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A recent visit to the US by China’s president Xi Jinping has raised hopes of a bilateral rapprochement. But how stable is this more positive relationship and can a conflict over Taiwan be averted? Gideon discusses these questions with Washington-based China experts Evan Medeiros and Jude Blanchette. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: America and a crumbling global order https://on.ft.com/47ZlVh8 Moody’s cuts China’s credit outlook to negative https://on.ft.com/485IGzU US, UK and Australia move to track ‘emerging threats’ in space https://on.ft.com/3tbCLdR EU must stand up for Taiwan at China summit https://on.ft.com/3RvcXBV Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/b558efea-bb51-4ab7-b23b-1d7eb4781c01 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to FT colleague Ed Luce and Susan Glasser of The New Yorker about Donald Trump’s campaign to be the Republican nominee in next year’s US presidential election. Is his success all but assured and, if so, what does this mean for Joe Biden’s chances of re-election? Looking further ahead, what would a second Trump presidency mean for American democracy? FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: The Nikki Haley wild card for 2024 https://on.ft.com/3SXU1xT Ron DeSantis leads Donald Trump and Joe Biden in $250mn 2024 election advertising race https://on.ft.com/3QZCWB8 Biden can’t spin his way to re-election https://on.ft.com/4a1gkIY Donald Trump would gut Joe Biden’s landmark IRA climate law if elected https://on.ft.com/3QV5Y4K Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/93af081c-940f-4d02-8bcf-df64029305a5 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Some have described Russia’s war against Ukraine as being at a stalemate. But one side could quickly gain the upper hand. Gideon discusses the strengths and weaknesses of both sides with Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute in London. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia in maps — latest updates https://on.ft.com/3QCXRJT Russia’s war economy leaves businesses starved of labour https://on.ft.com/47e1o8K Ukraine reaches deal with insurers for grain shipments https://on.ft.com/3QGws9T Denmark could block Russian oil tankers from reaching markets https://on.ft.com/3QCXS0p Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/412c6c23-1bb4-42e0-a703-dfe7f0f5f10e * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to Emile Hokayem, senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, about Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. How long is it likely to last and what will be the repercussions for Israel and the wider region? FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Iran’s interests are trumping the Palestinian tragedy https://www.ft.com/content/8a6bfaa8-0888-4b4b-a2cc-9e12e2e705ed From the US to Ukraine, the Gaza war will change the world https://on.ft.com/3QtjOer ‘Dead man walking’: How Yahya Sinwar deceived Israel for decades https://on.ft.com/3QtjOuX Gaza: the history of an embattled territory https://on.ft.com/3ssaGyQ Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/734a8080-c822-4b87-ae14-dccb5a4fe3db * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to Wally Adeyemo, US deputy Treasury Secretary, about the power of US financial sanctions to punish autocrats and dictators and curb terrorism. What exactly are these sanctions designed to do and how effective are they? FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: US pushes allies for more sanctions on Hamas https://on.ft.com/3QozW0V China capitalises on US sanctions in fight to dethrone dollar https://on.ft.com/49fxfqX Russia is increasingly using China’s currency to evade sanctions https://on.ft.com/46UcwaC Qatar’s super-fixer role in Israel-Hamas war brings praise and scrutiny https://on.ft.com/3QnXMto Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Simon Panayi. READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/c956826b-9455-4e21-8b1c-57076ca62569 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to Comfort Ero, president of the International Crisis Group, about what’s behind the recent resurgence of military coups in the Sahel region. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: US signals intention to engage with Niger junta https://on.ft.com/3tFV7DH Where is the next African coup? https://on.ft.com/3Sbsh8o Niger is the graveyard of French policy in the Sahel https://on.ft.com/476JcgV Ethiopia’s plan to rebuild in the wake of a ‘brutal’ war https://on.ft.com/46ZyGb2 Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to Baroness Catherine Ashton, former high representative of the EU on foreign affairs, about the role of diplomacy in helping to contain the Israel-Gaza conflict. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: The Israel-Hamas war in maps: latest updates https://on.ft.com/48Yq1Hx Humanity must prevail in Gaza https://on.ft.com/3FkLMDQ Supporting Israel and protecting Palestinians are not contradictory policies https://on.ft.com/4918izi Iran is positioning itself to benefit from the Israel-Gaza conflict https://on.ft.com/3tDV63i Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/849150a4-4fa1-4581-ab57-129a6e7b931e * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to the historian and writer Lawrence Freedman about what led to the catastrophic events of the past week in Israel and what options the Netanyahu government has to respond to Hamas's deadly attack. