Best Commentary 2017

Gideon Rachman

Best commentary in any medium on international news

AWARD DATE: 2017

AWARD NAME: 22 Best Commentary

AWARD RECIPIENT: Gideon Rachman

AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Financial Times

AWARD SPONSOR: Robert Serio

Read Gideon Rachman’s award-winning work:

Why Macron Matters to the Whole World
Trump, Erdogan and How Democracies Die
Brazil and the Crisis of the liberal World order

Soros Hatred is a Global Sickness
The End of German Exceptionalism
Assertive China Challenges the West
Trump, Xi and A Dark Year for Democracy

In an outstanding field of deeply reported and intelligent entries, Gideon Rachman’s range of subjects, reported insight and refreshing opinions was the most impressive. He was particularly forceful on the rising tide of nationalism facing Europe and the U.S. One reader summed it up this way: “A tour de force on the political challenges of our age by Gideon Rachman, possibly the best world affairs writer of the day.”

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