# The Rachman Review

A podcast by Financial Times. 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.

Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/7144a390-7a86-440e-9b2e-db712c18368c

## Latest episodes

- [Are we sleepwalking into a third world war?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/7c06a21d251d) (2026-10-22, 35 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6ad8eb611eb6e512e5720564/media.mp3
- [What’s at stake in the Saudi-Houthi conflict?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/446234b72b34) (2026-10-15, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6acfbc7f3dc1c1be4ada708c/media.mp3
- [What would a Bolsonaro victory in Brazil mean for the world?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/db38e3aefe60) (2026-10-08, 30 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6ac6836d7ce338e8cd9868d4/media.mp3
- [Could AI really end humanity?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/6e6c47b484ed) (2026-10-01, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6abd493f38e6d69a30ec9687/media.mp3
- [Francis Fukuyama on democracy, AI and his own intellectual journey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/fa8a4f0bcbdb) (2026-09-24, 31 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6ab3f333d4c02b0e0dbc15e9/media.mp3
- [David Miliband: ‘Peacemaking has gone into retreat’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/f4a725ce8d82) (2026-09-17, 30 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6aaabab5fce2f88226ce9e85/media.mp3
- [The world at war](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/1321b3e3e811) (2026-09-10, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6aa16e5f9d5ca4f665e12146/media.mp3
- [Will Bessent’s ‘economic D-Day’ break Iran?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/d0995af0ae99) (2026-09-03, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a985499a389b713ae67fe7a/media.mp3
- [Making the UN great again](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/8c291b507494) (2026-08-27, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a8edd0e6634e0e9ba973311/media.mp3
- [The making of the modern Middle East](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/5e22b4b5e393) (2026-08-20, 27 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a8470d99cb9faa61ae32f4e/media.mp3
- [Iran’s growing strategic ambitions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/f820fc815b31) (2026-08-13, 30 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a7c8c747cf3c58886986479/media.mp3
- [The cockroach rebellion in India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/c15cf9e83ce0) (2026-08-07, 31 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a75b0be237988582e9ac0d0/media.mp3
- [The weaponisation of trade](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/393c643a6e7b) (2026-07-30, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a6a03c4fdc89d3427d81d23/media.mp3
- [Does Nato have a future without US leadership?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/8ba2a59cebe0) (2026-07-23, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a60e97b5092e5d571b8b5be/media.mp3
- [Trump, Infantino and the political history of the World Cup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/d9b4be261e67) (2026-07-15, 24 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a5666b1039f51de13136abb/media.mp3
- [What would a far-right government in France look like?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/bf7cb0ba2f0e) (2026-07-09, 30 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a4e80ba81fe1f6460daeabd/media.mp3
- [Lebanon peace deal: can it hold?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/2723e7860dff) (2026-07-02, 21 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a45161ee80d75fcb86ff3b6/media.mp3
- [Bonus episode: Rahm Emanuel on how to fix America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/d6bb0b62a419) (2026-06-28, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a3d0e9d6c397667ad711ac4/media.mp3
- [America's waning power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/30d60c7fc61f) (2026-06-25, 27 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a3c0093e1238e54b00af124/media.mp3
- [Jaishankar and Nusseibeh on the challenges of a world at war](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/07ba38a17793) (2026-06-18, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a32d893883f9289e92b77e9/media.mp3
- [Britain’s post-Brexit policy options](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/d780a4a0c93f) (2026-06-11, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a299c5c4df224c1a477dfa9/media.mp3
- [Mideast war: The view from Tehran](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/ee3d7ea606fd) (2026-06-04, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a20597af8e85cfadade45c6/media.mp3
- [The backlash against AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/69d27649b1fe) (2026-05-28, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a170a6d8ff41815a8e2bb1f/media.mp3
- [Mitsotakis on Hormuz, Iran and how to escape a debt trap](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/ca29f2b10c6a) (2026-05-21, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a0de01a3bbd73b46ef37ac5/media.mp3
- [Trump returns to Beijing: what’s at stake](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/65a7e288ce40) (2026-05-14, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6a049b0b3eb645235610dc0c/media.mp3
