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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, 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

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Triumphalism returns to haunt Xi Jinping

    China’s leader risks being blamed for the failure of a zero Covid policy that once seemed successful

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    French presidential election
    This is Macron’s chance to shape Europe’s future

    The French president is better placed than ever to push forward with his EU ambitions but the rows will have to stop

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast29 min listen
    Le Pen, patriots and the anti-globalist movement

    Pascal Lamy on the French election and the nationalist right

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    Geopolitics
    Patriots vs globalists replaces the left-right divide

    Nationalism is driving French politics in the presidential elections as it has done in the US and Britain

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    The Big Read
    Putin, Ukraine and the revival of the west

    The strength and unity of the response to Russia’s invasion surprised the Kremlin but some have accused the west of hypocrisy

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    ReviewPolitical books
    The Age of the Strongman — Gideon Rachman on Putin, Trump and the rise of the autocrat

    An insightful who’s who of the ego-driven leaders reshaping the postwar order — and a call for vigilance

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast19 min listen
    “That was frightening as hell”: Ukrainian MP on working in a warzone

    Ukraine’s economy has suffered more than Russia’s, says Ukrainian politician

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