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Gideon Rachman became chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times in July 2006. He joined the FT after a 15-year career at The Economist, which included spells as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Washington and Bangkok. He also edited The Economist’s business and Asia sections. His particular interests include American foreign policy, the European Union and globalisation
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Germany faces a machine from hell
German-bashers make demands for financial commitments that would risk economic and political disaster in Berlin, writes Gideon Rachman
The ice is cracking under Putin
The sense that taboos are being broken is reminiscent of the glasnost that signalled the beginning of the end of the Soviet era, writes Gideon Rachman
‘Davos consensus’ under siege
Both the American president and the French would-be president were stressing measures that call key elements of globalisation into question, writes Gideon Rachman
Confronting an age of austerity
Gideon Rachman analyses the hopes and concerns that beset world leaders as they gather in Davos
The real debate that America needs
The race for the White House is gathering steam, but the focus of attention should be Romney v Obama, writes Gideon Rachman
America, Greece and a world on fire
A Greek economic crisis is threatening Europe but the US has no intention of leading the rescue mission, writes Gideon Rachman
Why I’m feeling strangely Austrian
The failure of the hard left to capitalise on the economic crisis testifies to how profoundly communism has been discredited, writes Gideon Rachman
The big questions for 2012
In a year of pivotal elections, what will be the main global themes? FT columnist Gideon Rachman and guest writers offer their opinions
Our age of mounting indignation
The virus of popular protest that began in Cairo and Athens this year is now visible from Wall Street to the Kremlin, writes Gideon Rachman
Farewell to a dumb war in Iraq
In sharp contrast to the Bush era, it is European nations that are now arguing for more confrontational policies in the Middle East, writes Gideon Rachman
