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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 X.com (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Chinese politics & policy
    China is building soft power as Trump burns bridges

    After years of struggling to match the global popularity of the US, Japan and South Korea, Beijing’s image is improving

    Gideon Rachman
    Illustration of yellow snooker balls arranged on a red table to resemble the Chinese flag, with a cue and a white ball nearby
  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast27 min listen
    Ukraine’s ‘existential’ battle with Russia

    The Iran war has empowered Putin but Kyiv is fighting back

  • Monday, 27 April, 2026
    US foreign policy
    Are Europe and America headed for divorce?

    The US military commitment to Europe is fraying — but the two sides remain locked in an unhappy marriage for now

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration shows US Chinook helicopters, some shaped like the continental United States, flying away above Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate against a dramatic red sky.
  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast31 min listen
    Trump finds it’s easier to start a war than to end one

    ‘Epic Fury’ turns into ‘Economic Fury’

  • Monday, 20 April, 2026
    Middle East war
    The Iran crisis has not yet peaked

    The war is currently more likely to escalate than to be resolved by negotiation

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration showing a bison and a lion facing off, pressing their heads together in a stalemate
  • Thursday, 16 April, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast27 min listen
    Iran war: What does Tehran want and will it get it?

    Hormuz stand-off raises the stakes for Trump

  • Monday, 13 April, 2026
    Middle East war
    Why time is on Iran’s side

    A global energy crisis is only just beginning. Political turmoil will follow

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration shows Donald Trump trapped inside the bottom half of an hourglass, partially buried in sand, with the Iranian emblem on the top half.
  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast33 min listen
    Is it possible to negotiate with Iran?

    How the war might be reshaping alliances

  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
    Middle East war
    Armageddon is off . . . for now

    Both the US and Iran can claim victory of a sort but many questions remain unresolved

    Gideon Rachman
    Donald Trump gestures with both hands while responding to a question during a White House briefing on Iran.
  • Monday, 6 April, 2026
    Brexit
    Trump is hastening Britain’s return to the EU

    Economics, security and domestic politics all point the Starmer government towards Brussels

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration of Donald Trump holding a lit match near a bridge made of matchsticks, while Keir Starmer walks away holding a small EU flag
  • Monday, 30 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Iran could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous

    The Islamic republic aims to set up a toll booth on the Strait of Hormuz. It may succeed

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration showing Donald Trump looking at his phone and walking toward an open manhole on an Iran flag
  • Thursday, 26 March, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast30 min listen
    Hungary’s pivotal election

    Could this be the end of the Orbán era?

  • Monday, 23 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Netanyahu is gambling with Israel’s future

    Perpetual war and fading American popular support is a formula for disaster

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration shows Benjamin Netanyahu pulling the beak of a large bald eagle representing the USA, as the eagle looks on sternly.
  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Iran war tests China’s oil stockpile

    Beijing has driven big increase in reserves of strategic commodities but their scale remains secret

  • Monday, 16 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Why Hormuz will haunt us long after this war ends

    Iran has shown that control of the strait gives it a stranglehold over the world economy

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration showing a person in dark clothing gripping a map of the Strait of Hormuz at its narrowest point, symbolising control.
  • Thursday, 12 March, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast34 min listen
    Formidable US firepower fails to unseat Iran’s regime

    What future for Iran under Mojtaba Khamenei?

  • Monday, 9 March, 2026
    US foreign policy
    Trump’s Venezuela strategy has failed in Iran

    The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei has dashed the US president’s hope of picking Iran’s new leader

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration shows Donald Trump reaching to shake hands with an unidentified Iranian leader, with a cracked Iranian flag in the background
  • Thursday, 5 March, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast33 min listen
    Iran war risks turning into a battle of endurance

    Tehran tactics seek to draw in Gulf states and others

  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2026
    US foreign policy
    Ask an Expert. What is Trump’s plan in Iran? You asked, Gideon Rachman answered

    The FT’s chief foreign affairs columnist replied to reader questions

  • Sunday, 1 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Trump has no realistic plan for Iran’s future

    The US president has not understood the lessons of past wars for regime change in Iraq and Afghanistan

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration showing fighter jets and missile trails in the sky, arranged to resemble the U.S. flag with red clouds and white contrails.
  • Thursday, 26 February, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast25 min listen
    Boris Johnson: Pressure on Putin is the price of peace

    Ukraine peace talks will ‘go nowhere’ until the west shows more resolve

  • Monday, 23 February, 2026
    US foreign policy
    Trump’s new interest in war will end badly

    The US president has developed an appetite for the wars of choice that he once denounced

    Gideon Rachman
    An illustration of Donald Trump dressed as General Patton, holding binoculars, with a stylised American flag background.
  • Thursday, 19 February, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast25 min listen
    Chrystia Freeland on how to negotiate with autocrats — and allies

    Canada's former deputy PM on strategies and red lines

  • Monday, 16 February, 2026
    Geopolitics
    Why Rubio failed to repair the transatlantic rift

    A moment of calm in relations between Europe and the US is a prelude to crises ahead

    Gideon Rachman
    Illustration of the Statue of Liberty seen from behind holding the torch in her right hand and hiding a bullwhip behind her back
  • Thursday, 12 February, 2026
    Rachman Review podcast23 min listen
    Trump's predatory foreign policy

    What are the longer-term implications of treating friends and foes alike?

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