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: The Israel-Hamas conflict in maps https://on.ft.com/3Fj8rAp ‘Nothing is normal any more’: war with Hamas reshapes life in Israel https://on.ft.com/3FcUpjS A bitter blame game will follow Israel’s wartime unity https://on.ft.com/48PMmHy All involved in the Israel-Hamas conflict should heed the warnings of 1982 https://on.ft.com/3tsrlCn Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/924aa94b-a27f-4706-b837-be8cb3dfe5a8 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Bidenomics help the US Democrats win another term in office? Will the policies be effective in tackling the climate crisis? Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, thinks not. In the last in our series on Bidenomics, he tells Gideon why offering incentives to private sector businesses is, in his view, a bad strategy. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: John Kerry: Energy transition is the ‘new industrial revolution’ https://on.ft.com/46xIcSz Adam Posen: ‘Russia and North Korea worked hard to be self-sufficient, it has not turned out well for them’ https://on.ft.com/46vJcGK The west shouldn’t give up on ‘gentle commerce’ just yet https://on.ft.com/3Q5xLjT WTO warns about fragmentation of global trade into allied blocs https://on.ft.com/3RJxJz8 Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/b0290073-a210-4d4a-b528-b57eb6c65c23 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the second of our three-part series, Gideon talks to WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about the impact of Bidenomics on countries' attitudes to free and open global trade and the WTO's role in protecting this. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Western companies take slow steps towards China ‘de-risking’ https://on.ft.com/3t8ro6n South American leaders issue ultimatum on EU trade pact https://on.ft.com/455eFyp US and China to launch economy and finance working groups to stabilise ties https://on.ft.com/3PzsVdd Global trade falls at fastest pace since pandemic https://on.ft.com/468wDRX Models can mislead us on the impact of global trade https://on.ft.com/3PzsVtJ Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/cd6257be-0b8c-4499-84d8-73a987f9c3b4 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the first of a three-part series on Bidenomics, Gideon talks to Brian Deese, former head of the National Economic Council in the Biden White House. They discuss how big a change of direction this was for the US, what motivated the policy and whether it is working well enough to convince American voters to re-elect Joe Biden next year. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: White House embraces ‘Bidenomics’ as it seeks to woo sceptical voters https://on.ft.com/3EMs1Fa Investors must realise the pendulum of history is swinging to Bidenomics https://on.ft.com/44Z6hka Why Joe Biden is the heir to Trump https://on.ft.com/3ENK91e Inside the $220bn American cleantech project boom https://on.ft.com/3EMCmAX Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/c16ee1dd-0943-428d-908a-6432cca0eb39 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Subscribe now to the FT's Tech Tonic podcast: Some scientists believe that rapid advances in artificial intelligence may also hold the key to decoding animal sounds, allowing us to ‘translate’ them into human language. In a new season of Tech Tonic, FT innovation editor John Thornhill and series producer Persis Love explore how the same technology that powers ChatGPT is being applied to research in animal communication. Could we one day learn to ‘speak whale’ or even chat with bats? And if so, can we trust ourselves to do so responsibly? Presented by John Thornhill, produced by Persis Love, sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa and Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Opinion polls now suggest that about two-thirds of British people think that Brexit has failed. So was it all a terrible mistake? Gideon talks to FT colleague Peter Foster about his new book, FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: UK SMEs not ready for ‘avalanche’ of Brexit 2.0 rules and taxes https://on.ft.com/3LouhWN London and the fight for its future as a fashion hub https://on.ft.com/44RCIRa The EU’s transformations will reshape its ‘British question’ too https://on.ft.com/3sXFkzI EU and UK to unveil €1bn in N Ireland funding to boost reconciliation https://on.ft.com/3PjUh6K Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/2f740a22-809f-46fa-8255-702c2e65c9a9 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Are our politicians doing enough to protect humanity from the potential risk of a nuclear war, a deadly pandemic or AI without guardrails? Gideon discusses these risks with Jason Matheny, president of the Rand Corporation in California and former director for technology policy on President Joe Biden’s National Security Council. Clips: YahooFinance; , Columbia Pictures (1964) FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: The US and Iran look for de-escalation https://on.ft.com/3EuV14e Regulating artificial intelligence is a 4D challenge https://on.ft.com/3EuV1kK US seeks to deepen Tokyo-Seoul security links to boost Pacific deterrence https://on.ft.com/3Ev7LYk Governments are waking up to biosecurity risks — but we must act fast https://on.ft.com/3RbuyQx Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/af097860-0ed9-4079-84ab-46cf14a2a157 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about the strength of bipartisan support for Ukraine and about President Joe Biden’s proposed “grand bargain” that could see Saudi Arabia and Israel normalise diplomatic relations in return for American security guarantees. