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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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    Lousy demographics will not stop China’s rise

    The old maxim ‘demography is destiny’ no longer holds in the same way that it used to

  • Monday, 26 April, 2021
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    Narendra Modi and the perils of Covid hubris

    The resurgence of the pandemic in India holds dangers and lessons for the world

  • Monday, 19 April, 2021
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    After Afghanistan, China and Russia will test Biden

    The US administration may have to handle crises over Taiwan and Ukraine at the same time

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
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    Despite Covid, the European Union is in better shape politically than the US or UK

  • Monday, 5 April, 2021
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    Some of the world’s most important political institutions reflect antiquated structures of power

  • Monday, 29 March, 2021
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    A second cold war is tracking the first

    US-led western alliance is once again squaring up to Russia and China

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
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    Why the Anglosphere sees eye to eye on China

    A group of English-speaking nations is taking a more confrontational approach to Beijing

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
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    Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin

    Why the Russian opposition leader returned to face his persecutors

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    The fragility of the Russian regime is becoming clear

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
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  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
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    America’s disarray is China’s opportunity

    China’s economy is growing strongly while the US is mired in a political crisis

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
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    Conspiracy theories and political extremism are flourishing across the continent

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
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    Europe has handed China a strategic victory

    This is the wrong time for the EU to agree an investment treaty with Beijing

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
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    Year in a word: Cancelled

    Public campaigns against alleged bigotry sparked high-profile resistance

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    FT journalists make their predictions for the coming year

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
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    The perverse political effects of Covid-19

    Both the US and EU may end up being politically strengthened by the pandemic

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    European Union
    Europe is right to risk a double ‘no deal’

    The consequences of bad agreements over Brexit and with Poland and Hungary would last decades

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Politics
    The perils and pitfalls of building multiracial democracies

    Managing ethnic, religious and cultural tensions is a challenge for countries all over the world

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    European Union
    Corruption is rotting the periphery of Europe

    The continent’s problems extend to troubled democracies beyond Hungary and Poland

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  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    US foreign policy
    Biden’s flawed plan for global leadership

    The signing of a huge trade deal in Asia shows the world is moving on without the US

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