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    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.

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