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The Rachman Review — 357 episodes
Britain’s post-Brexit policy options
Mideast war: The view from Tehran
The backlash against AI
Mitsotakis on Hormuz, Iran and how to escape a debt trap
Trump returns to Beijing: what’s at stake
Lloyd Austin on Ukraine, Iran and the lessons of war
Ukraine’s ‘existential’ battle with Russia
Introducing: The Story of Money
Trump finds it’s easier to start a war than to end one
Iran war: What does Tehran want and will it get it?
Is it possible to negotiate with Iran?
Trump says the Iran war may be ending soon: mission accomplished?
Hungary’s pivotal election
The heavy cost of the war on Iran
Introducing Untold: Opus Dei
Formidable US firepower fails to unseat Iran’s regime
Iran war risks turning into a battle of endurance
Boris Johnson: Pressure on Putin is the price of peace
Chrystia Freeland on how to negotiate with autocrats — and allies
Trump's predatory foreign policy
Can diplomacy avert a US-Iran war?
Bill Gates: AI, aid cuts and the fear of speaking out
Mark Carney on a world in rupture — and what comes next
Alexander Stubb on Greenland: the good, the bad or the ugly?
Sudan: inside the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
‘Regime roulette’ in Venezuela: Is Greenland next?
2025: a year of chaos and confusion
Trump takes aim at South Africa
Europe’s rocky relations with Donald Trump
Splits in the Maga movement
The voice of moderate America
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death
Europe’s triple shock: Putin, Trump and Xi
The battle for AI supremacy
Donald Trump and autocracy in America
US versus China: a test of strength
Nuclear weapons and the balance of terror
Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy
Taiwan under threat: how strong are its defences?
What chance for Trump’s Gaza peace plan?
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars
David Lammy on the fight for democracy
How to fix America
Russia’s drone incursions put Baltics on alert
Israel's man without a plan
Lea Ypi on parallels between the 1930s and today
Taiwan’s Trump problem
Trump ‘plays into Putin’s hands’
What next for India as Trump-Modi friendship sours?
The cold war guru whose warnings on Russia still stand
Can Israel translate power into peace?
Our shrinking and ageing world
The war in Gaza - what do Israelis want?
Putin steps up summer offensive against Ukraine
Is the US heading for a debt crisis?
Too soon to celebrate peace between Iran and Israel?
Israel goes to war with Iran
Nato’s moment of truth
What drives China’s strongman?
Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange
A foreign policy debrief with Jake Sullivan
Is Trump a threat or an opportunity for the EU?
India and Pakistan: what now?
How can Democrats combat Donald Trump?
Are we any closer to peace in Ukraine?
El Salvador’s ‘jailer for hire’
Iran’s nuclear talks could reshape the Middle East
The end of globalisation as we know it
China in the age of Trump 2.0
The making of Vladimir Putin
Mexico hopes to stave off Trump tariffs
Europe's response to the threat from Trump
How should Canada react to Trump’s threats?
Ukraine weathers new geopolitical climate
Mathias Döpfner: Transatlantic alliance in danger
US systems unravel under Trump
Trump sets his sights on Gaza property deal
Bangladesh students win a chance for change
Finland's president on Europe in a Trumpian world
Does the Trump administration pose an existential threat to Canada?
South Korea’s real-life political drama
What to expect in 2025
Fear and euphoria in Damascus
Will Trump pull America back from the world?
Syria caught up in Lebanon fallout
Can Britain's ties with the US survive a second Trump presidency?
What Elon Musk gains from a friend in the White House
The ideology behind Xi Jinping’s China
What will Donald Trump's second term in office look like?
Donald Trump and the autocrats' playbook
The trauma of life and death in Gaza
Afghanistan: a country on the edge
Germany’s ‘deplorable’ divide on the Ukraine war
Israel presses its military advantage
How will Hizbollah respond to Israel’s Lebanon onslaught?
Does the UN still matter? With António Guterres
Why Russians are still backing Putin
The truth behind QAnon’s lies
Japan raises its defences
Ukraine wrongfoots Russia in Kursk
Maduro’s humiliating election
Is the Middle East heading for all-out war?
Can the Olympics cure France’s malaise?
'Kamala Harris could win — and win big'
Drama in the US presidential race
Britain’s role in a changing Europe
Who are the Middle East power brokers?
US foreign policy under Trump 2.0
Can South Africa’s national unity government succeed?
Macron's gamble
China’s great power strategy
How much power can far-right parties win in Europe?
