Gideon Rachman
 Gideon Rachman     (journalist) | |
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| Born | 1963 UK |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | Gonville & Caius College |
Quad Bilderberg UK journalist and friend of MI6 whistleblower Richard Tomlinson | |
Background
Gideon Rachman read History at Gonville & Caius College, gaining a first class honours degree from Cambridge University in 1984. While at Gonville and Caius, he was a friend of MI6 whistleblower Richard Tomlinson, whom he provided with a reference for his Kennedy Scholarship application.[1]
Career
Rachman began his career with the BBC World Service in 1984. From 1988 to 1990, he was a reporter for The Sunday Correspondent, based in Washington DC. He spent 15 years at The Economist; first as its deputy American editor, then as its South-east Asia correspondent from a base in Bangkok. He then served as The Economist 's Asia editor before taking on the post of Britain editor from 1997 to 2000, following which he was posted in Brussels where he penned the Charlemagne European-affairs column. At The Financial Times, Rachman writes on international politics, with a focus on US foreign policy, the European Union and geopolitics in Asia.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2012 | 31 May 2012 | 3 June 2012 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there. |
| Bilderberg/2017 | 1 June 2017 | 4 June 2017 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 65th Bilderberg Meeting |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21. January, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
Events Witnessed
| Event | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/2003 | France Versailles | The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France |
| Bilderberg/2004 | Italy Stresa | The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests |
