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    Gideon Rachman

    Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator

    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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    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      Dangerous fatalism about a US-China war

      The logic of armed conflict over Taiwan is taking hold in Beijing and Washington

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Rachman Review podcast21 min listen
      How to broker a deal between Russia and Ukraine

      Weaponised negotiations should form part of Ukraine’s military tool kit

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
      Populism
      Johnson, Trump and how to get rid of a strongman leader

      Independent institutions and voters who care about them are vital to the preservation of democracy

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      UK foreign policy
      Johnson’s successor will have to repair Britain’s status abroad

      To foreign observers, it is clear that the UK’s problems can be traced back to Brexit

    • Monday, 4 July, 2022
      Turkish politics
      Erdoğan is an infuriating but indispensable ally

      The Turkish president is blackmailing Nato’s other members but has his weak spots

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      FT Swamp Notes
      Trump 2024 is a threat to Europe’s security Premium content

      The January 6 hearings show how deeply unstable the US political system remains, with clear implications for allies

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Rachman Review podcast33 min listen
      Wirecard: the investigation that brought down a German tech giant

      The FT’s Dan McCrum talks about his book ‘Money Men’

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      Oil & Gas industry
      Why the US could be the real winner in the energy wars

      Russia can squeeze the west in the short term but it is losing its position as an energy superpower

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Summer Books 2022
      Best summer books of 2022: Politics

      Gideon Rachman selects his best mid-year reads

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
      Can EU unity on Ukraine hold?

      European solidarity with Ukraine has been impressive but can public support last?

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Russian politics
      Farewell to Russia and to the Sinatra doctrine

      Putin has taken his country back to the imperialism, autocracy and isolation of the Soviet period

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Rachman Review podcast27 min listen
      Where money and power collide

      Ray Dalio on why history repeats itself in the markets

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Divisions in the west threaten Ukraine

      In military terms, Kyiv is losing ground as the US and its allies argue about the real aims of the war

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      Rachman Review podcast26 min listen
      Putin’s energy power play

      Will the invasion of Ukraine and Europe’s decision to seek alternative supplies shrink Russia’s global power irreparably?

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      Geopolitics
      Ukraine and the start of a second cold war

      The US once again sees itself as engaged in a global struggle with Russia and China

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
      Poverty and inequality drive change in Latin America

      Status quo upturned by wave of populist leaders

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      The west must hold its nerve on Ukraine

      If support for Kyiv is stepped up, time will not be on Russia’s side

    • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
      Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
      Ukraine and the global food emergency

      WFP warns Odesa port blockade could have dire consequences

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      InterviewPakistan
      Pakistan seeks to renegotiate IMF loan as food prices surge

      Officials in talks to resume lending under $6bn programme

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Global InsightGeopolitics
      The Ukraine war casts its shadow over Davos

      Financiers and CEOs are no longer the masters of the universe as nationalism and militarism take over

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      US politics & policy
      Lies weaken Russia in its trial of strength with the west

      The US and its allies specialise in hypocrisy but their open systems permit the uncovering of painful truths

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia learns a hard lesson about the folly of war

      Great powers usually come off worse when they invade smaller countries

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine and the shadow of the Nazis

      When both sides accuse their enemies of being the heirs to Hitler, compromise becomes almost unthinkable

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      ReviewPolitical books
      Gideon Rachman selects some of the best new writing on politics

      How China built influence in the US — and the professor who coined ‘G-Zero’ on the response to our present global crises

    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
      Why the global south won't take sides on Ukraine

      Some countries are refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion

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