Introducing Untold: Power for Sale
Ukraine war at a tipping point
Has the US declared economic war on China?
Coming soon: China, the new tech superpower
Italy and the Giorgia Meloni phenomenon
Modi’s mission
US aid package offers fresh hope to Ukraine
Iran raises the stakes with attack on Israel
How do you define a war crime?
Is Japan at a turning point?
Is Europe battle-ready?
Malcolm Turnbull on US and Australian politics
Is there a way out of Haiti’s nightmare?
Netanyahu defies the west on Gaza
Global threats: contrasting views in Europe, Asia and the Pacific
Russia’s threat to Europe
Is China’s power on the wane?
Why we need the UN
Introducing: Swamp Notes from The FT News Briefing
Germans push back against extremist AfD
The battle for the control of Poland’s institutions
Introducing Untold: The Retreat
Putin’s nemesis in the west
Can a wider Middle East war be averted?
The future of Europe
The world in 2024
COP28: is the Dubai deal enough for the climate?
Biden and Xi mend ties
Trump closes in on a second term in office
How united are Arab and Muslim leaders on Gaza?
Is the balance tilting towards Russia in Ukraine?
Who will run Gaza once the war is over?
The global power of the dollar
Coups make a comeback in Africa
Can the Gaza conflict be contained?
Israel and Gaza at war
The problem with Bidenomics
Bidenomics and global trade
What is Bidenomics and is it working?
Coming soon: Can AI help us speak to animals?
Post-Brexit Britain
The nuclear and biological weapons threat
Biden’s plan for a US-Saudi-Israeli peace deal
The end of Prigozhin
Introducing: The Russian Banker
Sanctions, global terror and the drugs trade
Japan’s role in US-China strategic rivalry
Will Donald Trump end up in prison or the White House?
Sudan power struggle risks turning into civil war
Spain's lurch to the right
Will this year’s climate talks be a washout?
How much should we fear artificial intelligence?
Has the Wagner revolt fatally undermined Putin?
When should countries intervene to prevent mass murder?
How Ukraine’s fightback could change the world
David Lammy on Britain’s place in the world
Is the Ukraine war reaching a turning point?
Modi’s moment in the spotlight
China’s next generation
Putin’s historical magical mystery tour
How far will the rehabilitation of Assad go?
Is Turkey about to see the end of the Erdoğan era?
Is there such a thing as a rules-based international order?
Macron’s flawed diplomacy in China
Ukraine's other battleground: the economy
The rise and fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin
Divided Iran makes peace with its neighbours
Israeli democracy at a crossroads
Is Mexico slipping into autocracy?
Bill Gates on Ukraine’s ‘shock to the system’
Ukraine series: the battle for Bakhmut
Ukraine series: how long will the war last?
Ukraine series: life in a war zone
How to fix our flawed democracies
Philippines caught in the line of fire
The global battle against impunity
America’s hard right
What next for Putin’s Russia?
2022 Year In Review
Qatar’s soft power play
How threatened is Australia by the rise of China?
China protests test the limits of Xi Jinping’s authority
90,000 migrants arrive in Italian ports
Brazil’s Lula joins leftist leaders pushing for change in Latin America
How the Ukraine war reshaped US alliances
US midterms: Republicans on the rise
Xi consolidates his rule as economic problems mount
US-Saudi ties at an all-time low
Russia's nuclear threat
Protests show Iran’s social contract is broken
The remaking of Europe
What next for Global Britain?
Russia faces defeat in Ukraine
How Italy is facing a crucial election
Will India soar or struggle in the coming years?
Who's winning the war in Ukraine?
Would China go to war over Taiwan?
Whatever happened to Mandela’s dream for South Africa?
How to broker a deal between Russia and Ukraine
How social media platforms put profits before people
Can Turkey help end the Ukraine grain crisis?
Russia’s future: a giant Iran of Eurasia
Ukraine: a view from the Baltics
Introducing: Hot Money
Wirecard: the investigation that brought down a German tech giant
Can EU unity on Ukraine hold?
Where money and power collide
Putin’s energy power play
Poverty and inequality drive change in Latin America
Ukraine and the global food emergency
Ukraine’s nationalists and the Azov battalion
Why do some countries remain poor?
Why the global south won’t take sides on Ukraine
Putin’s nuclear threat and China ‘friendship’
Le Pen, patriots and the anti-globalist movement
“That was frightening as hell”: Ukrainian MP on working in a warzone
French presidential election too close to call
Putin and his entourage
How Putin’s war is reshaping Europe’s alliances
What would a Ukraine peace deal look like?
