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The Rachman Review Financial Times
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Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs.
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Coming soon: China, the new tech superpower
In a new season of Tech Tonic, longtime FT China reporter Jame Kynge travels around the world to see how China is pushing towards tech supremacy. Will China be able to get an edge in crucial technological areas? What does China’s attempt to leapfrog the west look like on the ground? A 6-part series looking at China’s tech industry.
Presented by James Kynge. Edwin Lane is the senior producer. The producer is Josh Gabert-Doyon. Executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco, with original music from Metaphor Music. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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Italy and the Giorgia Meloni phenomenon
With elections for the European parliament a month away, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is emerging as a key figure in European politics. Gideon talks to Amy Kazmin, the FT’s Rome correspondent, about the rise of Meloni, her roots in the Italian far right, her close relationship with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and the great challenges that lie ahead for Italy. Clip: Fratelli d’Italia
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Italian journalists strike in dispute with Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government
Italy’s far-right leader Matteo Salvini fights for political survival
Meloni’s radical plan: rewriting Italy’s post-fascist constitution
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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Tamara Kormornick. Sound design is by Breen Turner.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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Modi’s mission
Narendra Modi looks set to win a third term in office thanks to the popularity of his economic policies. But the Indian prime minister has a vision of a Hindu homeland that clashes with the country’s original secular values. Gideon talks to Ravi Agrawal, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, about the secret of Modi’s success and what the future holds for India. Clip: Capital TV
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Narendra Modi increases anti-Muslim rhetoric in India election campaign
How to understand Modi’s India
India’s Jekyll and Hyde journey
India’s Rahul Gandhi bets on 6,700km trek to stop Narendra Modi’s election juggernaut
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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner
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US aid package offers fresh hope to Ukraine
Outgunned and outmanned, Ukraine has been forced to cede territory to Russia in recent months. Now it has been thrown a lifeline with the latest US military aid package. How much difference will this make and can Ukraine still hope to win the war? Gideon puts these questions to the FT’s Christopher Miller, recently back from the frontline. Clips: Sky News, MSNBC
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Ukraine is the front line of a much larger conflict
Greece and Spain under pressure to provide Ukraine with air defence systems
Ukraine faces race against time to deploy US funding
Military briefing: Russian ‘glide bombs’ pound Ukrainian troops and towns
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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.
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Iran raises the stakes with attack on Israel
Gideon discusses Iran’s attack on Israel with Emile Hokayem, senior fellow for Middle East security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. What will the leaders of Israel and Iran be thinking about as they ponder their next move? And where does this leave the prospects for a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza? Clip: ABC News
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Ukraine’s air defence struggle highlights risks to Israel
US and EU prepare fresh sanctions against Iran after Israel attack
The Biden dilemma on Israel
Military briefing: Israel’s options to strike Iran
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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.
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How do you define a war crime?
Gideon discusses the history of international humanitarian law since the first world war with Boyd van Dijk, a historian at Oxford university and author of a recent book, Preparing for War - The Making of the Geneva Conventions. They discuss current efforts to prevent war crimes and hold leaders engaged in conflict to account. Clip: The Fog of War, RadicalMedia and SenArt Films, distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, 2003
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Russia ‘prepared’ for nuclear war, warns Vladimir Putin
Israel grapples with ‘Eichmann’ dilemma over Hamas attack trials
Mexico and Chile ask ICC to investigate Israel-Hamas conflict
S Africa accuses Israel of breaking international laws on genocide in Gaza
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Customer Reviews
Ukraine Crisis by Russian View
Okay,
After the comments from Russian, so what?
Ukraine is a sovereign state in international community. She has the absolute rights to decide what organization, Allies and Relation she wants to deal with. No matter how insecure Kremlins thought, no excuse could vindicate for Russia’s pugnacious stance and aggressive campaign to Ukraine. No excuse, there is no persuasive reason to compensate Russia’s insecurity.
Why can Gideon Rachman not do more with his connections?
Rachman ought to be to geopolitics journalism what his colleague Martin Wolf is to economics comment and analysis. Yet somehow he doesn’t quite pull it all together. I have wondered why, both for his written pieces and for his podcast (which is now more than a couple of years old). He has amazing connections in the world of boffins and pointy-headed grand strategists as well as hardboiled politicians. Yet what he produces week after week both in print as well as audio are narrow and siloed views. The great non-reporter journalists are those who can give us a cross-cutting view of politics and economics, across space and across time. In other words, Gideon, using your fantastic connections to make connections so that we get a panoramic view of world affairs
Booooring! Bad audio quality.
I’ve been listening to the show for months now. Hoping that I will actually hear something interesting and engaging. Boy was I wrong. Most of the episodes are way too long and boring with people calling on bad audio lines from their shoddy mobile phones. This is not a quality show. Even the host sounds like he’s sitting in the bathroom with his laptop, that’s how much it reverberates. Generally lacks quality content and I can’t stand listening to the audio quality, especially not for the length of time that this would require.