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Immigration could swing it for Brexit
This is a legitimate issue in the campaign that the Leave side would be stupid not to use
Xi has changed China’s winning formula
The country’s most important policies have been overturned by its strongman leader
Trump’s retreat from American greatness
If the US pulls back from its global role, other powers like China and Russia will fill the vacuum
- Joji Sakurai Hiroshima’s contradictions
- FT View Obama’s pivot to Asia remains unfinished
Trump, Putin and lure of the strongman
All vow to lead a national revival through force of personality and willingness to ignore niceties
Trump has changed the world
The Republican party’s presumptive nominee is now the standard-bearer of the far right in the west
Delivering peace in Syria
For all their mutual mistrust, the two powers must find a way to work together
Obama and the end of the Anglosphere
The crucial point is that he is America’s first Pacific president
Merkel should protect press freedom
The prosecution of a satirist for insulting Turkey’s president would set a dangerous precedent
The day after Brexit
It’s a nightmare on Downing Street . . . and there is a long silence from Angela Merkel in Berlin
The gnomes of Zurich are silent no longer
Past actions are catching up with some Swiss banking clients
Wake up – Britain is heading for Brexit
The campaign for the UK to leave the EU has momentum and simple slogans
The unravelling of Angela Merkel’s power
The German chancellor has lost support at home and control in Europe
Donald Trump: the case for the defence
It is difficult to condemn his populism without also condemning democracy
Trump, Orban and the west’s great walls
There is a loss of faith in the ability to engage successfully with the outside world
Johnson has failed the Churchill test
By not appreciating the wider international context, the London mayor fails to emulate his hero
The revival of American isolationism
Both the far right and the hard left are now promising a retreat from globalisation
Trump, Sanders and American rage
The yearning for leaders from the fringes will have profound implications for the US and the world
Brexit is no way out of Europe in crisis
In its own interests, Britain must contribute to stability on the European continent
Greek debt is key to the refugee crisis
A model could be the camps set up for displaced people in Europe after the second world war
Silicon Valley uneasy after Snowden leaks
Western intelligence agencies worry that encryption will make the internet ‘go dark’
Bowie’s lesson for politics
Artist’s focus on the personal made the depressing headline news of the 1970s seem irrelevant
Mass migration into Europe is unstoppable
Population pressures in Africa and the Middle East will drive immigration far into the future
The political shocks that will define 2016
Look to China and Britain for sudden surprises
The whole world is on edge
Not one global power is optimistic and even in America, which should be cheering, the mood is sour
Le Pen, climate and defeat of nationalism
The contest between nationalists and internationalists is playing out the world over
The west’s view of the Saudis is shifting
The rise of Isis, human rights concerns and less dependence on Arab oil are triggering change
Before the Syria vote, a battle for Britain
The House of Commons hosted a debate that went to the heart of our nationhood
UK debate about symbols not substance
The reasons for an assault may sound hollow until you realise what not to participate would signal
We deride Le Pen and Trump at our peril
The rise of political extremists says something disturbing about liberal democracy in the west
Best books of 2015: Politics
A round-up of the titles to remember
A case for rapprochement with Russia
Finding middle ground between Moscow and US may end Syria conflict
The clash of civilisations revisited
Multiculturalism is not a naive liberal aspiration — it is the reality of the modern world
Global consequences of the Paris attacks
Terrorists strike at a sensitive time in the history of France and Europe
China is sailing into a sea of troubles
Public opinion holds some sway in Hong Kong and Taiwan and is beyond Beijing’s control
The Republicans search for a winner
A Reagan-like candidate is needed who can say, ‘our best days lie ahead’ and mean it
The end of the Merkel era is within sight
As the placid surface of German society is disturbed, the positives of immigration are hard to see
A global test of American power
Obama is under pressure, at home and abroad, to restore the image of US strength
Outside powers at risk from Syria’s fire
Proxy wars can be very dangerous for the nations that are fuelling the conflict
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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