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The Rachman Review

Financial Times

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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Thursday · 29 min
What would a Bolsonaro victory in Brazil mean for the world?
The former president’s son is in pole position for power
October 1 · 31 min
Could AI really end humanity?
Researcher Toby Ord discusses rising anxiety about AI’s existential risks
September 24 · 30 min
Francis Fukuyama on democracy, AI and his own intellectual journey
Why the quest for respect drives politics
September 17 · 29 min
David Miliband: ‘Peacemaking has gone into retreat’
The former UK foreign secretary on a world of more wars and less aid
September 10 · 32 min
The world at war
Can the world step back from conflict?
September 3 · 31 min
Will Bessent’s ‘economic D-Day’ break Iran?
Sanctions, oil and the US as an ‘agent of chaos’
August 27 · 25 min
Making the UN great again
The UN is struggling for relevance. Can a new secretary-general save it?
August 20 · 26 min
The making of the modern Middle East
Simon Sebag Montefiore on the past, present and future of a complex region
August 13 · 29 min
Iran’s growing strategic ambitions
Vali Nasr on how Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz is changing the balance of power in the Middle East
August 7 · 30 min
The cockroach rebellion in India
Can Gen Z’s protest movement shake Modi’s grip on power?
August 6 · 31 min
India’s cockroach rebellion
Can Gen Z’s protest movement shake Modi’s grip on power?
July 30 · 31 min
The weaponisation of trade
What can we learn from the Strait of Hormuz deadlock?
July 23 · 28 min
Does Nato have a future without US leadership?
American commitment is in doubt under Donald Trump's presidency
July 15 · 23 min
Trump, Infantino and the political history of the World Cup
How geopolitics has affected the game - on and off the pitch
July 9 · 29 min
What would a far-right government in France look like?
With the presidential election less than a year away, Le Pen's hopes are rising
July 2 · 20 min
Lebanon peace deal: can it hold?
Country's fate is tied to the outcome of the Iran war
June 28 · 27 min
Bonus episode: Rahm Emanuel on how to fix America
Democrat politician talks to the FT's Ed Luce
June 25 · 26 min
America's waning power
How Beijing will view the war in Iran
June 18 · 27 min
Jaishankar and Nusseibeh on the challenges of a world at war
Is there a role for those who are not direct protagonists?
June 11 · 33 min
Britain’s post-Brexit policy options
In an unstable world, do all roads lead back to Europe?

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