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Joe Biden makes his big Middle East push: a Saudi Arabia-Israel pact https://on.ft.com/45MT3aX Grand Delusion — America’s imposition on incompatible Middle East realities https://on.ft.com/3qW9KBV Ukraine launches biggest drone attack yet inside Russian territory https://on.ft.com/3Phl1Fh Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner. READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/cf8a4175-73d0-4634-af94-3cb0865b3f40 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to political commentator and economist Sergei Guriev about the lessons Russians and the outside world will draw from the apparent killing of Yevgeny Prigozhin. How does this affect the stability of the Russian regime and the outlook for the war in Ukraine? FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: When democratic spin conceals a descent into dictatorship https://on.ft.com/44ucnZC Russia files lawsuit against billionaire oligarch Andrey Melnichenko https://on.ft.com/3sll3E6 Russia fires ‘General Armageddon’ in Wagner crackdown https://on.ft.com/44lqxMf Vladimir Putin plans meeting on Russian currency controls after rouble’s slide https://on.ft.com/3suzkOH READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/8885962e-dc0b-4da2-ad1b-507cc1b32547 Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Who is Sergei Leontiev? To the US asylum system, he’s an exiled Russian banker who was persecuted by the state and forced to flee. To Russia, he’s guilty of massive fraud. On The Russian Banker, a new series from the Financial Times, reporters Courtney Weaver and Stefania Palma try to uncover the truth, and find a story that tells us about Russia today and how people in the west build stories about who’s good and who’s bad. The Russian Banker is a special series that will run on the Behind the Money podcast starting Aug. 30. Listen to The Russian Banker by subscribing to the Behind the Money podcast here https://link.chtbl.com/ftbehind-the-money. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to the FT’s Miles Johnson, author of a new book called about the links between international crime and geopolitics. They discuss how wars and the breakdown of democratic accountability have contributed to the ability of criminals to operate across borders and, in some cases, with state backing. FREE LINKS TO READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Wagner leader generated $250mn from sanctioned empire https://on.ft.com/44dGt3p Using crypto for crime is not a bug — it’s an industry feature https://on.ft.com/3QHcsWC Ecuador gripped by fear after presidential candidate killing https://on.ft.com/3QHctd8 North Korea and the triads: gangsters, ghost ships and spies | FT Film https://on.ft.com/3sbjx7s Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Lulu Smyth and Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/e10bbb37-8cc7-49bb-ade1-26368708ede8 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
China’s assertiveness on the global stage has reinvigorated economic and political ties between the US and Japan. Leo Lewis, the FT’s Asia business editor, discusses what’s changed with Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador to Japan. WANT MORE? FREE LINKS: Corporate Japan back in the hunt for US deals https://on.ft.com/3Qq6UiZ Japan looks to expand diplomatic corps in overseas charm offensive https://on.ft.com/3QySfC3 Tokyo could win ‘not China’ global hub status — but it must want it https://on.ft.com/3QpWtMk Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts – please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Lulu Smyth and Fiona Symon. Sound design by Breen Turner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/e2e5e99a-d41b-4050-a9fa-b7715532fcd2 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Donald Trump was indicted this week on charges related to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. But the former president is also in the running for the 2024 presidential election and polls suggest he’s likely to win the Republican nomination. Gideon Rachman is joined by Professor Peter Trubowitz, director of the US Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science, to discuss what this all means for Trump’s future and the future of American democracy. WANT MORE? Trump and American democracy’s time of trial https://on.ft.com/44RH5wv Donald Trump indicted for ‘unprecedented’ attempt to overturn US election https://on.ft.com/3OP2Mbf The cases against Donald Trump https://on.ft.com/3QnIhnc Subscribe to The Rachman review wherever you get your podcasts – please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Lulu