Chief Foreign Commentator, Financial Times
Gideon Rachman translates his extensive travels and his remarkable access to world leaders into an insider’s view of global events. He speaks about politics, economics and globalisation as they apply to Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, and more.
At the FT, Gideon writes a weekly column on international politics as well as feature articles. He has reported for the FT from all over the world. Before joining the FT in 2006, he worked for The Economist for 15 years in a range of jobs, including as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Bangkok and Washington and as business editor.
Gideon’s most recent book, Easternisation: War and Peace in the Asian Century concentrates on how the growing wealth of Asia nations is transforming the international balance of power. The Sunday Times called it as “masterly account”.
Gideon’s book Zero-Sum World, published in 2010, predicted the current trade war between the US and China.
Gideon received the 2016 Orwell Prize for journalism, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing.
He has also written for numerous other publications, including Foreign Policy, National Interest, The Washington Quarterly and Prospect magazines. He is a regular broadcaster for — amongst others — the BBC, CNN and NPR.