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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, 28 November, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi’s pandemic triumphalism returns to haunt him

    The president’s hubris and authoritarianism have trapped China in endless lockdowns

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
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  • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
    90,000 migrants arrive in Italian ports

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

  • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast27 min listen
    How the Ukraine war reshaped US alliances

    Top Biden strategist on the thinking behind the national strategic review

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    G20
    Indonesia’s president has ‘strong impression’ Putin will miss G20 summit

    Host Joko Widodo tells FT he reached the conclusion after speaking to Russian leader last week

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    Joko Widodo
    The first global summit of the second cold war

    Joe Biden and Xi Jinping may meet at the G20 in Indonesia, whose president embodies an older non-aligned tradition

  • Monday, 31 October, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    The nuclear threats that hang over the world

    Even a limited strike in Ukraine would have catastrophic global effects

  • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast31 min listen
    Xi consolidates his rule as economic problems mount

    How will China’s leader handle the private sector, the property crisis and Taiwan?

  • Monday, 24 October, 2022
    Geopolitics
    Xi Jinping’s China and the rise of the ‘global west’

    The world’s advanced democracies are pulling together in an effort to counter China’s international influence

  • Monday, 24 October, 2022
    ReviewPolitical books
    From China to cyber space — the best new politics books

    Training a spotlight on Chinese influence are these new titles tackling economy, security and Covid lockdowns

  • Monday, 17 October, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Diplomacy should not be a dirty word in the Ukraine war

    Far from being mutually exclusive, fighting and talking need to happen at the same time

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Why I’d rather have Liz Truss than Xi Jinping as a leader

    The democratic British mess is preferable to China’s authoritarian model

  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    Geopolitics
    When conspiracy theorists run countries

    The paranoid fantasies of Vladimir Putin and others increase dangers for the world

  • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
    Transcript
    The remaking of Europe

    The Ukraine war is changing the EU power balance

  • Monday, 26 September, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Putin’s nuclear threats cannot be ignored

    The Russian leader is trying to intimidate western nations but he is also desperate and cornered

  • Monday, 19 September, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Putin, Xi and the limits of friendship

    Russia’s losing war in Ukraine is also a major strategic setback for China

  • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
    Russia faces defeat in Ukraine

    Putin’s military strategy looks increasingly shaky

  • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
    Transcript
    Russia faces defeat in Ukraine

    Putin’s military strategy looks increasingly shaky

  • Monday, 12 September, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    The Ukraine war has reached a turning point

    After Russia’s setbacks a new and dangerous phase of the conflict is beginning

  • Friday, 9 September, 2022
    Queen Elizabeth II
    Elizabeth II was Global Britain personified

    The Queen oversaw the country’s transition from an empire to a post-imperial power

  • Monday, 5 September, 2022
    Russian politics
    Putin, Gorbachev and two visions of Russian greatness

    The Kremlin has returned to methods and goals based on conquest, fear and brutality

  • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast21 min listen
    Will India soar or struggle in the coming years?

    As the country celebrates its 75th year of independence, many believe that it is poised to emerge as a 21st century superpower

  • Monday, 29 August, 2022
    Globalisation
    The enemies of globalisation are circling

    Rising nationalism and concerns about inequality and the environment threaten international trade

  • Monday, 29 August, 2022
    ReviewPolitical books
    Genre round-up — the best new political books

    From biographies of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin to two books that seek a new kind of politics through imaginative thinking about the future

  • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Who's winning the war in Ukraine?

    Russian forces are being depleted while Kyiv plans its counter-offensive

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