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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)

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  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast32 min listen
    Is the balance tilting towards Russia in Ukraine?

    War moves into critical phase of attrition on both sides

  • Monday, 13 November, 2023
    US foreign policy
    China, Russia, Iran and the prospect of American retreat

    The US faces simultaneous challenges to its dominant security role in Asia, Europe and the Middle East

    James Ferguson illustration of Uncle Sam throwing his policeman uniform in a recycling bin
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast26 min listen
    Who will run Gaza once the war is over?

    No easy options for the Middle East’s most intractable problem

  • Monday, 6 November, 2023
    Geopolitics
    From the US to Ukraine, the Gaza war will change the world

    Conflict in the Middle East is bad news for liberals and helpful for Putin and Trump

    Illustration of a fracturing vinyl record overlaid to look like an image of earth from space. The name of the song ‘Things can only get better’ by D:Ream printed on the record
  • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast25 min listen
    The global power of the dollar

    How effective are US financial sanctions in taming Hamas or the Putin regime?

  • Monday, 30 October, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    America, Iran and the threat of a wider war in the Middle East

    None of the region’s big powers wants further conflict but it could happen nonetheless

    James Ferguson illustration of the white peace dove squeezed between two machine guns.
  • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast26 min listen
    Coups make a comeback in Africa

    Lack of attention to poverty and the rule of law drives insecurity in the Sahel

  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel and the lessons of 9/11

    The country has less margin for error than a superpower like the US

    Illustration of Biden with his hand on Netanyahu’s back as they walk away from a ‘War on Terror’ book in a bin
  • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast26 min listen
    Can the Gaza conflict be contained

    Former EU foreign affairs chief on the role of diplomacy in finding peaceful solutions

  • Monday, 16 October, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    Supporting Israel and protecting Palestinians are not contradictory policies

    Western leaders who take Israel’s tragedy seriously are the only ones who will gain a hearing in Tel Aviv

    James Ferguson illustration of Joe Biden wearing sun glasses with the Israeli flag reflecting on one and the Palestinian flag on the other lens
  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
    Instant InsightIsrael-Hamas war
    Western diplomats are walking an impossible tightrope with Israel

    Both European and American officials are attempting to juggle support with calls for restraint

    Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, and Haim Regev, Israel’s ambassador to the EU, in Brussels this week
  • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast21 min listen
    Israel and Gaza at war

    The miscalculations that led to unprecedented carnage in Israel

  • Sunday, 8 October, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    A bitter blame game will follow Israel’s wartime unity

    The inquest into what went wrong ahead of Hamas’s attack could lead down a dangerous path

  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    Indian politics & policy
    Why the west cannot turn a blind eye to a murder in Canada

    Ignoring the possible role of foreign governments in assassinations would pose major risks to national security and social stability

    James Ferguson illustration of four men in suits sitting at a conference table, covering their faces with their hands. In front of each are country flags - from left to right: the UK, US, Canada and Australia. There is an elephant standing behind them with India flag painted onto its body
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast27 min listen
    Bidenomics and global trade

    WTO chief worries system that has benefited millions is being taken for granted

  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Renewable energy
    Populism could derail the green transition

    Western politicians are scared of a backlash against climate change policies that have been sold as good for the economy

    Melting icebergs are seen on Horseshoe Island  in Antarctica in February
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Fed signals fewer cuts in 2024

    Share buybacks on the US stock market have dropped to the slowest pace since 2020

  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast28 min listen
    What is Bidenomics and is it working?

    A shift in policy that is changing America and the wider world

  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Protectionism
    The real reasons for the west’s protectionism

    The US and EU believe that it is not just their economies but their social and political stability that are at stake 

    A laden cargo ship bearing a Chinese flag has two propellers in the water with a US flag on one and an EU flag on the other
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast30 min listen
    Post-Brexit Britain

    What does the future look like for Britain outside the EU?

  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    ReviewPolitical books
    Inside the corridors of power — the best new politics books

    Rory Stewart produces a genuine political classic, liberalism comes under attack — and a reminder of the values being fought over in Ukraine

    Montage of book covers
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Geopolitics
    Trump’s trials will inspire a global epidemic of whataboutism

    The world’s despots will use the prosecutions of the former US president for propaganda purposes

    Illustration of a group of politicians in suits pointing fingers with their hands and, instead of heads, they have a hand with pointing fingers too
  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    US foreign policy
    Biden’s misguided pursuit of a Saudi-Israel deal

    A Middle East grand bargain could be a grand illusion

    Illustration of Joe Biden carrying a dove in a cage while walking among giant silver symbols, including crescent moons, David’s star and other stars
  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Russian politics
    Putin, Trump and the meaning of a mafia state

    Demands for personal loyalty and an obsession with revenge are hallmarks of the Godfather style in politics

    Illustration of Putin in a tuxedo with red rose in his lapel in  in the post of Marlon Brando from ‘The Godfather’ film poster
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
    How I learnt about wine

    Four FT journalists share their journeys into the world of wine – including via famous neighbours and underage subterfuge

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