Smyth and Manuela Saragosa. Sound design is by Breen Turner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/0c571024-6e5b-487a-8575-31c2b593646e * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sudanese people are being held hostage by warring generals in a power struggle that has already lasted 100 days. With no solution in sight, the fighting risks drawing in outside actors like Russia’s Wagner group and destabilising neighbouring countries. David Pilling, the FT’s Africa editor, discusses the state of the conflict and its repercussions for the region with political analysts Kholood Khair and Alan Boswell. More on this topic: Sudan’s descent into violence poses new threat to volatile Sahel region https://on.ft.com/451Z9nj The crisis in Sudan calls for a new model of humanitarian aid https://on.ft.com/3DxsEBY ‘The garden of war’: horseback killers return to Darfur https://on.ft.com/3rDxHOi Sudan conflict delivers fresh blow to China’s African lending strategy https://on.ft.com/43HoulE Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by David Pilling. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/51e38b9e-cd87-430e-b569-6fc6f4350ce8 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
The government of Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez looks set to lose Sunday's elections to the centre-right People's party. But the PP may be unable to form a government without the participation of the hard-right party Vox. Henry Mance, standing in for Gideon Rachman, discusses what this will mean for Spain with the Madrid-based political scientist Pablo Simón. More on this topic: Franco’s ghost fails to scare Spain away from the hard right https://on.ft.com/3Q44QwJ ‘Spain first’: Vox party on brink of sharing power https://on.ft.com/3Q1OogA The ex-Eta terrorist bringing down Pedro Sánchez in Spain https://on.ft.com/3OlQRkH Why Spain’s election threatens the EU’s climate agenda https://on.ft.com/3PXxvDQ Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Henry Mance. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner. READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/a27ae706-7873-4596-b677-8d3278ebb790 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
The UAE, host of this year’s UN climate conference, has pushed for a “global stocktake” of progress towards Paris targets, aimed at triggering fresh climate action. But it has also been criticised for its choice of an oil executive, Sultan al-Jaber, as president of the talks. Henry Mance, standing in for Gideon Rachman, talks to Farhana Yamin, British lawyer and climate activist about what we can expect from COP28. More on this topic: UAE to set out vision for UN climate summit https://on.ft.com/3KiarMz Climate graphic of the week: Global heat records alarm scientists https://on.ft.com/3NJl9fM EU must speed up emissions cuts to meet net zero climate target, says report https://on.ft.com/3KiasjB 'Green nationalism' endangers the global energy transition https://on.ft.com/44DrwrS UK government faces fresh legal action over its climate strategy https://on.ft.com/3Q1Av1M Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Henry Mance. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/8d192b4f-ce1d-46be-996d-1653efd7e233 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scientists have been sounding the alarm about the potentially catastrophic dangers posed by artificial intelligence. Gideon talks to Anu Bradford, professor at Columbia University and author of a forthcoming book on the global battle to regulate technology about the different approaches being taken in the US, Europe and China. More on this topic: How actors are losing their voices to AI https://on.ft.com/3JH9Cwg We must avoid the evils of social media with AI https://on.ft.com/44woPbr European companies sound alarm over draft AI law https://on.ft.com/3NM3Mv0 AI executives warn its threat to humanity rivals ‘pandemics and nuclear war’ https://on.ft.com/3pAwHdf Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Simon Panayi. READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/ba7face5-6a5e-4517-ab97-ba453383db76 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to Edward Lucas, author and senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, about the stability of Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia. With his weaknesses exposed by the Prigozhin rebellion, how will rival centres of power respond? MORE ON THIS TOPIC: The revolution will now be Telegrammed https://www.ft.com/content/6146a005-afca-46d2-b00a-eaa004badb75 A huge humiliation’: failed Russian putsch exposes deep flaws in Putin’s regime https://www.ft.com/content/2e934172-884a-4aa7-a7a2-38c61038a603?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Ukraine says ‘main event’ in counteroffensive still to come https://www.ft.com/content/a3df689a-74c2-4dec-8736-8e6eef311b43?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Wagner’s future in Africa in question after Russian mutiny https://www.ft.com/content/93381925-9b2e-4c57-b669-7c592536cffc?