Beschikbare afleveringen

• Israel's man without a plan

  11 sep 2025 1828 sec.

• Lea Ypi on parallels between the 1930s and today

  Gideon talks to Albanian academic Lea Ypi about her book Indignity. In the book, she describes how living first under the Ottoman empire, then as part of fascist Italy and later in a post-war communist state affected the lives of her...

  4 sep 2025 1769 sec.

• Taiwan’s Trump problem

  The longheld US position to defend Taiwan’s independent status in the face of Chinese aggression is looking shaky under the Trump administration, in spite of Taiwanese efforts to court the American president. This week, Gideon talks to...

  28 aug 2025 1532 sec.

• Trump ‘plays into Putin’s hands’

  Gideon discusses the outcome of the recent Alaska and Washington summits with Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. Has Russia emerged as a clear winner? What can be achieved without more pressure on Vladimir...

  21 aug 2025 1366 sec.

• What next for India as Trump-Modi friendship sours?

  The Trump administration has hit India with 50% tariffs. And just after a short military conflict between India and Pakistan, President Trump played host to Pakistan’s army chief of staff at the White House. Gideon discusses what this...

  14 aug 2025 1357 sec.

• The cold war guru whose warnings on Russia still stand

  Zbigniew Brzeziński was one of the most influential statesmen of the cold war. But many of the geopolitical problems he wrestled with in Russia, China and the Middle East, have returned with a vengeance. Among his many prescient ideas,...

  7 aug 2025 1782 sec.

• Can Israel translate power into peace?

  Israel has demonstrated its capacity to strike at its enemies far and wide since the Hamas attacks of October 7 2023. But what will it do with this military dominance? The FT’s Charles Clover puts this question to Palestinian historian...

  31 jul 2025 1705 sec.

• Our shrinking and ageing world

  Humans have never been healthier or better fed. We’re living longer, but having fewer children - and many countries’ populations are now shrinking. Gideon discusses these trends with demographer Nicholas Eberstadt. Have smartphones...

  24 jul 2025 1701 sec.

• The war in Gaza - what do Israelis want?

  Israel’s military victories have brought little comfort to Israelis who are focused on the fate of those hostages still in Gaza. Sasha Polakow-Suransky, FT executive opinion editor, talks with Dahlia Scheindlin, Israeli pollster and...

  17 jul 2025 1768 sec.

• Putin steps up summer offensive against Ukraine

  Russia’s attacks on Ukraine are escalating, both on the front lines and across urban centres. Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, talks to military analyst Franz-Stefan Gady about Ukraine’s battle to hold onto territory until a ceasefire...

  10 jul 2025 1163 sec.

• Is the US heading for a debt crisis?

  Gideon talks to Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund and author of a new book: How Countries Go Broke. They discuss the size of the US debt and what history tells us about identifying warning...

  3 jul 2025 1443 sec.

• Too soon to celebrate peace between Iran and Israel?

  Gideon discusses whether the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran can hold with Vali Nasr, Professor of Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Can anyone claim victory from the war? Where does this leave the battered...

  24 jun 2025 1512 sec.