The Rachman Review podcast

The Rachman Review

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 <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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 <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 

#329

Europe’s rocky relations with Donald Trump

Gideon talks to Jens Stoltenberg, Nato's former secretary-general, about Ukraine and Europ... more

11 Dec 2025

25 MINS

25:49

11 Dec 2025


#328

Splits in the Maga movement

Gideon talks to Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest, about the rows over raci... more

04 Dec 2025

24 MINS

24:37

04 Dec 2025


#327

The voice of moderate America

Gideon talks to Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the senior Democrat on the US Senate Committee on ... more

27 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:04

27 Nov 2025


#326

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death

Investors are spending billions of dollars on novel ways to extend human life through inve... more

22 Nov 2025

01 MINS

01:30

22 Nov 2025


#325

Europe’s triple shock: Putin, Trump and Xi

The French pioneer of European integration Jean Monnet believed that Europe would be ‘buil... more

20 Nov 2025

29 MINS

29:26

20 Nov 2025


#324

The battle for AI supremacy

Gideon Rachman sits down with the FT's innovation editor John Thornhill and Caiwei Chen, C... more

13 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:32

13 Nov 2025


#323

Donald Trump and autocracy in America

Gideon Rachman talks to historian and author Anne Applebaum about the Trump presidency. Th... more

06 Nov 2025

31 MINS

31:49

06 Nov 2025


#322

US versus China: a test of strength

Gideon talks to former US trade representative Michael Froman about Donald Trump’s visit t... more

29 Oct 2025

28 MINS

28:36

29 Oct 2025


#321

Nuclear weapons and the balance of terror

Gideon talks to the historian and author Serhii Plokhy about how Russia’s invasion of Ukra... more

23 Oct 2025

33 MINS

33:24

23 Oct 2025


#320

Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy

Introducing Toxic Legacy, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Laura Hugh... more

21 Oct 2025

02 MINS

02:16

21 Oct 2025


#319

Taiwan under threat: how strong are its defences?

Gideon talks to Taipei-based policy analyst J Michael Cole about how the Taiwanese are han... more

16 Oct 2025

30 MINS

30:05

16 Oct 2025


#318

What chance for Trump’s Gaza peace plan?

Gideon talks to former White House official and Middle East expert Philip Gordon about Don... more

09 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:00

09 Oct 2025


#317

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars

US President Donald Trump has pledged to “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars”,... more

06 Oct 2025

01 MINS

01:40

06 Oct 2025


#316

David Lammy on the fight for democracy

Gideon interviews Britain's deputy prime minister David Lammy at the Labour Party conferen... more

01 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:53

01 Oct 2025


#315

How to fix America

Gideon talks to Matt Duss, former adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders and executive vice-pre... more

25 Sep 2025

29 MINS

29:04

25 Sep 2025


#314

Russia’s drone incursions put Baltics on alert

Gideon talks to former Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis about Russia’s r... more

18 Sep 2025

27 MINS

27:06

18 Sep 2025


#313

Israel's man without a plan

Gideon talks to journalist Anshel Pfeffer about Israel’s ‘strongman’ Prime Minister Benjam... more

11 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:28

11 Sep 2025


#312

Lea Ypi on parallels between the 1930s and today

Gideon talks to Albanian academic Lea Ypi about her bookIndignity. In the book, she descri... more

04 Sep 2025

29 MINS

29:29

04 Sep 2025


#311

Taiwan’s Trump problem

The longheld US position to defend Taiwan’s independent status in the face of Chinese aggr... more

28 Aug 2025

25 MINS

25:32

28 Aug 2025


#310

Trump ‘plays into Putin’s hands’

Gideon discusses the outcome of the recent Alaska and Washington summits with Alexander Ga... more

21 Aug 2025

22 MINS

22:46

21 Aug 2025


#309

What next for India as Trump-Modi friendship sours?

The Trump administration has hit India with 50% tariffs. And just after a short military c... more

14 Aug 2025

22 MINS

22:37

14 Aug 2025


#308

The cold war guru whose warnings on Russia still stand

Zbigniew Brzeziński was one of the most influential statesmen of the cold war. But many of... more

07 Aug 2025

29 MINS

29:42

07 Aug 2025


#307

Can Israel translate power into peace?

Israel has demonstrated its capacity to strike at its enemies far and wide since the Hamas... more

31 Jul 2025

28 MINS

28:25

31 Jul 2025


#306

Our shrinking and ageing world

Humans have never been healthier or better fed. We’re living longer, but having fewer chil... more

24 Jul 2025

28 MINS

28:21

24 Jul 2025


#305

The war in Gaza - what do Israelis want?

Israel’s military victories have brought little comfort to Israelis who are focused on the... more

17 Jul 2025

29 MINS

29:28

17 Jul 2025


#304

Putin steps up summer offensive against Ukraine

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine are escalating, both on the front lines and across urban centr... more

10 Jul 2025

19 MINS

19:23

10 Jul 2025


#303

Is the US heading for a debt crisis?

Gideon talks to Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fu... more

03 Jul 2025

24 MINS

24:03

03 Jul 2025


#302

Too soon to celebrate peace between Iran and Israel?

Gideon discusses whether the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran can hold with Vali ... more

24 Jun 2025

25 MINS

25:12

24 Jun 2025


#301

Israel goes to war with Iran

Israel has launched an aerial bombardment of Iran, with the aim, it says,of ending Iran’sn... more

18 Jun 2025

30 MINS

30:00

18 Jun 2025