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/64b9fbcb-ae72-450b-b83b-b09c09262fae * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to Indian opposition Congress politician and former diplomat Shashi Tharoor about the concept of the 'responsibility to protect', which allows countries to intervene militarily in order to protect a population from mass murder. This was first mooted by Kofi Annan in the late 1990s after the Rwandan genocide. Can it be applied today, and in what circumstances? More on this topic: Rwandan genocide fugitive arrested in South Africa https://www.ft.com/content/90b5d499-ab54-44b7-8d30-bda1fa8d3883?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 There can be no impunity for the crime of aggression against Ukraine https://www.ft.com/content/c26678cb-042c-4b84-bb26-88047046601a?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 ‘The garden of war’: horseback killers return to Darfur https://www.ft.com/content/85148528-e2dc-45d1-9463-4b65b7a1a115?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Pol Pot’s prime minister loses appeal against genocide conviction https://www.ft.com/content/7ff8b557-9d11-4e16-b4fb-b42b614ef350?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/229b2272-5acc-4483-96f2-67e7ef56760c * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to Karin von Hippel, director-general of the UK defence think-tank RUSI, about Ukraine’s counteroffensive and the discussions that are already taking place about a new world order once the fighting is over. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Military briefing: Ukrainian troops make early gains against ‘well-prepared’ Russians https://www.ft.com/content/910bb06f-bddc-45e8-ae4e-50339e77f070?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Germany’s first-ever security strategy names Russia as ‘greatest threat’ to peace https://www.ft.com/content/3e676d13-ee86-402e-b47b-f7ef6424838a?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Western allies plan to provide long-term security assurances to Ukraine https://www.ft.com/content/8f0528ba-45a4-42c0-b099-07a34e2ee9ff?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Military briefing: Russia has most to gain from Ukrainian dam breach https://www.ft.com/content/7ea5222e-73e9-4538-b3fa-afc636618b15 Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/898cc60d-0eb6-4fd5-b198-532d510f52be * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon meets Britain’s shadow foreign secretary on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, the main forum for discussion of security issues in the Indo-Pacific, in Singapore. They discuss Britain’s relations with China, Ukraine, Brexit and the Commonwealth. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: US pledges to maintain military capacity to defend Taiwan https://www.ft.com/content/a032267d-e047-4490-a8e9-8b2d8bf327c6?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 The Starmer Project: Labour’s surprisingly bold economic agenda https://www.ft.com/content/fbc55e2c-6757-4270-af87-88fd39425cb9?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 UK seeks to revive post-Brexit trade links with Latin America https://www.ft.com/content/d228e049-043f-41b3-a6dc-319723b0b282?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/bad1b50d-c399-4a2b-9e3e-dab4e8d699ff * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to the FT’s Chris Miller about the recent upsurge in military operations between Ukraine and Russia. Is this the start of Kyiv’s long-awaited offensive and if so, what would constitute a successful fightback? MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Military briefing: Ukraine’s daring ‘shaping operations’ stretch Russian defences https://www.ft.com/content/dfa2b8a4-4747-4eaa-8de6-dd238e45000e?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in maps — latest updates https://www.ft.com/content/4351d5b0-0888-4b47-9368-6bc4dfbccbf5?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 F-16s might not win Ukraine’s war, but they promise a more equal fight https://www.ft.com/content/ef53a540-33a2-410c-80e8-a611d4fb4448?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Russia claims it ‘fully liquidated’ pro-Kyiv militias who crossed border https://www.ft.com/content/175720c7-9312-4a56-964a-d20f8ec5377a?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/6255e6b4-a82e-4ba3-a954-238464192684 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gideon talks to strategist Raja Mohan about India’s rising geopolitical influence. As the countries of the world form alliances to counterbalance the power of China, India is being courted for its support. How is India responding, and what are the prospects that it could one day become a superpower itself? MORE ON THIS TOPIC: The G7 must accept that it cannot run the world https://www.ft.com/content/c8cf024d-87b7-4e18-8fa2-1b8a3f3fbba1?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 BBC accused of defaming Indian PM Narendra Modi in Delhi lawsuit https://www.ft.com/content/33f17cb4-e274-49e6-953a-923b64597255?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 This is the hour of the global south https://www.ft.com/content/53d6a7ef-2aa8-4607-a8c6-1c28ffb96c16?segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61 Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Jake Fielding READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE ON FT.COM https://www.ft.com/content/d52388fd-d523-450a-8c86-c968e1b78353 * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
