Gideon Rachman
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
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Reading this @gideonrachman.bsky.social piece, I am reminded that Nena's '99 Luftballons' described the type of accidental incident that almost triggered nuclear war in Operation Able Archer (referred to here) a couple of months later. www.ft.com/content/3c30...
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reading this @gideonrachman.bsky.social piece, I am reminded that Nena's '99 Luftballons' described the type of accidental incident that almost triggered nuclear war in Operation Able Archer (referred to here) a couple of months later. www.ft.com/content/3c30...
I think we all need to agree before we can do that
Petition to ban the word groupthink
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I think we all need to agree before we can do that
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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it is very strange that BBC chair Samir Shah is hiding this morning. He should by rights be on the Today programme presenting himself as in charge and hands on the tiller. I wonder if he is frightened for his position
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
it is very strange that BBC chair Samir Shah is hiding this morning. He should by rights be on the Today programme presenting himself as in charge and hands on the tiller. I wonder if he is frightened for his position
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Yeah Gorsuch is on fire a bit. /13
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Yeah Gorsuch is on fire a bit. /13
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"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
So the BBC director general has had to resign because Panorama suggested that Trump tried to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election? Because obviously that never happened …
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So the BBC director general has had to resign because Panorama suggested that Trump tried to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election? Because obviously that never happened …
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Amen to that.
I’m not in the room, so can’t tell who is stiffing who. UK definitely has weaker hand; is entirely to blame for Brexit; still gives mixed signals about EU. But, in today’s geopolitical environment, bad for both sides to let UK-EU relations fracture further. At some stage, finger pointing shd stop.
Good morning from Brussels, where an EU struggling internally and with its global position is trying to respond as it knows best, by punching down on smaller partners. For opening paragraphs suggest it is trying to renege on the common understanding with the UK. www.ft.com/content/8963...
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Amen to that.
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“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
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The death of KitKat, a brown tabby cat, has reverberated throughout San Francisco after a Waymo struck the cat and continued driving.
But mourners’ grief has been complicated by who, or what, should be held accountable.
But mourners’ grief has been complicated by who, or what, should be held accountable.
Death of KitKat, a beloved San Francisco cat, reignites fury over robotaxis
A Waymo taxi struck the brown tabby, a Mission District fixture, raising questions about the role of self-driving cars in the neighborhood.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The death of KitKat, a brown tabby cat, has reverberated throughout San Francisco after a Waymo struck the cat and continued driving.
But mourners’ grief has been complicated by who, or what, should be held accountable.
But mourners’ grief has been complicated by who, or what, should be held accountable.
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Serhii was brilliant on the Rachman Review recently. @gideonrachman.bsky.social
So looking forward to this.
So looking forward to this.
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Serhii was brilliant on the Rachman Review recently. @gideonrachman.bsky.social
So looking forward to this.
So looking forward to this.
Anne in typically excellent form.
Talking with @gideonrachman.bsky.social: Donald Trump and Autocracy in America: Pushing the boundaries of presidential power.
Listen here:
on.ft.com/43igLNv
Listen here:
on.ft.com/43igLNv
Donald Trump and autocracy in America
Pushing the boundaries of presidential power
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Anne in typically excellent form.
Burmese are the best!
This lad is 19 today. Hope I look this good (and “I take no crap”) if I make it into my 90s.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Burmese are the best!
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This lad is 19 today. Hope I look this good (and “I take no crap”) if I make it into my 90s.
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This lad is 19 today. Hope I look this good (and “I take no crap”) if I make it into my 90s.
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just a second. did you all know that Zohran Mamdani is MIRA NAIR'S SON? Mira "made the movie Monsoon Wedding" Nair?
all this time I have not been knowing that he is someone who *understands the value of the arts*?
(I shared a cab to Mexico City airport with her once. She's great.)
all this time I have not been knowing that he is someone who *understands the value of the arts*?
(I shared a cab to Mexico City airport with her once. She's great.)