Where is the Ukraine conflict heading?
Ukraine failures tarnish Putin’s aura of invincibility
Russia invades Ukraine
How Russia’s Ukraine threat galvanised western alliances
Drone warfare and the battle to control the skies
Is the Orban era coming to an end?
The Ukraine crisis: a view from Moscow
What would a Ukraine conflict look like?
The rising toll of famine and conflict
Sudan’s painful struggle for democracy
Gideon and his team review 2021
The underside of globalisation
Cyber power: a moment of reckoning
Is Russia on the brink of war with Ukraine?
China and the US: competition or conflict?
COP26: success or failure?
Poland’s challenge to the EU
COP26: climate goals at stake in Glasgow
Israel’s new political landscape
Great power rivals of the 21st century
American democracy under pressure
Populations on the move
Germany’s traffic light coalition
The Biden administration and the world
Trudeau's future on the line in Canada's election
Covid and the end of the post 9/11 era
America’s Afghan legacy
Peru’s triple crisis
Iran under Raisi
Can climate damage be repaired?
Is Lebanon a failed state?
Ecocide: a new weapon in the fight to save the planet
India, China and the contested border
How much trouble is Bolsonaro in?
South Africa’s pivotal moment
Can Germany atone for its colonial-era genocide?
Coming to terms with Putin's Russia
Martin Wolf on G7 opportunities missed
Can Asian prosperity survive US-China rivalry?
Belarus: more than a moral dilemma
Washington’s will to find a Middle East solution
Myanmar on the brink
A crisis in the Middle East
Why we should all give up meat
India’s wake up call to the world
Leaving Afghanistan
Britain's legacy of empire
Are the US and China entering a Cold War?
Britain shifts its military focus
Europe's Mr Normal
Spying in the digital age
Could this year mark a turning point for climate?
Italy’s make or break moment
Michael Mann on the politics of global warming
The world in review
Britain’s post-Brexit role as ‘global broker’
Navalny’s crusade against the Kremlin
António Guterres on the United Nations in a fractured world
Germany after Merkel
America’s political meltdown
David Miliband on the global leadership vacuum
The best and worst of 2020
EU at a turning point
Thai students call for change
Ethiopia’s struggle with ethnic nationalism
Macron's world
Biden’s global goals
An American chasm
Susan Glasser on the pandemic election
Bringing history back to Burma
Why humans wage wars
American entanglement in the Middle East
China’s second world war obsession
Mexico's populist president
German diplomacy tested by multiple crises
Netanyahu's diplomatic success
Putting existential risk on the agenda
Investigating ‘the doubts’ about the US presidential election
What China makes of ‘new cold war’ with US
The future of Lebanon
Turkey’s assertive foreign policy
US economist William Spriggs on scars of the pandemic
Is US global leadership still possible?
Fabulists and the limits of deception
Putin: a president trapped in power
Black Lives Matter goes international
Brazil: a country without a plan
India’s twin crises: coronavirus and China
Is global oil dominance coming to an end?
George Floyd and the politics of protest
A new diplomacy in the Pacific Rim
Merkel’s pandemic moment
China comes out of lockdown
Joseph Nye on presidential morality during the pandemic
Coronavirus in Africa
Politics and perils of running the WHO
Francis Fukuyama on coronavirus and the crisis of trust
Coronavirus and curbs on democratic freedoms
New York hit by double shock
Life in Europe's coronavirus hotspots
Pandemics in the age of hyperconnectivity
How Saudi Arabia and Iran's rivalry is unravelling the Middle East
Human rights under threat from politics
How is Modi's ideology shaping Indian society?
Is there a Democrat that can beat Trump?
Bolsonaro’s isolationism and deference to Trump
The global politics of climate change
'Let's just get out of there' is not a strategy
Taiwan treads fine line between democracy and China
The dictator and the strongman
Africa’s transnational challenges
Matteo Renzi on the problem with populists
Central Europe's backlash against liberal ideas
Tensions at the heart of Europe
The future of British unity and the EU
Xi Jinping's China
Germany's shifting foreign policy
What would a progressive Democratic president look like?
Singapore and the US-China trade war
Nick Clegg on Facebook
Trump's China policy
Trump, Brexit and America's shrinking role
Putin's Russia
Coming soon: Putin's Russia
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