GIDEON RACHMAN

Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times

Gideon Rachman is chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times. He joined the paper in 2006, after 15 years at The Economist, which included spells as a foreign correspondent in Washington, Brussels and Bangkok. At the FT, he writes a weekly column and hosts a podcast, the Rachman Review. He has published three books, including - "Easternisation - war and peace in the Asian century" and, most recently, "The Age of the Strongman". He has received several awards for journalism, including the Orwell Prize and the European press prize.