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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, 3 July, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Is the US heading for a debt crisis?

    Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio sounds the alarm

  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Nato’s summit cannot disguise Ukraine’s plight

    Without more military aid, Kyiv’s situation on the battlefield could deteriorate rapidly

    Illustration of a Nato flag on a pole in one corner of the Ukrainian flag, while the Russian flag spreads from the other side in the form of boot prints
  • Saturday, 28 June, 2025
    Swamp Notes podcast18 min listen
    John Bolton on the Iran war that wasn’t

    Donald Trump’s former national security adviser reckons with the president’s move to bomb Iran

  • Friday, 27 June, 2025
    Political Fix podcast35 min listen
    Starmer’s welfare woes

    Plus: is the UK prime minister faring better on the world stage?

  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast25 min listen
    Too soon to celebrate peace between Iran and Israel?

    Tensions remain despite Trump’s claim to have ended the war

  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    US foreign policy
    Trump’s fragile peace in the Middle East

    Israel and Iran remain bitter enemies so this is more likely to be a pause in the fighting than a lasting peace

    President Donald Trump boards Air Force One
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    US-Iran tensions
    The perils of war with Iran

    Tehran’s grand strategy has failed, but that is no guarantee Israel and America can succeed

    Ann Kiernan illustration of the US flag, with the red stripes shown as vapour trails behind missiles heading towards an industrial complex
  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    Summer books 2025: the best titles of the year so far
    The best books on politics to read this summer

    Gideon Rachman selects his best mid-year reads

    A row of book jackets
  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast30 min listen
    Israel goes to war with Iran

    Will the US be drawn into another Middle East conflict?

  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    Instant InsightUS politics & policy
    War on Iran is splitting Trump’s Maga movement

    As a decision on involvement looms, some of the president’s most ardent supporters have turned against him

    A fire blazes in the oil depots of Shahran, northwest of Tehran
  • Monday, 16 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    How the Israel-Iran war may develop

    If Iran is losing a conventional conflict, there is a danger that it will resort to unconventional means of retaliation

    Illustration of a night sky lit up by missiles and explosions, with smoke forming the nuclear symbol in the sky
  • Friday, 13 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    Why Israel chose to strike Iran now

    In attacking, Netanyahu has short circuited the debate in Washington and started a possible new cycle of escalation

    Illustration of a man playing a ‘buzz wire’ game with the electrically-charged wire shaped as a rocket
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast29 min listen
    Nato’s moment of truth

    Will increased spending be enough to placate the US?

  • Monday, 9 June, 2025
    US politics & policy
    What Musk can learn from Ma and Khodorkovsky

    In a power struggle between a national leader and a billionaire, the politician always comes out on top

    Illustration of Donald Trump as an organ grinder with Musk as a small chainsaw-wielding monkey perched on top of the barrel organ
  • Thursday, 5 June, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast31 min listen
    What drives China’s strongman?

    …and what do Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have in common?

  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too

    Despite his rhetoric about fire and fury, the president is nervous about the use of force

    Illustration of Trump holding a rubber chicken in one hand and pointing to it with the other hand
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast52 min listen
    A foreign policy debrief with Jake Sullivan

    Biden’s former security adviser on what went right and wrong for the US overseas

  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    Europe needs to keep up the pressure on Netanyahu

    France and Britain have helped protect Israel from its enemies, but they should not defend the indefensible

    Illustration of the EU and Israeli flags torn apart from one another
  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast27 min listen
    Is Trump a threat or an opportunity for the EU?

    Can the slow-moving, 27-nation bloc survive the impulsive nature of the US president?

  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Putin thinks that time is on his side

    Russia has little interest in peace talks. It is hoping for battlefield breakthroughs and sanctions relief

    James Ferguson illustration of Putin watching an egg timer
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast22 min listen
    India and Pakistan: what now?

    The nuclear-armed neighbours have come back from the brink, but can the peace hold?

  • Monday, 12 May, 2025
    US foreign policy
    Trump and the art of the international peace deal

    When you’re running a superpower, you can’t just ignore the outside world

    Illustration of a giant peace dove on the floor, with Trump dressed in medical kit standing over it
  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast28 min listen
    How can Democrats combat Donald Trump?

    Democratic politicians are either protesting against Republicans or podcasting with them - will either strategy succeed?

  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
    EU trade
    Why the EU beats Trump at the art of the deal

    The mayhem of Mar-a-Lago is less effective than the boredom of Brussels

    Trump in the form of a hare with a tortoise with an EU flag on its back at the start of a race
  • Thursday, 1 May, 2025
    Rachman Review podcast21 min listen
    Are we any closer to peace in Ukraine?

    Russia wants more than just territorial concessions

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