The Rachman Review

By Financial Times

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs.

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July 02, 2026 Lebanon peace deal: can it hold?
The war in Iran triggered a new round of conflict between the Hizbollah militia in Lebanon and the Israeli army. More than 4,000 people have been killed and about a million displaced. Lebanon and Israel signed a peace deal in Washington at the weekend to end the fighting, but without Hizbollah’s participation, can the deal hold? Gideon puts the question to the FT's editor Roula Khalaf and Andrew England, the FT's Middle East editor. Clip: This is Beirut

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Lebanon’s deal with Israel sparks backlash
How Hizbollah’s fighters ended up in court
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrive in Doha for talks over US-Iran deal
How Benjamin Netanyahu’s big moment backfired

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June 28, 2026 Bonus episode: Rahm Emanuel on how to fix America
In this special edition of the Rachman Review, Edward Luce, the FT's Washington commentator, talks to Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff for Barack Obama, about where the Democratic party has gone wrong in recent years and how to win back the confidence of middle America. This is an edited version of a discussion that took place at the recent FT Weekend Festival in New York.

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Rahm Emanuel says Trump ‘got schooled’ by Iran in bad ceasefire deal
Why young America is trending socialist
Rahm Emanuel and the 2028 ‘ideas primary’
How Benjamin Netanyahu’s big moment backfired

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June 25, 2026 America's waning power
What are the repercussions of the Iran war for American power? How will the outcome be viewed by America’s allies and the leadership in Beijing? Gideon discusses these questions with Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia, Katherine Thompson, who until recently was a senior official in the Pentagon under President Trump, and Philip Gordon, who was national security adviser to vice-president Kamala Harris. This is an edited version of a discussion that took place at the recent FT Weekend Festival in New York. News clip: Fox News

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America’s allies look to declare independence from the US
The rise and fall of US hegemony
Nato chief reveals Italy allowed US planes to use bases in Iran war
Trump and Xi will not determine Taiwan’s fate

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June 18, 2026 Jaishankar and Nusseibeh on the challenges of a world at war
How much should we care about wars that are not in our neighbourhood? What role can countries not directly involved play in paving the way for a more peaceful world? Gideon discusses these questions with India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar, Lana Nusseibeh, minister of state for foreign affairs for the United Arab Emirates, and Finland’s foreign minister, Elina Valtonen. The discussion was recorded at the Kultaranta conference in Finland. Clip: CNN

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Donald Trump says US will not invest in $300bn fund for Iran
Brussels approaches Kremlin over potential Ukraine talks
A fragile Iran peace follows a war without victors
The long way back from the Iran energy shock
How the US-Iran deal came together

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June 11, 2026 Britain’s post-Brexit policy options
Where should Britain stand in the great power struggle between the US and China? Does the special relationship with Washington mean anything anymore or do all roads lead back to Europe? Gideon discusses these questions with Ben Judah, former special adviser to deputy prime minister David Lammy.
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Donald Trump warns US will soon hit Iran ‘hard’ again
Will Trump abandon Taiwan?
It is time for a European Security Council
Britain re-entering the EU ‘an inevitability’, says Treasury minister
Putin and Trump don’t have the cards

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June 04, 2026 Mideast war: The view from Tehran
What is life like in the Iranian capital and is the regime ready to compromise to achieve a lasting peace? Gideon discusses the mood in Tehran and the changing political landscape in the country with the FT’s Tehran correspondent, Najmeh Bozorgmehr. Clips: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg.

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Greek shipping tycoon Evangelos Marinakis ready to pay Strait of Hormuz transit fees
One killed and dozens hurt in Iranian strike on Kuwait airport
Benjamin Netanyahu faces backlash after Donald Trump call
Why Iran fears a deal today means more war tomorrow
Iran is beating Trump at the art of the deal

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May 28, 2026 The backlash against AI
Gideon talks to Sebastian Mallaby, author of The Infinity Machine, a book about the career of Demis Hassabis and his AI company, Google DeepMind. They discuss the growing backlash against AI, why people are worried, and what governments can do to mitigate the risks of the coming technological revolution. Clip: WSJ

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OpenAI’s foundation to spend $250mn on research into AI’s impact on economy
Pope’s appeal can’t change the AI race’s risky logic
AI guardrails stripped from Meta and Google models in minutes
How AI threatens the giants of consulting
AI companies are just companies

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May 21, 2026 Mitsotakis on Hormuz, Iran and how to escape a debt trap
Gideon talks to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and its impact on Greece as a leading shipping nation. They discuss Greece’s recovery from the financial crisis of 2015, how to achieve European strategic autonomy and the best way to bring the war in Ukraine to an end. Clip: France 24

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Three supertankers attempt Strait of Hormuz crossing
America owes its European allies a defence roadmap
Protests spread in Africa as fuel crisis deepens
UAE says drone strike caused fire at nuclear plant
Tipping point looms for global energy crisis

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May 14, 2026 Trump returns to Beijing: what’s at stake
Gideon Rachman speaks to James Crabtree, former head of the Asia programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of The Perimeter, about Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, his first in a decade. What do Washington and Beijing hope to gain, and what does the trip reveal about the evolving balance of power between the world’s two leading superpowers?

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Donald Trump’s plan to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi Jinping rattles Asian allies
Trump is up against China’s great wall of confidence
Trump’s war has given China an economic opening
Trump, Xi and the bid for a ‘grand bargain’ between superpowers
Trump prepares to press Xi on Iran war

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May 07, 2026 Lloyd Austin on Ukraine, Iran and the lessons of war
Gideon talks to Lloyd Austin, who served as US defence secretary under the Biden administration, about the need to adapt to new forms of warfare, accusations that he presided over a ‘woke military’ and how he headed off a nuclear threat from Russia in the early days of the Ukraine conflict. Clip: AP

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US pauses ‘Project Freedom’ as Trump seeks way out of Hormuz impasse
US warns Europe of delays to arms shipments as Iran war drains stockpiles
Pentagon to pull 5,000 soldiers out of Germany in dispute over Iran war
Donald Trump’s Iran war has cost $25bn, Pentagon says

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