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Gideon Rachman

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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, 26 July, 2021
    US foreign policy
    Joe Biden’s Afghan pullout could end in tragedy

    The country’s women will suffer from the Taliban’s resurgence and so will US interests

  • Monday, 19 July, 2021
    Geopolitics
    China is still a long way from being a superpower

    Beijing may lack the ambition needed to develop a global military presence that rivals the US

  • Monday, 12 July, 2021
    Bribery and corruption
    Jacob Zuma and the global battle against strongman rule

    The most important safeguard against authoritarianism is an independent judiciary

  • Monday, 5 July, 2021
    England
    Can Gareth Southgate deliver both victory and progressive patriotism?

    The England football manager is in a powerful political position, and he knows it

  • Friday, 2 July, 2021
    News in-depthFT World video24 min
    How the 20-year war changed Afghanistan | FT Film

    First-hand accounts reveal the impact of war as US troops pull out and the Taliban advances

  • Monday, 28 June, 2021
    Populism in Europe
    Democracy in Europe adjusts to the far right

    Rightwing extremism is a chronic condition, not a mortal threat, for the EU political order

  • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
    FT SeriesSummer books 2021
    Summer books of 2021: Politics

    Gideon Rachman selects his best mid-year reads

  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    Geopolitics
    How China broke the Asian model

    Beijing has challenged the geopolitical order that enabled the rise of east Asia

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    FT CollectionsEuro 2020 football championship
    Fever pitch: football versus the culture wars

    Returning to the stands for the Euros, a veteran tournament goer reflects on the tension between the sport and politics

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  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
    Martin Wolf on G7 opportunities missed

    What are the next steps after the summit

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    Brexit
    Western unity is more important than frozen sausages

    US diplomacy could be needed to dial down tensions between London and Brussels over Northern Ireland

  • Sunday, 13 June, 2021
    G7
    The G7 was stronger on values than hard cash

    Competition with China and Russia drove the agenda of the world’s largest democracies

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Rachman Review podcast21 min listen
    Can Asian prosperity survive US-China rivalry?

    The IISS’s James Crabtree on military and trade tensions in south-east Asia

  • Monday, 7 June, 2021
    Geopolitics
    The G7 is the west’s last chance to lead

    This week’s summit must take bold initiatives on Covid and climate

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
    Rachman Review podcast23 min listen
    Belarus: more than a moral dilemma

    Can international pressure force Lukashenkos’s regime to change

  • Monday, 31 May, 2021
    Chinese trade
    China’s wolf warriors bristle at Covid blame

    A new US investigation into the origins of the pandemic raises the stakes for Beijing and Washington

  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    Rachman Review podcast22 min listen
    Washington’s will to find a Middle East solution

    The Biden administration has a new attitude towards brokering peace

  • Monday, 24 May, 2021
    Belarus
    Belarus kidnapping sets a dangerous global precedent

    Europe and the US must arrest the slide into international lawlessness

  • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
    Rachman Review podcast22 min listen
    Myanmar on the brink

    Could the country collapse after the military coup?

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Netanyahu’s master plan for Israel and Palestine has failed

    Diplomacy with the Gulf states is no substitute for a just settlement with the Palestinians

  • Monday, 10 May, 2021
    Protectionism
    US-China rivalry drives the retreat of market economics

    Industrial policy is back in fashion as geopolitical tensions increase

  • Monday, 3 May, 2021
    China
    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
    Indian politics & policy
    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
    US foreign policy
    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
    European Union
    The EU’s stability will again confound its critics

    Despite Covid, the European Union is in better shape politically than the US or UK

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