The Rachman Review

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 Dec 11, 2024
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Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs.

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Episode Date
Fear and euphoria in Damascus
Dec 19, 2024
Will Trump pull America back from the world?
Dec 12, 2024
Syria caught up in Lebanon fallout
Dec 05, 2024
Can Britain's ties with the US survive a second Trump presidency?
Nov 28, 2024
What Elon Musk gains from a friend in the White House
Nov 21, 2024
The ideology behind Xi Jinping’s China
Nov 14, 2024
What will Donald Trump's second term in office look like?
Nov 07, 2024
Donald Trump and the autocrats' playbook
Oct 31, 2024
The trauma of life and death in Gaza
Oct 24, 2024
Afghanistan: a country on the edge
Oct 17, 2024
Germany’s ‘deplorable’ divide on the Ukraine war
Oct 10, 2024
Israel presses its military advantage
Oct 03, 2024
How will Hizbollah respond to Israel’s Lebanon onslaught?
Sep 26, 2024
Does the UN still matter? With António Guterres
Sep 19, 2024
Why Russians are still backing Putin
Sep 12, 2024
The truth behind QAnon’s lies
Sep 05, 2024
Japan raises its defences
Aug 29, 2024
Ukraine wrongfoots Russia in Kursk
Aug 22, 2024
Maduro’s humiliating election
Aug 15, 2024
Is the Middle East heading for all-out war?
Aug 07, 2024
Can the Olympics cure France’s malaise?
Aug 01, 2024
'Kamala Harris could win — and win big'
Jul 23, 2024
Drama in the US presidential race
Jul 18, 2024
Britain’s role in a changing Europe
Jul 11, 2024
Who are the Middle East power brokers?
Jul 04, 2024
US foreign policy under Trump 2.0
Jun 27, 2024
Can South Africa’s national unity government succeed?
Jun 20, 2024
Macron's gamble
Jun 13, 2024
China’s great power strategy
Jun 06, 2024
How much power can far-right parties win in Europe?
May 30, 2024
Introducing Untold: Power for Sale
May 29, 2024
Ukraine war at a tipping point
May 23, 2024
Has the US declared economic war on China?
May 16, 2024
Coming soon: China, the new tech superpower
May 10, 2024
Italy and the Giorgia Meloni phenomenon
May 09, 2024
Modi’s mission
May 02, 2024
US aid package offers fresh hope to Ukraine
Apr 25, 2024
Iran raises the stakes with attack on Israel
Apr 18, 2024
How do you define a war crime?
Apr 11, 2024
Is Japan at a turning point?
Apr 04, 2024
Is Europe battle-ready?
Mar 28, 2024
Malcolm Turnbull on US and Australian politics
Mar 21, 2024
Is there a way out of Haiti’s nightmare?
Mar 14, 2024
Netanyahu defies the west on Gaza
Mar 07, 2024
Global threats: contrasting views in Europe, Asia and the Pacific
Feb 29, 2024
Russia’s threat to Europe
Feb 22, 2024
Is China’s power on the wane?
Feb 15, 2024
Why we need the UN
Feb 08, 2024
Introducing: Swamp Notes from The FT News Briefing
Feb 05, 2024
Germans push back against extremist AfD
Feb 01, 2024
The battle for the control of Poland’s institutions
Jan 25, 2024
Introducing Untold: The Retreat
Jan 23, 2024
Putin’s nemesis in the west
Jan 18, 2024
Can a wider Middle East war be averted?
Jan 11, 2024
The future of Europe
Jan 04, 2024
The world in 2024
Dec 21, 2023
COP28: is the Dubai deal enough for the climate?
Dec 14, 2023
Biden and Xi mend ties
Dec 07, 2023
Trump closes in on a second term in office
Nov 30, 2023
How united are Arab and Muslim leaders on Gaza?
Nov 23, 2023
Is the balance tilting towards Russia in Ukraine?
Nov 16, 2023
Who will run Gaza once the war is over?
Nov 09, 2023
The global power of the dollar
Nov 02, 2023
Coups make a comeback in Africa
Oct 24, 2023
Can the Gaza conflict be contained?
