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Gideon Rachman

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Trump is sowing the seeds of an anti-American alliance

By targeting allies and neighbours with tariffs, the US is playing into the hands of China

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What the global south gets wrong about Trump

A world without rules is one in which the strong prey upon the weak

27.01.2025 4

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Trump and the contest between two visions of democracy

His return to power has been fuelled by the belief of many Americans that their political system has failed

20.01.2025 10

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What the Israel-Hamas ceasefire means for the world

While the Israelis emerge from the conflict as the Middle East’s superpower, the international rules-based order lies in tatters

16.01.2025 10

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Trump risks turning the US into a rogue state

Territorial expansionism and threats to neighbours and allies should set off alarm bells across the world

13.01.2025 10

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Putin plus Trump spell trouble for European security

German rearmament is crucial to shoring up Europe’s defences

06.01.2025 40

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Year in a word: Fascism

The right-wing ideology is no longer confined to the dark underbelly of history

29.12.2024 10

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The world’s leading democracies are struggling to govern

Across the G7, the political centre is fracturing and Donald Trump will make the problem worse

23.12.2024 4

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Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman

Turkey and Israel move to take advantage of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria

16.12.2024 10

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Assad’s fall is a moment of hope and opportunity 

Lots could still go wrong in Syria but the demise of one of the world’s most cruel dictators is welcome

09.12.2024 6

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The tainted legacy of the Merkel-Obama years

A failure to respond to Russian, Chinese and Syrian aggression helped to create the unstable world of today

02.12.2024 5

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Israel will split the western alliance

Destroying the International Criminal Court is not in America’s interests

25.11.2024 5

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Trump’s attack on the enemy within will delight America’s real foes

The president-elect is threatening to gut the institutions that make America great

18.11.2024 3

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Trump’s European allies think history is turning in their direction

Populist nationalists on both sides of the Atlantic share common ideas. But there are tensions just beneath the surface

11.11.2024 5

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Trump, Harris and peace in our time

The two candidates have fundamentally different views about America’s global role and how to keep the peace

04.11.2024 4

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What the world thinks of Harris versus Trump

Strongman leaders around the globe would welcome a victory for the Republican former president

21.10.2024 2

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While Europe frets, India expects

European foreboding about peace and stability in the world finds little echo in New Delhi

14.10.2024 10

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The false promise of regime change in Iran

Military intervention is not the way to bring about the fall of the Islamic republic

07.10.2024 3

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Israel and Iran have just delivered the US election’s ‘October surprise’

With American policy in the Middle East in tatters, Donald Trump could be the principal beneficiary of escalation in the region

02.10.2024 20

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Israel dreams of a new order in the Middle East

But escalating the conflict further is more likely to lead to regional chaos

29.09.2024 10

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Germany, political extremism and the risks to Ukraine

The fracturing of politics in the Federal Republic threatens western unity and support for Kyiv

23.09.2024 2

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China, America and a global struggle for power and influence

The whole world risks losing from the rivalry between Washington and Beijing

16.09.2024 10

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Harris has to dazzle in the debate

The Democratic candidate badly needs a breakthrough to restore momentum to her campaign

09.09.2024 20

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Elon Musk is an unguided geopolitical missile

While his influence is showing up from Ukraine to China, he still lacks the ability to make the law

02.09.2024 10

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Ukraine has crossed Moscow’s and Washington’s red lines

Zelenskyy is prepared to ignore Russia’s nuclear threats. But the Biden administration is still wary of escalating the war

26.08.2024 10

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The real danger that Trump would pose for Ukraine

Agreeing to Russia’s demand for a neutral Ukraine could leave the country at the mercy of Moscow

29.07.2024 20

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Trump, Harris and a fear-filled campaign

The outcome of the US election will turn on which candidate scares voters the most

22.07.2024 40

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The 2024 presidential election is not over yet

Donald Trump’s attempted assassination may not shift many votes in a highly polarised nation

15.07.2024 5

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