May 7, 2012
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May 7, 2012
Apr 30, 2012
No alternative to austerity
Spending has done very little to change the fundamental problems
Apr 23, 2012
France votes to throw down the gauntlet to Europe
Both Sarkozy and Hollande are promising to change the direction of the EU
Apr 9, 2012
Europe has yet to make Europeans
Proposing English as the EU language would be a new, amusing way of committing political suicide
- Editorial A growth agenda for the eurozone
- Wolfgang Munchau The prize for European political illiteracy
Apr 2, 2012
The time bomb no one can defuse
If Greece leaves the eurozone and is plunged into chaos, the rest of Europe will be sucked into the resulting mess
- Editorial A growth agenda for the eurozone
- Gideon Rachman Europe has yet to make Europeans
Mar 26, 2012
The west has lost in Afghanistan
Even Nato’s minimal goals for the country might not be achieved
Mar 19, 2012
A political crisis will not stop China
We are not suddenly going to wake up and discover that the Chinese miracle was, in fact, a mirage
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LIFE & ARTS
Mar 16, 2012
American nightmare
The FT’s chief foreign affairs commentator reviews ‘The World America Made’, ‘The Age of Austerity’, ‘After America’ and ‘Becoming China’s Bitch’
Mar 12, 2012
China’s past needs to be rewritten
It is important that foreigners understand how the country views its own past
- Global Insight China needs to match words with actions
- beyondbrics Dull no more – China’s NPC in the Weibo age
Mar 5, 2012
Don’t despair of democracy
The authoritarian urge to cross-dress in democratic clothes is an implied compliment
Feb 27, 2012
Syria, the case for staying out
The wrong decision can possibly cause more deaths than it prevents
Feb 13, 2012
Germany faces a machine from hell
The actions urged on Berlin are unreasonable. Its own solution – structural reform now, political union later – is unworkable
Feb 6, 2012
The ice is cracking under Putin
While nobody is talking of a Moscow spring, there is a definite thaw under way
Jan 30, 2012
‘Davos consensus’ under siege
Both the US president and the French would-be president were calling key elements of globalisation into question
From
SPECIAL REPORTS
Jan 24, 2012
Confronting an age of austerity
An analysis on the hopes and concerns that beset world leaders as they gather in Davos
Jan 16, 2012
America, Greece and a world on fire
A Greek economic crisis is threatening Europe but the US has no intention of leading the rescue mission
Jan 9, 2012
Why I’m feeling strangely Austrian
The failure of the hard left to capitalise on the economic crisis testifies to how communism has been discredited
About Gideon
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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