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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.

Email Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    How to make sense of Brussels’ new tangled commission web Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Friedrich Merz finally throws his hat in the ring for German chancellor

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  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    China, America and a global struggle for power and influence

    The whole world risks losing from the rivalry between Washington and Beijing

    A James Ferguson illustration of a bullet train passing through a landscape at dusk with Mount Fiji in the background, a bald eagle hovering above and some stars in the sky in the shape of the Chinese national flag
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast29 min listen
    Why Russians are still backing Putin

    A mix of propaganda, payouts and prison are keeping the Russian population quiet

  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Kamala Harris has to dazzle in the debate

    The Democratic candidate badly needs a breakthrough to restore momentum to her campaign

    James Ferguson illustration of Harris and Trump depicted as arguing microphones
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast26 min listen
    The truth behind QAnon’s lies

    How conspiracy theories took hold in the US

  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Elon Musk
    Elon Musk is an unguided geopolitical missile

    While his influence is showing up from Ukraine to China, he still lacks the ability to make the law

    James Ferguson illustration of Elon Musk as a ballistic missile.
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Japan raises its defences

    Tokyo strengthens alliances and defence spending amid heightened regional tensions

  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine has crossed Moscow’s and Washington’s red lines

    Zelenskyy is prepared to ignore Russia’s nuclear threats. But the Biden administration is still wary of escalating the war

    A James Ferguson illustration of tanks bearing Ukrainian flags driving over a Russian flag
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast26 min listen
    Is the Middle East heading for all-out war?

    ‘Game of dare’ could have catastrophic consequences for the region

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
    Can the Olympics cure France’s malaise?

    They may not agree on a government but the French are joyfully backing the Games

  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    US foreign policy
    The real danger that Trump would pose for Ukraine

    Agreeing to Russia’s demand for a neutral Ukraine could leave the country at the mercy of Moscow

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a soldier shooting at a dove in a field, with  sunflowers and the blue sky  representing the colours of the Ukrainian flag
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast26 min listen
    'Kamala Harris could win — and win big'

    The Democratic party’s likely new candidate will shake up the race for the presidency

  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump, Harris and a fear-filled campaign

    The outcome of the US election will turn on which candidate scares voters the most

    Illustration of spooky looking Democrat donkey and Republican elephant arguing as mist swirls around them
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast23 min listen
    Drama in the US presidential race

    Will there be more black swan events to disrupt the contest?

  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    Donald Trump
    The 2024 presidential election is not over yet

    Donald Trump’s attempted assassination may not shift many votes in a highly polarised nation

    Illustration of an American bald eagle seen from behind looking right towards Trump while Biden stands on the eagle’s left against a background of a US flag
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast23 min listen
    Britain’s role in a changing Europe

    What difference will the new governments in the UK and France make?

  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Geopolitics
    France and Britain are changing places

    Europe looks leaderless at a time of mounting global threats

    Illustration of a person sat drinking tea next to a shield with the Union Jack, looking on at another person, who is hanging upside down and holding a French flag
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    The beautiful game in ugly times — a Euro 2024 journey

    Following the England team in Germany, Gideon Rachman watches new football stars emerge in the shadow of war and a resurgent far right

    Young men in blue or white football shirts, some of the draped in England flags, look up tensely. Some of them hold a hand to their head
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast27 min listen
    Who are the Middle East power brokers?

    Can regional forces help contain the Gaza violence?

  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Geopolitics
    Le Pen, Trump and liberal panic

    Liberals are in for a long struggle as nationalist populism surges in the US and Europe

    Populist politicians of the US, UK, France, Italy and Hungary shout from inside megaphones immersed in water which display their countries flag
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast25 min listen
    US foreign policy under Trump 2.0

    Who are those vying for influence with the Republican nominee?

  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    French parliamentary election 2024
    France could trigger the next euro crisis

    Runaway budget deficits and confrontation with Brussels and Berlin is a formula for trouble

    James Ferguson illustration of a French fighting cock facing off with Emmanuel Macron.
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    The FT’s guide to the best books to read this summer
    Best summer books of 2024: Politics

    Gideon Rachman selects his best mid-year reads

  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Can South Africa’s national unity government succeed?

    Ramaphosa coalition heralded by some as new dawn for the country

  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Populism
    From France to America, the far right is on the march

    Attitudes to democracy and the rule of law will define the distinctions in politics

    James Ferguson illustration of flagpoles as flaming torches, one carrying the EU flag and the other the US flag.
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