John Paul Rathbone

John Paul Rathbone

John Paul Rathbone currently covers defense and security matters for the Financial Times. His past roles include serving as the Latin America editor for the FT, as well as the Tokyo-based business and markets editor for Nikkei Asia, a related publication focusing on Asian business and politics, and he has also been the deputy editor for the Lex column. A published author, Rathbone's "The Sugar King of Havana: the rise and fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's last tycoon" made the New York Times best-seller list in 2010. He has been with the Financial Times since 2008.