http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/gideonrachman Gideon Rachman on foreign affairs and globalisation, including American foreign policy and the European Union en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2013. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:54:04 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:58:28 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/gideonrachman http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/gideonrachman http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69110af6-d4fd-11e2-9302-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Those urging the US to get more involved in Syria are living in the past. Fundamental changes make it unrealistic for America to dominate the region Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:54:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69110af6-d4fd-11e2-9302-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 69110af6-d4fd-11e2-9302-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/19fe4c94-ce86-11e2-8e16-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The nations at the G8 summit still form a big enough bloc to shape the global trading and regulatory environment, says Gideon Rachman Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:59:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/19fe4c94-ce86-11e2-8e16-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 19fe4c94-ce86-11e2-8e16-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6e9e228-d1b8-11e2-9336-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Most people accept there are legitimate reasons for states to monitor what is going on in cyber space. I am on the complacent end of the spectrum Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:25:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6e9e228-d1b8-11e2-9336-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f6e9e228-d1b8-11e2-9336-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a408ef8a-cdd1-11e2-a13e-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Deadlock and dangers on the Korean peninsula will be high on the agenda of this week’s two-day summit between the Chinese and US leaders Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:21:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a408ef8a-cdd1-11e2-a13e-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a408ef8a-cdd1-11e2-a13e-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db366e3e-ca06-11e2-8f55-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The real difficulty is over the apparent Chinese desire to carve out a ‘sphere of influence’ in its immediate neighbourhood of east Asia Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:03:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db366e3e-ca06-11e2-8f55-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct db366e3e-ca06-11e2-8f55-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee4190a8-c3a8-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct There is no ‘western’ view on the crisis. As the bitter debate on whether to lift the EU arms embargo reveals, European countries are deeply divided Mon, 27 May 2013 16:31:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee4190a8-c3a8-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ee4190a8-c3a8-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/528b21aa-c138-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Believing that Britain should stay out of the euro but inside the EU now puts me on the other side of the battle lines to the eurosceptics Mon, 20 May 2013 14:42:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/528b21aa-c138-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 528b21aa-c138-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/371d8de6-bbba-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The US president is taking a position – and it is not the easy option. Sometimes the best decisions are decisions not to act, writes Gideon Rachman Mon, 13 May 2013 16:29:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/371d8de6-bbba-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 371d8de6-bbba-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/618f93a8-b318-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The fact that ‘green’ activists are allowed to speak out may be a sign that Beijing is ready to act over the country’s appalling pollution, writes Gideon Rachman Mon, 06 May 2013 18:49:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/618f93a8-b318-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 618f93a8-b318-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57c06b02-b0b8-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The president’s policy is to pivot to Asia rather than frittering away resources in the bloody backwaters of the Middle East, writes Gideon Rachman Fri, 03 May 2013 19:30:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57c06b02-b0b8-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 57c06b02-b0b8-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f1f23ac-ab37-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The public mood is dark but judged by the condition of most of its neighbours the country’s situation is not so bad, says Gideon Rachman Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:13:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f1f23ac-ab37-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9f1f23ac-ab37-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f01f5c66-a5b7-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct As the country’s economic woes continue, its people are losing faith in national and European institutions, writes Gideon Rachman Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:45:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f01f5c66-a5b7-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f01f5c66-a5b7-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f41da48-a05f-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Thatcher stood for economic globalisation but defended nation state. That tension defined her relationship to EU – and continues to mould Britain Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:00:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f41da48-a05f-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8f41da48-a05f-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41c42a12-9ab7-11e2-97ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If there is a regime anywhere that might just defy the normal logic of nuclear deterrence, it is North Korea, writes Gideon Rachman Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:54:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41c42a12-9ab7-11e2-97ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 41c42a12-9ab7-11e2-97ad-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d7b06c70-953f-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A project designed to avoid any notion of conflict has provoked a resurgence of hostility towards Berlin, writes Gideon Rachman Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:28:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d7b06c70-953f-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d7b06c70-953f-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cd6ad842-8fc0-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The lack of convergence in trust and political culture is at least as important as a lack of economic convergence, writes Gideon Rachman Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:11:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cd6ad842-8fc0-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct cd6ad842-8fc0-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/79277554-8a63-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A challenge to the view that China is poised to supplant the US as global superpower. Gideon Rachman reviews ‘China Goes Global’, by David Shambaugh Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:53:18 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/79277554-8a63-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 79277554-8a63-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2c875828-80ee-11e2-9fae-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Policy must ensure London continues to benefit from globalisation. By Gideon Rachman Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:14:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2c875828-80ee-11e2-9fae-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2c875828-80ee-11e2-9fae-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9742e4c-8a3b-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In the absence of clear answers to the regime’s growing nuclear threat it is time for the US and China to pool ideas, writes Gideon Rachman Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:09:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9742e4c-8a3b-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e9742e4c-8a3b-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0412d97a-84be-11e2-891d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Times may be tough but this is not the 1930s. Modern Europe is a much richer and less traumatised continent, writes Gideon Rachman Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:45:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0412d97a-84be-11e2-891d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gideonrachman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0412d97a-84be-11e2-891d-00144feabdc0