Oct 18, 2023
Israel and Gaza at war
Oct 11, 2023
The problem with Bidenomics
Oct 05, 2023
Bidenomics and global trade
Sep 28, 2023
What is Bidenomics and is it working?
Sep 21, 2023
Coming soon: Can AI help us speak to animals?
Sep 18, 2023
Post-Brexit Britain
Sep 14, 2023
The nuclear and biological weapons threat
Sep 07, 2023
Biden’s plan for a US-Saudi-Israeli peace deal
Aug 31, 2023
The end of Prigozhin
Aug 24, 2023
Introducing: The Russian Banker
Aug 21, 2023
Sanctions, global terror and the drugs trade
Aug 17, 2023
Japan’s role in US-China strategic rivalry
Aug 10, 2023
Will Donald Trump end up in prison or the White House?
Aug 03, 2023
Sudan power struggle risks turning into civil war
Jul 27, 2023
Spain's lurch to the right
Jul 20, 2023
Will this year’s climate talks be a washout?
Jul 13, 2023
How much should we fear artificial intelligence?
Jul 06, 2023
Has the Wagner revolt fatally undermined Putin?
Jun 29, 2023
When should countries intervene to prevent mass murder?
Jun 22, 2023
How Ukraine’s fightback could change the world
Jun 15, 2023
David Lammy on Britain’s place in the world
Jun 08, 2023
Is the Ukraine war reaching a turning point?
Jun 01, 2023
Modi’s moment in the spotlight
May 25, 2023
China’s next generation
May 18, 2023
Putin’s historical magical mystery tour
May 11, 2023
How far will the rehabilitation of Assad go?
May 04, 2023
Is Turkey about to see the end of the Erdoğan era?
Apr 27, 2023
Is there such a thing as a rules-based international order?
Apr 20, 2023
Macron’s flawed diplomacy in China
Apr 13, 2023
Ukraine's other battleground: the economy
Apr 06, 2023
The rise and fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin
Mar 30, 2023
Divided Iran makes peace with its neighbours
Mar 23, 2023
Israeli democracy at a crossroads
Mar 16, 2023
Is Mexico slipping into autocracy?
Mar 09, 2023
Bill Gates on Ukraine’s ‘shock to the system’
Mar 02, 2023
Ukraine series: the battle for Bakhmut
Feb 23, 2023
Ukraine series: how long will the war last?
Feb 16, 2023
Ukraine series: life in a war zone
Feb 09, 2023
How to fix our flawed democracies
Feb 02, 2023
Philippines caught in the line of fire
Jan 26, 2023
The global battle against impunity
Jan 19, 2023
America’s hard right
Jan 12, 2023
What next for Putin’s Russia?
Jan 05, 2023
2022 Year In Review
Dec 22, 2022
Qatar’s soft power play
Dec 15, 2022
How threatened is Australia by the rise of China?
Dec 08, 2022
China protests test the limits of Xi Jinping’s authority
Dec 01, 2022
90,000 migrants arrive in Italian ports
Nov 24, 2022
Brazil’s Lula joins leftist leaders pushing for change in Latin America
Nov 17, 2022
How the Ukraine war reshaped US alliances
Nov 10, 2022
US midterms: Republicans on the rise
Nov 03, 2022
Xi consolidates his rule as economic problems mount
Oct 27, 2022
US-Saudi ties at an all-time low
Oct 20, 2022
Russia's nuclear threat
Oct 13, 2022
Protests show Iran’s social contract is broken
Oct 06, 2022
The remaking of Europe
Sep 29, 2022
What next for Global Britain?
Sep 22, 2022
Russia faces defeat in Ukraine
Sep 15, 2022
How Italy is facing a crucial election
Sep 08, 2022
Will India soar or struggle in the coming years?
Sep 01, 2022
Who's winning the war in Ukraine?
Aug 25, 2022
Would China go to war over Taiwan?
Aug 18, 2022
Whatever happened to Mandela’s dream for South Africa?
Aug 11, 2022
How to broker a deal between Russia and Ukraine
Aug 04, 2022
How social media platforms put profits before people
Jul 28, 2022
Can Turkey help end the Ukraine grain crisis?
Jul 21, 2022
Russia’s future: a giant Iran of Eurasia
Jul 14, 2022
Ukraine: a view from the Baltics
Jul 07, 2022
Introducing: Hot Money
Jul 04, 2022
Wirecard: the investigation that brought down a German tech giant
Jun 30, 2022
Can EU unity on Ukraine hold?
