The Rachman Review

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and

Episodes

Total: 276

Europe's Mr Normal

2021/3/25

Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, talks to Dutch historian Luuk van Middelaar about Mark Rutte’s re-

Spying in the digital age

2021/3/18

Helen Warrell, the FT’s defence and security editor, talks to cybersecurity expert Dmitri Alperovitc

Britain is hosting this year’s UN climate summit, COP26, in Glasgow. Pilita Clark discusses what the

Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, discusses Italy as former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi

Pilita Clark talks to Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State uni

The world in review

2021/2/18

In a special retrospective episode, Gideon Rachman looks at some of his favourite podcast conversati

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s diplomatic skills will be tested as host of both the G7 and UN COP26

Gideon talks to journalists Arkady Ostrovsky and Max Seddon in Moscow about why Russian opposition l

The pandemic, climate change and peacekeeping are all priorities for the UN in 2021, but these chall

Germany after Merkel

2021/1/21

Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union has chosen Armin Laschet to replace Angela Merkel as par

After the storming of the Capitol, can America recover its democratic values? Gideon discusses what

The former British foreign secretary championed the UK to remain in the EU. As head of the Internati

The best and worst of 2020

2020/12/17

Gideon talks to Roula Khalaf, FT editor, and Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator, about the ext

EU at a turning point

2020/12/10

EU leaders are facing showdowns on several fronts this week, with the UK over Brexit, and with

Gideon talks to Thai opposition leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and John Reed, the FT’s Bangkok

A country that enjoyed decades of economc growth and stability now risks being torn apart by ethnic

Macron's world

2020/11/19

Gideon discusses the international ambitions, and problems, of the French president with Sylvie Kauf

Biden’s global goals

2020/11/12

Ivo Daalder, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, served as US ambassador to Nato dur

An American chasm

2020/11/4

Americans woke on November 4 to find that the result of their presidential election remained unclear

The columnist has written about life in Trump’s Washington for The New Yorker magazine for almost fo