Gideon Rachman - Financial Times

Jun 17, 2013

The west’s Mideast dominance is ending

©Ingram Pinn

Those calling for deeper US involvement in the Syrian conflict are living in the past

'Hands Across the Divide' sculpture in Derry City, Northern Ireland

©Alamy From SPECIAL REPORTS Jun 16, 2013

Old alliance gives west a chance for final stand

The nations at the G8 summit still form a big enough bloc to shape the global trading and regulatory environment

G8 summit Global ambitions
G8 summit Havens crackdown

An Ingram Pinn illustration of Edward Snowden

©Ingram Pinn Jun 10, 2013

The spies will win the privacy fight

Most people accept there are legitimate reasons for states to monitor cyber space

From WORLD Jun 5, 2013

The Korea Xi-Obama show

Balance of US-China power being played out between the Koreas will set summit agenda

Podcast World Weekly with Gideon Rachman
Interactive Cyber security threats

Ingram Pinn illustration of the US and China leaders

©Ingram Pinn Jun 3, 2013

Obama and Xi must halt a risky rivalry

The real difficulty is over the Chinese desire to carve out a ‘sphere of influence’ in east Asia

Cyber theft A hard war to wage
Editorial Obama and Xi tackle ‘trust deficit’

©Ingram Pinn May 27, 2013

Actions not words are what matter on Syria

There is no ‘western’ view on the crisis – there are deep divisions in Europe and within the US

©Ingram Pinn May 20, 2013

Why I shifted sides over Europe

I have not changed my view but now appear to be on the other side of the battle lines

Wolfgang Munchau It makes little sense but I’m a eurofanatic
Tories raise Paris-Berlin tensions

May 13, 2013

Obama is right to stay out of Syria

The president is taking a position – and it is not the easy option

Jurek Martin Lessons from Bush’s wars
Gideon Rachman Syria and the undoing of Obama’s strategy

©Matt Kenyon May 6, 2013

Toxic smog smothers the Chinese dream

Beijing may be ready to act over the country’s appalling pollution

©Ingram Pinn May 3, 2013

Syria undermines Obama’s strategy

The president’s aim is to pivot to Asia rather than the Middle East

Comment Steps to save Syria from desperate Assad
Editorial Get tough with Syria over sarin use

Apr 22, 2013

France should shun talk of revolution

The public mood is dark but the country’s situation is not so bad

Apr 15, 2013

Europe is no longer Spain’s solution

The people are losing faith in national and EU institutions

From UK Apr 8, 2013

Thatcher backed globalisation but defended nation state

Tension defined her relationship to EU – and continues to mould Britain

Apr 1, 2013

North Korea tests the limits of a MAD world

If there is a state that might defy the logic of nuclear deterrence, it is Kim Jong-eun’s

Mar 25, 2013

Europe’s leaders run out of credit in Cyprus

The bigger problem remains the gap in trust between the north and the south

From LIFE & ARTS Mar 15, 2013

International affairs: Rising with the tide

Future policy must ensure the capital continues to benefit from globalisation

Mar 11, 2013

Prepare for endgame in North Korea

The US and China should pool ideas on the nuclear threat

Mar 4, 2013

Euro crisis is breeding comics not fascists

Times may be tough but this is not the 1930s. Modern Europe is a richer, less traumatised continent

ABOUT GIDEON

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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