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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)
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Iran’s nuclear talks could reshape the Middle East

    Trump has warned of potential military action if talks fail

  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    US-China trade dispute
    Why Xi holds a stronger hand than Trump

    The White House has miscalculated the balance of power in its tariff war with China

    James Ferguson illustration of Trump and Xi playing poker. China holds all the best cards on the poker table representing the trade war.
  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast28 min listen
    The end of globalisation as we know it

    Trump’s desire to restore US trade dominance is ‘pure fantasy’

  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    Donald Trump
    Trump and the mob boss approach to global markets

    The US president discovers that it is easier to shake down a law firm than to reshape the international trading system

    James Ferguson illustration of Trump sitting on a bench as Tony Soprano, with his ducks and a film title above his head The Trumpanos.
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast29 min listen
    China in the age of Trump 2.0

    Can China take advantage of the new era of economic and political turbulence?

  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Lessons from Russia, Turkey and India for Trump’s America

    Fighting for democracy can be a lonely and dangerous business

    James Ferguson illustration of a big boot with metal studs about to stamp on the US flag
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast29 min listen
    The making of Vladimir Putin

    Why the Russian leader sees best his chance yet of achieving long-held goals

  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    US foreign policy
    Trump’s economic and political threat to Mexico

    The US would suffer from the blowback if it impoverished its southern neighbour

    Illustration of Trump wrapping Mexico on the map with yellow tape with the word ‘tariffs printed on it
  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast28 min listen
    Mexico hopes to stave off Trump tariffs

    Economic and political consequences of the end of free trade could be devastating

  • Monday, 17 March, 2025
    US politics & policy
    How Trump could destroy his own political movement

    The US president and his followers are entering new and dangerous territory

    Illustration of a Janus-like Trump with faces looking in opposite directions, one calm, one angry
  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast28 min listen
    Europe's response to the threat from Trump

    Post-war security and trade framework crumbles under new US leadership

  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
    EU economy
    Trump is making Europe great again

    The US president has provided the biggest stimulus towards European integration since the end of the cold war

    James Ferguson illustration of an armour-plated EU flag with gun barrels pointing out of the stars.
  • Saturday, 8 March, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Swamp Notes: Trump’s transatlantic divorce

    Europe is learning to live without a US defence assurance. Could the split bring new life to the continent?

  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast22 min listen
    How should Canada react to Trump’s threats?

    Liberal politician Chrystia Freeland advocates a 'smart and surgical' response

  • Monday, 3 March, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Europe has bought Zelenskyy some time

    The big question remains whether Ukraine can survive without American assistance

    James Ferguson illustration of Zelensky with shadowy Putin and Trump.
  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast22 min listen
    Ukraine weathers new geopolitical climate

    ‘International law doesn't work but international engineering does’

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine agrees minerals deal with US

    Kyiv hopes agreement on jointly exploring resources will improve relations with Trump administration

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy 9(eft) and Donald Trump
  • Monday, 24 February, 2025
    US foreign policy
    Trump wants a world safe for autocracy

    Europe will have to defend liberal democracy without American support

    James Ferguson illustration of Putin, Trump and Xi scratching each other’s backs
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    Political Fix podcast44 min listen
    ‘America is now an adversary’

    Plus, inside the UK's 'right-wing Davos'

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    Axel Springer SE
    Politico’s owner praises Vance for his ‘inspiring message’ in Munich

    Mathias Döpfner says many Europeans had ‘intentionally misunderstood’ the US vice-president’s speech

    Mathias Döpfner, chief executive of Axel Springer
  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast34 min listen
    Mathias Döpfner: Transatlantic alliance in danger

    Trump’s actions on Russia and Ukraine will be a ‘test case’

  • Monday, 17 February, 2025
    US foreign policy
    Trump administration presses Romania to lift restrictions on Andrew Tate

    Brothers Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering

    Andrew and Tristan Tate are escorted by police after being detained in Bucharest in December 2022
  • Monday, 17 February, 2025
    US foreign policy
    Vance’s real warning to Europe

    Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America

    James Ferguson illustration of a Nato flag with the outline of Europe torn out.
  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast22 min listen
    US systems unravel under Trump

    America has turned into an unreliable friend

  • Monday, 10 February, 2025
    Geopolitics
    Trump, Putin, Xi and the new age of empire

    The leaders of America, Russia and China are now all committed to territorial expansion

    Illustration of Trump, Putin and Xi sitting around a dining room table carving up the globe of the world in a reference to Gillray’s 1805 plum pudding cartoon of Pitt and Napoleon
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