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
just a second. did you all know that Zohran Mamdani is MIRA NAIR'S SON? Mira "made the movie Monsoon Wedding" Nair?
all this time I have not been knowing that he is someone who *understands the value of the arts*?
(I shared a cab to Mexico City airport with her once. She's great.)
all this time I have not been knowing that he is someone who *understands the value of the arts*?
(I shared a cab to Mexico City airport with her once. She's great.)
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Bang on by Michelle Goldberg in the NYT
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Bang on by Michelle Goldberg in the NYT
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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
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This week on World Review: Trump goes to Asia and gets a US-China trade truce. But what does it all really mean? Check out my conversation with Ken Moriyasu and @gideonrachman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
World Review: Trump Visits Asia and Meets with XI
A synopsis of this week's edition of World Review
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This week on World Review: Trump goes to Asia and gets a US-China trade truce. But what does it all really mean? Check out my conversation with Ken Moriyasu and @gideonrachman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
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The second of two excellent @financialtimes.com assessments of Trump’s latest presidency - after @edwardluce.bsky.social on domestic policy, now @gideonrachman.bsky.social on global policy. www.ft.com/content/28f0... The Trump doctrine: don’t rely on America
The Trump doctrine: don’t rely on America
A year on from his re-election, diplomacy is being driven by the personal whims of the president to an extent that is unprecedented in the modern era
www.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The second of two excellent @financialtimes.com assessments of Trump’s latest presidency - after @edwardluce.bsky.social on domestic policy, now @gideonrachman.bsky.social on global policy. www.ft.com/content/28f0... The Trump doctrine: don’t rely on America
Very timely new podcast from me with Mike Froman, head of Council on Foreign Relations and former USTR, on the strengths and weaknesses of the positions of Trump and Xi, heading into tomorrow's talks on.ft.com/3LaXS8Y
US versus China: a test of strength
How Trump’s trade strategy is shaping up in Asia
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Very timely new podcast from me with Mike Froman, head of Council on Foreign Relations and former USTR, on the strengths and weaknesses of the positions of Trump and Xi, heading into tomorrow's talks on.ft.com/3LaXS8Y
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Good from @gideonrachman.bsky.social, getting a proper read on what an invasion of Taiwan by China actually means regardless of the US position and placing agency where it belongs, with Xi Jinping.
In truth, the crisis would never end, as Japan learned in 1930.
www.ft.com/content/f2de...
In truth, the crisis would never end, as Japan learned in 1930.
www.ft.com/content/f2de...
Trump, Xi and the danger for Taiwan
The US president has unnerved Taiwan. But the island can still resist Beijing
www.ft.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Good from @gideonrachman.bsky.social, getting a proper read on what an invasion of Taiwan by China actually means regardless of the US position and placing agency where it belongs, with Xi Jinping.
In truth, the crisis would never end, as Japan learned in 1930.
www.ft.com/content/f2de...
In truth, the crisis would never end, as Japan learned in 1930.
www.ft.com/content/f2de...
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I'm sure this will turn out fine: data from 11 of Russia's 89 federal subjects shows that local govts are drawing down emergency reserve funds to pay military recruiters. Total spending on these boys now nearly rivals the regional budgets for education, healthcare, and other welfare.
О таких расходах отчитались 11 субъектов
Эти суммы сопоставимы с тратами регионов на здравоохранение и образование
istories.media
October 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm sure this will turn out fine: data from 11 of Russia's 89 federal subjects shows that local govts are drawing down emergency reserve funds to pay military recruiters. Total spending on these boys now nearly rivals the regional budgets for education, healthcare, and other welfare.
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The FT's @gideonrachman.bsky.social is running a series on "The Age of the Strongman." I joined him last week
megaphone.link/NSR8120418136
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The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Trump, with Anne Applebaum (Part One) by Intelligence Squared
megaphone.link
October 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The FT's @gideonrachman.bsky.social is running a series on "The Age of the Strongman." I joined him last week
megaphone.link/NSR8120418136
megaphone.link/NSR8120418136