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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, 6 February, 2023
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      Opinion is shifting but the public are running ahead of the politicians

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      How the spy balloon popped a US-China rapprochement

      Relations between Washington and Beijing remain trapped in a downward spiral

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
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      White House optimistic on tech sharing for Aukus security pact

      Top US official sees ‘pathway’ for allies to build nuclear-powered submarines for Australia

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
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      How the war in Ukraine met the culture wars

      Vladimir Putin has found friends in the west by posing as a defender of traditional values

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
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      Does pouring military aid into Ukraine really qualify as a ‘foreign policy for the middle class’?

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
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      The world’s democracies need to stick together

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    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
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      Past attendees are dead, disappeared or in disgrace. What accounts for this run of ill-fortune?

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    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
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      President to tighten military ties with US but also hopes for better links with China

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      There is no path to lasting Russian victory

      Putin’s war has left his country isolated in Europe, while permanent occupation of Ukraine is unfeasible

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      World Economic Forum
      Geopolitics threatens to destroy the world Davos made

      World Economic Forum delegates fear that a long period of peace and economic integration could be coming to a close

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
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      America’s hard right

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    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
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      Joe Biden’s claim to presidential greatness

      Like Truman and Johnson, Biden is an underestimated former vice-president who is excelling in the Oval Office

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
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      Stopping China’s growth cannot be a goal for the west

      Deterrence and trade will have to go hand in hand

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
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      The year the strongmen stumbled

      Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine demonstrated why authoritarian rule so often ends in disaster

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
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    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
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      Ukraine and the shadow of Korea

      The war that started with a Russian invasion might be ended by an armistice rather than a formal peace treaty

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      The new migrant crisis in Europe as Italy grapples with a surge in arrivals from North Africa

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