- [Lloyd Austin on Ukraine, Iran and the lessons of war](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/1fcff3055593) (2026-05-07, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69fb512e13990e6fae053ee5/media.mp3
- [Ukraine’s ‘existential’ battle with Russia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/e7cd3c0d3098) (2026-04-30, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69f1f206116ffe3f1c7e3c52/media.mp3
- [Introducing: The Story of Money](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/cc11c09a5cf5) (2026-04-29, 2 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69f0f6e1f8c6637737520ff3/media.mp3
- [Trump finds it’s easier to start a war than to end one](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/ed3e295fa64f) (2026-04-22, 31 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69e7bdf8d2febdbec9d2bcc0/media.mp3
- [Iran war: What does Tehran want and will it get it?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/75b5f868dd7e) (2026-04-16, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69dfcc4f6f0d582d7abd204c/media.mp3
- [Is it possible to negotiate with Iran?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/e3e069cfb808) (2026-04-08, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69d678143ae78d6f114925f7/media.mp3
- [Trump says the Iran war may be ending soon: mission accomplished?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/267e8db45843) (2026-04-02, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69cd5c6cb601292a80cd4180/media.mp3
- [Hungary’s pivotal election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/7516b5510c17) (2026-03-26, 31 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69c4077aa3dddd45e986f9cd/media.mp3
- [The heavy cost of the war on Iran](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/8da6ef994dd2) (2026-03-19, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69badf856071e3bfbddf2f1f/media.mp3
- [Introducing Untold: Opus Dei](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/2af89fb5a2f4) (2026-03-17, 2 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69b2ffe225f345603a20e387/media.mp3
- [Formidable US firepower fails to unseat Iran’s regime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/da1d28363512) (2026-03-12, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69b1be9094cfbd3a455fb999/media.mp3
- [Iran war risks turning into a battle of endurance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/0c1fb0b4f75e) (2026-03-05, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69a86b7ed7234219a3ef7471/media.mp3
- [Boris Johnson: Pressure on Putin is the price of peace](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/588cdfd9ad56) (2026-02-26, 25 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/699f36477156d508741b08f5/media.mp3
- [Chrystia Freeland on how to negotiate with autocrats — and allies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/ed2da5a0d206) (2026-02-19, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6995fedc4c238f5dca061163/media.mp3
- [Trump's predatory foreign policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/f02a26c2748e) (2026-02-12, 24 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/698ce04334f221647e3d51e5/media.mp3
- [Can diplomacy avert a US-Iran war?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/5c1bef8d9722) (2026-02-05, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/698369fb37d752e9a346af35/media.mp3
- [Bill Gates: AI, aid cuts and the fear of speaking out](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/ab1bafe142ca) (2026-01-29, 21 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/697a4a6c3718a16cebf2efac/media.mp3
- [Mark Carney on a world in rupture — and what comes next](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/54489c28b738) (2026-01-21, 16 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6970c3376bd3fe3c0b6bb5ee/media.mp3
- [Alexander Stubb on Greenland: the good, the bad or the ugly?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/27ece62192f2) (2026-01-20, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/696f79f36544003fe9e00bdf/media.mp3
- [Sudan: inside the world’s worst humanitarian crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/674ed6585338) (2026-01-15, 27 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6967c38fa3b74ba76bbcdbf7/media.mp3
- [‘Regime roulette’ in Venezuela: Is Greenland next?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/e8384a75b446) (2026-01-08, 24 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/695f914bba540b7d778a2e97/media.mp3
- [2025: a year of chaos and confusion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/bde6883405c9) (2025-12-25, 31 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6942f07cf46fd490ce64de88/media.mp3
- [Trump takes aim at South Africa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/a70d6ab2e0e8) (2025-12-18, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/6942ee31f46fd490ce6448a5/media.mp3
- [Europe’s rocky relations with Donald Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/8608962cc9a6) (2025-12-11, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/693b08dd40eb0cbb2a1fb116/media.mp3
- [Splits in the Maga movement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545/8c33b6cf7fd1) (2025-12-04, 25 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69307501d6bc23eda25bad2d/media.mp3

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