Malcolm Turnbull on US and Australian politics
Gideon talks to former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull about the prospect of a second Trump presidency. They discuss why Rupert Murdoch’s ‘anger-tainment’ industry has done less harm to Aus...
21 Mar 202424min
Is there a way out of Haiti’s nightmare?
Henry Mance discusses the breakdown of the rule of law in Haiti with Robert Fatton, professor of government and foreign affairs in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. How has the...
14 Mar 202426min
Netanyahu defies the west on Gaza
Henry Mance, standing in for Gideon, talks to James Shotter, FT correspondent in Jerusalem, about the Israeli political landscape and why the country’s leadership is pursuing such a scorched earth pol...
7 Mar 202420min
Global threats: contrasting views in Europe, Asia and the Pacific
Gideon Rachman talks to Michael Fullilove, executive director of the Lowy Institute in Sydney, about the differing views he encountered at recent security conferences in India, Europe, the US and Aust...
29 Feb 202419min
Russia’s threat to Europe
How much of a threat would Russia pose to Europe if its invasion of Ukraine was successful? Given recent remarks by the US Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, does Europe have the firepowe...
22 Feb 202418min
Is China’s power on the wane?
China’s property crisis and slowing growth rate have raised questions about its future as an economic and military power. Gideon discusses whether it’s time to call ‘peak China’ with Richard McGregor,...
15 Feb 202428min
Why we need the UN
Gideon talks to Mark Malloch-Brown, former deputy secretary-general of the UN and president of the Open Society Foundations, about the role of the United Nations. While it sometimes struggles to make ...
8 Feb 202425min
Introducing: Swamp Notes from The FT News Briefing
If you have questions about this year's US presidential election, we have answers.Swamp Notes is a new podcast from the FT News Briefing. Listen every Saturday morning as our journalists analyse and d...
5 Feb 20241min
