May 28, 2012

For Syria, diplomacy still beats bombs

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The threat of fanning conflicts is but one reason not to scramble the bombers

Ferguson illustration May 21, 2012

Time to plan a velvet divorce for the euro

A break-up would be painful but it is the best option

Pinn illustration May 14, 2012

One bullseye cannot rescue Obama’s global record

The US president’s real problem is that he has over-promised and under-delivered

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The Greek crisis will fast expose Hollande

Forced to choose between Greece and Germany, the French are almost certain to side with the Germans

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No alternative to austerity

Spending has done very little to change the fundamental problems

Pinn illustration Apr 23, 2012

France votes to throw down the gauntlet to Europe

Both Sarkozy and Hollande are promising to change the direction of the EU

Pinn illustration Apr 9, 2012

Europe has yet to make Europeans

Proposing English as the EU language would be a new, amusing way of committing political suicide

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The time bomb no one can defuse

If Greece leaves the eurozone and is plunged into chaos, the rest of Europe will be sucked into the resulting mess

Ingram Pinn illustration Mar 26, 2012

The west has lost in Afghanistan

Even Nato’s minimal goals for the country might not be achieved

Ingram Pinn Comment Page illustration pfeatures Mar 19, 2012

A political crisis will not stop China

We are not suddenly going to wake up and discover that the Chinese miracle was, in fact, a mirage

From LIFE & ARTS Mar 16, 2012

American nightmare

The FT’s chief foreign affairs commentator reviews ‘The World America Made’, ‘The Age of Austerity’, ‘After America’ and ‘Becoming China’s Bitch’

Mar 12, 2012

China’s past needs to be rewritten

It is important that foreigners understand how the country views its own past

Mar 5, 2012

Don’t despair of democracy

The authoritarian urge to cross-dress in democratic clothes is an implied compliment

Feb 27, 2012

Syria, the case for staying out

The wrong decision can possibly cause more deaths than it prevents

Feb 20, 2012

The drift towards war with Iran

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

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

Jan 23, 2012

The real debate that America needs

Romney and Obama are the men to set the agenda

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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