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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)
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Year in a word: Fascism

    The right-wing ideology is no longer confined to the dark underbelly of history

  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    The Big Read
    How America First will transform the world in 2025

    In different ways, the US, Russia and China have all become revisionist powers that are seeking radical change to the status quo

    US President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017.
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast28 min listen
    What to expect in 2025

    After the turbulence of 2024, what are the prospects for a peaceful new year?

  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Geopolitics
    The world’s leading democracies are struggling to govern

    Across the G7, the political centre is fracturing and Donald Trump will make the problem worse

    Illustration of a torn-up piece of paper with ‘G7’ written on it
  • Saturday, 21 December, 2024
    More unforgettable stories from 133 years of FT history
    From the archive: The wine in Davos

    The issues change but the tastings are constant

    A waiter serves wine during the Welcome Reception ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast22 min listen
    Fear and euphoria in Damascus

    Raya Jalabi describes life in the Syrian capital after the fall of Assad

  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman

    Turkey and Israel move to take advantage of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria

    James Ferguson illustration of Benjamin Netanyahu and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fighting for influence by tearing the Syrian flag apart.
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    Political Fix podcast36 min listen
    Farage: more popular than the PM

    What happens next in Syria?

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast29 min listen
    Will Trump pull America back from the world?

    So-called restrainers reject post-Cold War foreign policy consensus

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    The west should not succumb to cynical regret over Syria

    Lots could still go wrong but the demise of one of the world’s most cruel dictators is welcome

    Illustration of a poster of Assad’s face poster torn to reveal the Syrian flag
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Syria caught up in Lebanon fallout

    Assad regime looks vulnerable as rebels retake Aleppo

  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    Geopolitics
    The tainted legacy of the Merkel-Obama years

    A failure to respond to Russian, Chinese and Syrian aggression helped to create the unstable world of today

    James Ferguson illustration of Merkel and Obama doing the ‘Pulp Fiction’ dance
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba: ‘If it continues like this, we will lose the war’

    The former foreign minister on recent military setbacks — and why Zelenskyy and Putin both see Trump as an opportunity

    A White man in early middle age and wearing thin-rimmed glasses against the backdrop of some windows
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast26 min listen
    Can Britain's ties with the US survive a second Trump presidency?

    Intelligence sharing is at the heart of the special relationship - is this now at risk?

  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    US foreign policy
    Israel will split the western alliance

    Destroying the International Criminal Court is not in America’s interests

    Illustration of a red Maga cap weighing down one side of the ICC scales of justice, while on the other side is a crowd of people. This is against a blue background with the UN olive tree branches logo
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    FT SeriesThe best books of the year 2024
    Best books of 2024: Politics

    Gideon Rachman selects his must-read titles

    Montage of book covers
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    What Elon Musk gains from a friend in the White House

    Entrepreneur’s decision to back Trump carries both risks and rewards

  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Trump’s attack on the enemy within will delight America’s real foes

    The president-elect is threatening to gut the institutions that make America great

    James Ferguson illustration of Trump looking with a torch through floorboards of the broken US flag
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast25 min listen
    The ideology behind Xi Jinping’s China

    How Marxist-Leninist theory still shapes policy in Beijing

  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    Populism
    Trump’s European allies think history is turning in their direction

    Populist nationalists on both sides of the Atlantic share common ideas. But there are tensions just beneath the surface

    James Ferguson illustration of Donald Trump holding on the palm of his hand figures with placards of European right-wing parties.
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Donald Trump
    Trump and the lure of strongman leadership

    The president-elect has fundamentally shifted the norms and ideology of American politics

    Ann Kiernan illustration of president-elect Trump at his presidential desk, wearing a red tie and badge of the US flag on his suit jacket, with his hands clasped
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast33 min listen
    What will Donald Trump's second term in office look like?

    A staff of loyalists will be a priority and vengeance will be high on the agenda

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    ReviewUS presidential election 2024
    The books to read now Trump has won

    A selection of the best titles to shed light on America’s decision to return the former president to power

  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump, Harris and peace in our time

    The two candidates have fundamentally different views about America’s global role and how to keep the peace

    James Ferguson illustration of Trump and Harris pulling Uncle Sam in opposite directions
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast28 min listen
    Donald Trump and the autocrats' playbook

    ‘This is a man who should be nowhere near power’

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