Putin’s energy power play
Russia’s global power has rested in large part on its oil and gas reserves. Will Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine and Europe’s decision to seek alternative supplies shrink this power irrepa...
9 Jun 202226min
Poverty and inequality drive change in Latin America
Gideon talks to Venezuelan economist Moisés Naím about the reasons for the collapse of the political centre in Latin America, and about the tactics used by populist politicians to rise to power in the...
2 Jun 202219min
Ukraine and the global food emergency
Russia’s blockade of the port of Odesa is preventing Ukraine from exporting vital supplies of grain to a hungry world. A failure to resolve the problem will lead to food price rises and starvation, re...
26 Mai 202224min
Ukraine’s nationalists and the Azov battalion
The roots of Ukrainian nationalism go back to the second world war, when one prominent group sided briefly with Hitler against the Soviet Union. Gideon talks to Princeton academic Kim Lane Scheppele a...
19 Mai 202224min
Why do some countries remain poor?
Why do some countries stay poor while others find a rapid path towards growth and development? Economist Stefan Dercon thinks it’s all about the willingness of those in power to prioritise development...
12 Mai 202229min
Why the global south won’t take sides on Ukraine
When Russia invaded Ukraine, a group of countries in the global south, including India and South Africa, held back from the chorus of condemnation led by Europe and the US. Gideon discusses why they h...
5 Mai 202223min
Putin’s nuclear threat and China ‘friendship’
Russia raised the spectre of nuclear war this week as it struggles to make headway in Ukraine. How seriously should this threat be taken and can Vladimir Putin rely on his friendship with China’s Xi J...
28 Apr 202229min
Le Pen, patriots and the anti-globalist movement
Gideon talks to former World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy about the French election and what political trends in France tell us about nationalism and anti-globalist movements around the world....
21 Apr 202229min
