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Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist, takes you with him on his travels, as he meets the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs. The Rachman Review gives you the chance to listen in on his reflective and often probing conversations with politicians, intellectuals and analysts around the globe.

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  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
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    Can the slow-moving, 27-nation bloc survive the impulsive nature of the US president?

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
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    The nuclear-armed neighbours have come back from the brink, but can the peace hold?

  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    28 min listen
    How can Democrats combat Donald Trump?

    Democratic politicians are either protesting against Republicans or podcasting with them - will either strategy succeed?

  • Thursday, 1 May, 2025
    21 min listen
    Are we any closer to peace in Ukraine?

    Russia wants more than just territorial concessions

  • Thursday, 24 April, 2025
    26 min listen
    El Salvador’s ‘jailer for hire’

    What’s the appeal for Trump of Bukele’s mass incarceration model?

  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    24 min listen
    Iran’s nuclear talks could reshape the Middle East

    Trump has warned of potential military action if talks fail

  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
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    The end of globalisation as we know it

    Trump’s desire to restore US trade dominance is ‘pure fantasy’

  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
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    China in the age of Trump 2.0

    Can China take advantage of the new era of economic and political turbulence?

  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    29 min listen
    The making of Vladimir Putin

    Why the Russian leader sees best his chance yet of achieving long-held goals

  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    28 min listen
    Mexico hopes to stave off Trump tariffs

    Economic and political consequences of the end of free trade could be devastating

  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    28 min listen
    Europe's response to the threat from Trump

    Post-war security and trade framework crumbles under new US leadership

  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    22 min listen
    How should Canada react to Trump’s threats?

    Liberal politician Chrystia Freeland advocates a 'smart and surgical' response

  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
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    Ukraine weathers new geopolitical climate

    ‘International law doesn't work but international engineering does’

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    34 min listen
    Mathias Döpfner: Transatlantic alliance in danger

    Trump’s actions on Russia and Ukraine will be a ‘test case’

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    22 min listen
    US systems unravel under Trump

    America has turned into an unreliable friend

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2025
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    Trump sets his sights on Gaza property deal

    And Iraqi president says his country is finally at peace

  • Thursday, 30 January, 2025
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    Bangladesh students win a chance for change

    Interim leader Muhammad Yunus on his hopes for a better future

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    Finland's president on Europe in a Trumpian world

    Alexander Stubb discusses Ukraine, Donald Trump and Europe’s place in the world

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    Jibes about erasing the border and raising tariffs change the ground rules

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    South Korea’s real-life political drama

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    What to expect in 2025

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    Fear and euphoria in Damascus

    Raya Jalabi describes life in the Syrian capital after the fall of Assad

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
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    Will Trump pull America back from the world?

    So-called restrainers reject post-Cold War foreign policy consensus

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
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    Syria caught up in Lebanon fallout

    Assad regime looks vulnerable as rebels retake Aleppo

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