Gideon Rachman — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator at the Financial Times since July 2006.
Recipient of the Orwell Prize for political journalism in 2016.
Awarded the Commentator Award at the European Press Prize awards in 2016.
Spent 15 years at The Economist, serving as deputy United States editor, Southeast Asia correspondent, Asia editor, and Britain editor.
Began his career with the BBC World Service in 1984.
Read History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating in 1984.

Biography

Gideon Rachman is a British journalist who serves as the chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times, a position he has held since July 2006. His commentary focuses on international politics, with particular emphasis on American foreign policy, the European Union, and geopolitics in Asia. In recognition of his work, Rachman won the Orwell Prize for political journalism in 2016 and was also awarded the Commentator Award at the European Press Prize awards in the same year.