Donald Trump and the autocrats' playbook
Gideon talks to Ivo Daalder, a former American ambassador to Nato and chief executive of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, about the potential threat to US democracy if Donald Trump wins next wee...
31 Okt 202427min
The trauma of life and death in Gaza
Gideon talks to Sigrid Kaag, the UN’s Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, about her efforts to keep hope alive during a humanitarian catastrophe. Clip: United NationsFollow Gi...
24 Okt 202424min
Afghanistan: a country on the edge
After three years of sanctions, women's lives in Afghanistan are highly restricted and hunger is widespread. So if sanctions have failed, is it time for the outside world to change its approach and re...
17 Okt 202426min
Germany’s ‘deplorable’ divide on the Ukraine war
Gideon talks to Norbert Röttgen, a CDU member of the foreign affairs committee of the German parliament and author of a new book called Democracy and War. Röttgen criticises Chancellor Olaf Scholz for...
10 Okt 202422min
Israel presses its military advantage
Gideon talks to Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East programme at Chatham House in London, about what Israel and Iran may be planning for their next move as the region slides towards all-out war. ...
3 Okt 202424min
How will Hizbollah respond to Israel’s Lebanon onslaught?
Gideon talks to Kim Ghattas, an FT contributing editor based in Beirut, about Israel’s decision to step up its war against Lebanon’s Hizbollah. How will the militant group and its allies respond, and ...
26 Sep 202419min
Does the UN still matter? With António Guterres
As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, Gideon Rachman speaks to António Guterres, secretary-general of the UN. Guterres explains why he thinks the organisation remains indisp...
19 Sep 202420min
Why Russians are still backing Putin
Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region of Russia represented another sign that Vladimir Putin’s invasion is not going to plan. But numerous setbacks, and the sanctions regime imposed by the west, h...
12 Sep 202428min
