support

    View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

    Legal & Privacy

    Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

    Services

    Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT ChannelsSecondary Schools

    Tools

    PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

    Community & Events

    FT CommunityFT Live EventsFT ForumsFT Board DirectorBoard Director Programme

    More from the FT Group

    Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2023. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
    The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
    Financial Times

    International Edition

    Subscribe for full access
    • Switch to UK Edition

    Top sections

    • Home
    • World
      • Global Economy
      • UK
      • US
      • China
      • Africa
      • Asia Pacific
      • Emerging Markets
      • Europe
      • War in Ukraine
      • Americas
      • Middle East & North Africa
      • Australia & NZ
    • US
      • US Economy
      • US Companies
      • US Politics & Policy
    • Companies
      • Banks in turmoil
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
    • Tech
    • Markets
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
    • Work & Careers
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
    • Life & Arts
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
    • Personal Finance
      • Property & Mortgages
      • Investments
      • Pensions
      • Tax
      • Banking & Savings
      • Advice & Comment
      • Next Act
    • HTSI
    • Special Reports

    FT recommends

    • Lex
    • Alphaville
    • Lunch with the FT
    • FT Globetrotter
    • #techAsia
    • Moral Money
    • FTfm
    • Newsletters
    • Video
    • Podcasts
    • News feed
    • FT Live Events
    • FT Forums
    • Board Director Programme
    • myFT
    • Portfolio
    • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
    • Crossword
    • Our Apps
    • Help Centre
    • Subscribe
    • Sign In