Feb 20, 2012

The drift towards war with Iran

Ingram Pinn

The west’s appetite for conflict appears to be growing

Feb 13, 2012

Germany faces a machine from hell

The actions urged on Berlin are unreasonable. Its own solution – structural reform now, political union later – is unworkable

Feb 6, 2012

The ice is cracking under Putin

While nobody is talking of a Moscow spring, there is a definite thaw under way

Jan 30, 2012

‘Davos consensus’ under siege

Both the US president and the French would-be president were calling key elements of globalisation into question

EU flag From SPECIAL REPORTS Jan 24, 2012

Confronting an age of austerity

An analysis on the hopes and concerns that beset world leaders as they gather in Davos

pinn Jan 23, 2012

The real debate that America needs

Romney and Obama are the men to set the agenda

Jan 16, 2012

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

Jan 9, 2012

Why I’m feeling strangely Austrian

The failure of the hard left to capitalise on the economic crisis testifies to how communism has been discredited

Comment Page Jan 2, 2012

The big questions for 2012

In a year of pivotal elections, what will be the main global themes?

Dec 29, 2011

Our age of mounting indignation

A virus of popular protest that began in Cairo and Athens has gone global

Dec 19, 2011

Farewell to a dumb war in Iraq

In sharp contrast to the Bush era, it is European nations that want more confrontational policies in the Middle East

Dec 12, 2011

The summit will prove a footnote

One act in a drawn-out melodrama that still threatens to turn into a tragedy

Dec 5, 2011

Western dreams and Egypt’s reality

The rise of the Salafists has alarmed liberal voters

Nov 28, 2011

The long shadow of the 1930s

A modern version of the 1930s would see a new generation of nationalist politicians and the break-up of the EU

Nov 21, 2011

The markets are not the monster

The markets are not the enemy of European politicians. They are all that stands between them and angry citizens

Nov 18, 2011

A rat, the Downing Street cat and a vision of a calmer Britain

Larry, number 10’s feline resident, is an example to the nation

From LIFE & ARTS Nov 18, 2011

Into the cold

John Lewis Gaddis’ biography of US diplomat George F Kennan works brilliantly as a piece of intellectual history

Nov 14, 2011

Look behind you, Lucas and Mario

If the technocrats fail to work miracles, the extremists are waiting in the wings

Nov 7, 2011

Saving the euro is the wrong goal

European leaders insist the currency will remain eternal

Oct 31, 2011

Transatlantic threat to Obama

Europe will loom large in battle for the White House

About Gideon

Gideon Rachman 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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