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.
Trump says the Iran war may be ending soon: mission accomplished?
28 mins; April 01, 2026
Hungary’s pivotal election
30 mins; March 26, 2026
The heavy cost of the war on Iran
33 mins; March 19, 2026
Introducing Untold: Opus Dei
1 min; March 16, 2026
Formidable US firepower fails to unseat Iran’s regime
33 mins; March 12, 2026
Iran war risks turning into a battle of endurance
33 mins; March 04, 2026
Boris Johnson: Pressure on Putin is the price of peace
24 mins; February 25, 2026
Chrystia Freeland on how to negotiate with autocrats — and allies
25 mins; February 18, 2026
Trump's predatory foreign policy
23 mins; February 11, 2026
Can diplomacy avert a US-Iran war?
27 mins; February 04, 2026
Bill Gates: AI, aid cuts and the fear of speaking out
20 mins; January 28, 2026
Mark Carney on a world in rupture — and what comes next
15 mins; January 21, 2026
Alexander Stubb on Greenland: the good, the bad or the ugly?
28 mins; January 20, 2026
Sudan: inside the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
26 mins; January 14, 2026
‘Regime roulette’ in Venezuela: Is Greenland next?
23 mins; January 08, 2026
2025: a year of chaos and confusion
30 mins; December 24, 2025
Trump takes aim at South Africa
27 mins; December 17, 2025
Europe’s rocky relations with Donald Trump
25 mins; December 11, 2025
Splits in the Maga movement
24 mins; December 03, 2025
The voice of moderate America
28 mins; November 26, 2025
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death
1 min; November 21, 2025
Europe’s triple shock: Putin, Trump and Xi
29 mins; November 19, 2025
The battle for AI supremacy
30 mins; November 12, 2025
Donald Trump and autocracy in America
31 mins; November 05, 2025
US versus China: a test of strength
28 mins; October 29, 2025
Nuclear weapons and the balance of terror
33 mins; October 22, 2025
Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy
2 mins; October 20, 2025
Taiwan under threat: how strong are its defences?
30 mins; October 15, 2025
What chance for Trump’s Gaza peace plan?
26 mins; October 08, 2025
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars
1 min; October 06, 2025
David Lammy on the fight for democracy
26 mins; September 30, 2025
How to fix America
29 mins; September 24, 2025
Russia’s drone incursions put Baltics on alert
27 mins; September 17, 2025
Israel's man without a plan
30 mins; September 10, 2025
Lea Ypi on parallels between the 1930s and today
29 mins; September 03, 2025
Taiwan’s Trump problem
25 mins; August 27, 2025
Trump ‘plays into Putin’s hands’
22 mins; August 20, 2025
What next for India as Trump-Modi friendship sours?
22 mins; August 13, 2025
The cold war guru whose warnings on Russia still stand
29 mins; August 06, 2025
Can Israel translate power into peace?
28 mins; July 30, 2025
Our shrinking and ageing world
28 mins; July 23, 2025
The war in Gaza - what do Israelis want?
29 mins; July 16, 2025
Putin steps up summer offensive against Ukraine
19 mins; July 09, 2025
Is the US heading for a debt crisis?
24 mins; July 02, 2025
Too soon to celebrate peace between Iran and Israel?
25 mins; June 24, 2025
Israel goes to war with Iran
30 mins; June 18, 2025
Nato’s moment of truth
29 mins; June 11, 2025
What drives China’s strongman?
31 mins; June 04, 2025
Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange
2 mins; June 04, 2025
A foreign policy debrief with Jake Sullivan
51 mins; May 28, 2025
Is Trump a threat or an opportunity for the EU?
26 mins; May 21, 2025
India and Pakistan: what now?
22 mins; May 14, 2025
How can Democrats combat Donald Trump?
27 mins; May 07, 2025
Are we any closer to peace in Ukraine?
21 mins; April 30, 2025
El Salvador’s ‘jailer for hire’
26 mins; April 23, 2025
Iran’s nuclear talks could reshape the Middle East
23 mins; April 16, 2025
The end of globalisation as we know it
28 mins; April 09, 2025
China in the age of Trump 2.0
28 mins; April 02, 2025
The making of Vladimir Putin
28 mins; March 27, 2025
Mexico hopes to stave off Trump tariffs
28 mins; March 20, 2025
Europe's response to the threat from Trump
28 mins; March 13, 2025
How should Canada react to Trump’s threats?
22 mins; March 05, 2025
Ukraine weathers new geopolitical climate
21 mins; February 26, 2025
Mathias Döpfner: Transatlantic alliance in danger
34 mins; February 19, 2025
US systems unravel under Trump
22 mins; February 12, 2025
Trump sets his sights on Gaza property deal
27 mins; February 05, 2025
Bangladesh students win a chance for change
19 mins; January 29, 2025
Finland's president on Europe in a Trumpian world
24 mins; January 22, 2025
Does the Trump administration pose an existential threat to Canada?
26 mins; January 15, 2025
South Korea’s real-life political drama
29 mins; January 08, 2025
What to expect in 2025
27 mins; December 25, 2024
Fear and euphoria in Damascus
21 mins; December 18, 2024
Will Trump pull America back from the world?
28 mins; December 11, 2024
Syria caught up in Lebanon fallout
24 mins; December 04, 2024
Can Britain's ties with the US survive a second Trump presidency?
25 mins; November 27, 2024
What Elon Musk gains from a friend in the White House
24 mins; November 20, 2024
The ideology behind Xi Jinping’s China
25 mins; November 13, 2024
What will Donald Trump's second term in office look like?
32 mins; November 06, 2024
Donald Trump and the autocrats' playbook
27 mins; October 31, 2024
The trauma of life and death in Gaza
24 mins; October 23, 2024
Afghanistan: a country on the edge
26 mins; October 16, 2024
Germany’s ‘deplorable’ divide on the Ukraine war
22 mins; October 09, 2024
Israel presses its military advantage
24 mins; October 02, 2024
How will Hizbollah respond to Israel’s Lebanon onslaught?
19 mins; September 25, 2024
Does the UN still matter? With António Guterres
20 mins; September 18, 2024
Why Russians are still backing Putin
28 mins; September 11, 2024
The truth behind QAnon’s lies
25 mins; September 04, 2024
Japan raises its defences
23 mins; August 28, 2024
Ukraine wrongfoots Russia in Kursk
17 mins; August 21, 2024
Maduro’s humiliating election
27 mins; August 14, 2024
Is the Middle East heading for all-out war?
26 mins; August 07, 2024
Can the Olympics cure France’s malaise?
20 mins; July 31, 2024
'Kamala Harris could win — and win big'
25 mins; July 23, 2024
Drama in the US presidential race
23 mins; July 17, 2024
Britain’s role in a changing Europe
23 mins; July 10, 2024
Who are the Middle East power brokers?
27 mins; July 03, 2024
US foreign policy under Trump 2.0
24 mins; June 26, 2024
Can South Africa’s national unity government succeed?