Jun 23, 2022
Where money and power collide
Jun 16, 2022
Putin’s energy power play
Jun 09, 2022
Poverty and inequality drive change in Latin America
Jun 02, 2022
Ukraine and the global food emergency
May 26, 2022
Ukraine’s nationalists and the Azov battalion
May 19, 2022
Why do some countries remain poor?
May 12, 2022
Why the global south won’t take sides on Ukraine
May 05, 2022
Putin’s nuclear threat and China ‘friendship’
Apr 28, 2022
Le Pen, patriots and the anti-globalist movement
Apr 21, 2022
“That was frightening as hell”: Ukrainian MP on working in a warzone
Apr 14, 2022
French presidential election too close to call
Apr 07, 2022
Putin and his entourage
Mar 31, 2022
How Putin’s war is reshaping Europe’s alliances
Mar 24, 2022
What would a Ukraine peace deal look like?
Mar 16, 2022
Where is the Ukraine conflict heading?
Mar 10, 2022
Ukraine failures tarnish Putin’s aura of invincibility
Mar 03, 2022
Russia invades Ukraine
Feb 24, 2022
How Russia’s Ukraine threat galvanised western alliances
Feb 17, 2022
Drone warfare and the battle to control the skies
Feb 10, 2022
Is the Orban era coming to an end?
Feb 03, 2022
The Ukraine crisis: a view from Moscow
Jan 27, 2022
What would a Ukraine conflict look like?
Jan 20, 2022
The rising toll of famine and conflict
Jan 13, 2022
Sudan’s painful struggle for democracy
Jan 06, 2022
Gideon and his team review 2021
Dec 23, 2021
The underside of globalisation
Dec 16, 2021
Cyber power: a moment of reckoning
Dec 11, 2021
Is Russia on the brink of war with Ukraine?
Dec 02, 2021
China and the US: competition or conflict?
Nov 25, 2021
COP26: success or failure?
Nov 18, 2021
Poland’s challenge to the EU
Nov 11, 2021
COP26: climate goals at stake in Glasgow
Nov 04, 2021
Israel’s new political landscape
Oct 28, 2021
Great power rivals of the 21st century
Oct 21, 2021
American democracy under pressure
Oct 14, 2021
Populations on the move
Oct 07, 2021
Germany’s traffic light coalition
Sep 30, 2021
The Biden administration and the world
Sep 23, 2021
Trudeau's future on the line in Canada's election
Sep 16, 2021
Covid and the end of the post 9/11 era
Sep 09, 2021
America’s Afghan legacy
Sep 02, 2021
Peru’s triple crisis
Aug 26, 2021
Iran under Raisi
Aug 19, 2021
Can climate damage be repaired?
Aug 12, 2021
Is Lebanon a failed state?
Aug 05, 2021
Ecocide: a new weapon in the fight to save the planet
Jul 29, 2021
India, China and the contested border
Jul 22, 2021
How much trouble is Bolsonaro in?
Jul 15, 2021
South Africa’s pivotal moment
Jul 08, 2021
Can Germany atone for its colonial-era genocide?
Jul 01, 2021
Coming to terms with Putin's Russia
Jun 24, 2021
Martin Wolf on G7 opportunities missed
Jun 17, 2021
Can Asian prosperity survive US-China rivalry?
Jun 10, 2021
Belarus: more than a moral dilemma
Jun 03, 2021
Washington’s will to find a Middle East solution
May 27, 2021
Myanmar on the brink
May 20, 2021
A crisis in the Middle East
May 13, 2021
Why we should all give up meat
May 06, 2021
India’s wake up call to the world
Apr 29, 2021
Leaving Afghanistan
Apr 22, 2021
Britain's legacy of empire
Apr 15, 2021
Are the US and China entering a Cold War?
Apr 08, 2021
Britain shifts its military focus
Apr 01, 2021
Europe's Mr Normal
Mar 25, 2021
Spying in the digital age
Mar 18, 2021
Could this year mark a turning point for climate?
