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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, 23 November, 2023
      Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
      How united are Arab and Muslim leaders on Gaza?

      Pressure grows for concerted action to end the violence

    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel, Oppenheimer and the laws of war

      Legality and morality are not always the same thing in wartime

      Illustration of an ‘H’ sign for a hospital that has bullet holes in it and is surrounded by fire
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      FT SeriesBest books of the year 2023
      Best books of 2023 — Politics

      Gideon Rachman selects his must-read titles

      Montage of book covers
    • 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
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