Gideon Rachman

RACHMAN: “.. Trump is now committed to a process for which there is no real precedent: regime change brought about by air power alone.”

@gideonrachman.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Boris Johnson: Pressure on Putin is the price of peace Ukraine peace talks will ‘go nowhere’ until the west shows more resolve

Boris Johnson very articulate here on why we need really increase pressure on Putin if we want peace in Ukraine and how to do it - podcast interview with @gideonrachman.bsky.social. www.ft.com/content/996c...

The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition

What an incredibly cool FT article and WWI story!

The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders (🎁🔗)

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General consensus is that Trump's presidency has ushered in a new world order from which there is no turning back. This view deserves scrutiny, argues @gideonrachman.bsky.social.

Read his column on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/38QnpBf

Then have your say in today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ ft.trib.al/PdHOXLf

Striking how completely absent from leadership talk Rachel Reeves and David Lammy are. Normally you would think chancellor or deputy pm would be in with a shout. Fact they aren’t tells its own story

A post-Trump restoration is still possible His presidency may eventually be seen as an aberration rather than a permanent shift

@gideonrachman.bsky.social of the @financialtimes.com thinks that "after Trump, the old America could make a comeback," but concedes that "there could be more violence and civil disorder before an American restoration can truly take place."

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Nice weather for Pallas cats.

Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa's leading economy says it's close to a new trade deal with China China and South Africa have signed a framework agreement for a new trade deal. It shows how Africa’s leading economy is looking for other options following the high U.S. import tariffs imposed on it b...

The major flaw with the claim that Trump's foreign policy is "realist" is the fact that it is so deeply ideological. There is no "realist" case for driving South Africa into China's embrace, rather than competing for its partnership. The only reason Trump is doing so is based on racist memes.

Can diplomacy avert a US-Iran war? Islamic regime faces ‘a reckoning’

Podcast🎙️| Can diplomacy avert a US-Iran war?

Sanam Vakil (@chmenap.bsky.social) joined @gideonrachman.bsky.social's podcast to discuss the risks of a US war with Iran and the crisis of legitimacy facing the Islamic Republic.

Listen via @financialtimes.com⤵️

Let’s discuss some time

Not sure about that

Now please throw the pint glass away

I’m not sure ‘our national security developed vetting technique can be beaten if a candidate is prepared to lie’ is an especially helpful line to push.

Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...

Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them

Absolutely mad.

First, Warsh married into great wealth. Specifically, he married the daughter of Ronald Lauder, the cosmetics billionaire - who, bizarrely, is a key figure behind Donald Trump's obsession with Greenland. Second, he has always been very good at ingratiating himself with influential people. Third, he's an effective bullshitter. Sorry for the technical language, but I can't find another way to say it. Listen to Warsh on economic policy, and he throws around a lot of big words that presumably sound impressive to people who don't know anything about the subject. But there's no coherent argument behind the verbiage. Fourth, he's a Republican loyalist, who always wants to slam the economic brakes when Democrats are in power and step on the gas when Republicans rule. Fifth, as I highlighted in the Truth Social post screenshotted at the top of this piece, Donald Trump thinks he looks the part. It's a humiliating day for the Federal Reserve, which has always prided itself on its professionalism and has been hugely respected around the world. But even the Fed can't insulate itself from the derangement sweeping America.

Paul Krugman not joining in with the praise for the appointment of Kevin Warsh

Weird on many levels. Mandelson himself was a wealthy man through Global Counsel. Can’t believe he couldn’t stump up 10k himself

Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009

I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in

Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files

more to follow

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Wow -- incredible!!!

In Ukraine, it’s all about the land Trilateral peace talks seem promising, but territory remains a major obstacle

"on the European side, there is real respect for the diplomatic work done by Jared Kushner — who is regarded as serious and diligent." @gideonrachman.bsky.social writes

In Ukraine, it’s all about the land - www.ft.com/content/eb32... via @financialtimes.com

India’s holdings of US Treasury bonds have fallen to a 5-year low as the nation pushes to support its currency and diversify its reserves, Bloomberg reports.

People “are looking to diversify away from US assets, and I would kind of describe it as quiet-quitting of US bonds,” Katie Koch said.

Kyiv.
Electricity is back.
I thought we wouldn’t see it for a few days after the night attack.

Glory to Ukrainian engineers.

"Being a happy vassal is one thing. Being a miserable slave is another" @gideonrachman.bsky.social

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“The reason that Carney’s speech resonated so widely was that it was an explicit acknowledgment that the old order, based on a benign US, has gone. And it was also a call to action that many in Davos found inspiring.”
By @gideonrachman.bsky.social

Excellent interview with Mark Carney by @gideonrachman.bsky.social

Greenland: the good, the bad or the ugly? Alexander Stubb on the possible scenarios facing the Arctic island

Siempre de interés escuchar a Alexander Stubb (entrevistado por @gideonrachman.bsky.social )
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Mark Carney on a world in rupture — and what comes next ‘Globalisation is over, but like-minded countries can still work together’

If you liked Mark Carney's speech, then have a listen to this podcast interview with the Canadian prime minister by @gideonrachman.bsky.social recorded just after that interview www.ft.com/content/19f1...

@gideonrachman.bsky.social on TACO all over again. www.ft.com/content/ec68... The great Greenland climbdown