Mar 11, 2021
Italy’s make or break moment
Mar 04, 2021
Michael Mann on the politics of global warming
Feb 25, 2021
The world in review
Feb 18, 2021
Britain’s post-Brexit role as ‘global broker’
Feb 11, 2021
Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin
Feb 04, 2021
António Guterres on the United Nations in a fractured world
Jan 28, 2021
Germany after Merkel
Jan 21, 2021
America’s political meltdown
Jan 14, 2021
David Miliband on the global leadership vacuum
Jan 07, 2021
The best and worst of 2020
Dec 17, 2020
EU at a turning point
Dec 10, 2020
Thai students call for change
Dec 03, 2020
Ethiopia’s struggle with ethnic nationalism
Nov 26, 2020
Macron's world
Nov 19, 2020
Biden’s global goals
Nov 12, 2020
An American chasm
Nov 04, 2020
Susan Glasser on the pandemic election
Oct 29, 2020
Bringing history back to Burma
Oct 22, 2020
Why humans wage wars
Oct 15, 2020
American entanglement in the Middle East
Oct 08, 2020
China’s second world war obsession
Oct 01, 2020
Mexico's populist president
Sep 24, 2020
German diplomacy tested by multiple crises
Sep 17, 2020
Netanyahu's diplomatic success
Sep 10, 2020
Putting existential risk on the agenda
Sep 03, 2020
Investigating ‘the doubts’ about the US presidential election
Aug 27, 2020
What China makes of ‘new cold war’ with US
Aug 20, 2020
The future of Lebanon
Aug 13, 2020
Turkey’s assertive foreign policy
Aug 06, 2020
US economist William Spriggs on scars of the pandemic
Jul 30, 2020
Is US global leadership still possible?
Jul 24, 2020
Fabulists and the limits of deception
Jul 16, 2020
Putin: a president trapped in power
Jul 09, 2020
Black Lives Matter goes international
Jul 02, 2020
Brazil: a country without a plan
Jun 25, 2020
India’s twin crises: coronavirus and China
Jun 18, 2020
Is global oil dominance coming to an end?
Jun 11, 2020
George Floyd and the politics of protest
Jun 04, 2020
A new diplomacy in the Pacific Rim
May 28, 2020
Merkel’s pandemic moment
May 21, 2020
China comes out of lockdown
May 14, 2020
Joseph Nye on presidential morality during the pandemic
May 07, 2020
Coronavirus in Africa
Apr 30, 2020
Politics and perils of running the WHO
Apr 23, 2020
Francis Fukuyama on coronavirus and the crisis of trust
Apr 16, 2020
Coronavirus and curbs on democratic freedoms
Apr 08, 2020
New York hit by double shock
Apr 01, 2020
Life in Europe's coronavirus hotspots
Mar 25, 2020
Pandemics in the age of hyperconnectivity
Mar 18, 2020
How Saudi Arabia and Iran's rivalry is unravelling the Middle East
Mar 11, 2020
Human rights under threat from politics
Mar 04, 2020
How is Modi's ideology shaping Indian society?
Feb 26, 2020
Is there a Democrat that can beat Trump?
Feb 19, 2020
Bolsonaro’s isolationism and deference to Trump
Feb 12, 2020
The global politics of climate change
Feb 05, 2020
'Let's just get out of there' is not a strategy
Jan 29, 2020
Taiwan treads fine line between democracy and China
Jan 22, 2020
The dictator and the strongman
Jan 15, 2020
Africa’s transnational challenges
Jan 08, 2020
Matteo Renzi on the problem with populists
Jan 02, 2020
Central Europe's backlash against liberal ideas
Dec 18, 2019
Tensions at the heart of Europe
Dec 11, 2019
The future of British unity and the EU
Dec 04, 2019
Xi Jinping's China
Nov 27, 2019
Germany's shifting foreign policy
Nov 20, 2019
What would a progressive Democratic president look like?
Nov 13, 2019
Singapore and the US-China trade war
Nov 06, 2019
Nick Clegg on Facebook
Oct 30, 2019
Trump's China policy
Oct 23, 2019
Trump, Brexit and America's shrinking role
Oct 16, 2019
Putin's Russia
Oct 09, 2019
Coming soon: Putin's Russia
Sep 26, 2019
Introducing The Rachman Review
Aug 20, 2019