The Rachman Review
Science

The Rachman Review

by Financial Times

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

100 episodes
EN language
All Episodes
1
Formidable US firepower fails to unseat Iran’s regime
33:36 Mar 12, 2026
2
Iran war risks turning into a battle of endurance
33:08 Mar 5, 2026
3
Boris Johnson: Pressure on Putin is the price of peace
24:57 Feb 26, 2026
4
Chrystia Freeland on how to negotiate with autocrats — and allies
25:21 Feb 19, 2026
5
Trump's predatory foreign policy
23:01 Feb 12, 2026
6
Can diplomacy avert a US-Iran war?
27:13 Feb 5, 2026
7
Bill Gates: AI, aid cuts and the fear of speaking out
20:38 Jan 29, 2026
8
Mark Carney on a world in rupture — and what comes next
15:21 Jan 21, 2026
9
Alexander Stubb on Greenland: the good, the bad or the ugly?
28:08 Jan 20, 2026
10
Sudan: inside the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
26:16 Jan 15, 2026
11
‘Regime roulette’ in Venezuela: Is Greenland next?
23:53 Jan 8, 2026
12
2025: a year of chaos and confusion
30:56 Dec 25, 2025
13
Trump takes aim at South Africa
27:03 Dec 18, 2025
14
Europe’s rocky relations with Donald Trump
25:49 Dec 11, 2025
15
Splits in the Maga movement
24:37 Dec 4, 2025
16
The voice of moderate America
28:04 Nov 27, 2025
17
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death
1:30 Nov 22, 2025
18
Europe’s triple shock: Putin, Trump and Xi
29:26 Nov 20, 2025
19
The battle for AI supremacy
30:32 Nov 13, 2025
20
Donald Trump and autocracy in America
31:49 Nov 6, 2025
21
US versus China: a test of strength
28:36 Oct 29, 2025
22
Nuclear weapons and the balance of terror
33:24 Oct 23, 2025
23
Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy
2:16 Oct 21, 2025
24
Taiwan under threat: how strong are its defences?
30:05 Oct 16, 2025
25
What chance for Trump’s Gaza peace plan?
26:00 Oct 9, 2025
26
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars
1:40 Oct 6, 2025
27
David Lammy on the fight for democracy
26:53 Oct 1, 2025
28
How to fix America
29:04 Sep 25, 2025
29
Russia’s drone incursions put Baltics on alert
27:06 Sep 18, 2025
30
Israel's man without a plan
30:28 Sep 11, 2025
31
Lea Ypi on parallels between the 1930s and today
29:29 Sep 4, 2025
32
Taiwan’s Trump problem
25:32 Aug 28, 2025
33
Trump ‘plays into Putin’s hands’
22:46 Aug 21, 2025
34
What next for India as Trump-Modi friendship sours?
22:37 Aug 14, 2025
35
The cold war guru whose warnings on Russia still stand
29:42 Aug 7, 2025
36
Can Israel translate power into peace?
28:25 Jul 31, 2025
37
Our shrinking and ageing world
28:21 Jul 24, 2025
38
The war in Gaza - what do Israelis want?
29:28 Jul 17, 2025
39
Putin steps up summer offensive against Ukraine
19:23 Jul 10, 2025
40
Is the US heading for a debt crisis?
24:03 Jul 3, 2025
41
Too soon to celebrate peace between Iran and Israel?
25:12 Jun 24, 2025
42
Israel goes to war with Iran
30:00 Jun 18, 2025
43
Nato’s moment of truth
29:17 Jun 12, 2025
44
What drives China’s strongman?
31:20 Jun 5, 2025
45
Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange
2:08 Jun 4, 2025
46
A foreign policy debrief with Jake Sullivan
51:58 May 29, 2025
47
Is Trump a threat or an opportunity for the EU?
26:33 May 22, 2025
48
India and Pakistan: what now?
22:15 May 15, 2025
49
How can Democrats combat Donald Trump?
27:47 May 8, 2025
50
Are we any closer to peace in Ukraine?
21:04 May 1, 2025
Select an episode
0:00 0:00