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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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The Rachman Review

One of the most important groups of advisers around Donald Trump are the 'restrainers'. They want to radically reduce America’s commitments to global security alliances. Gideon talks to Dan Caldwell, a leading restrainer and military veteran who believes the Iraq war was a 'monstrous crime'. Clip: Face the Nation

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Foreign Affairs article: Trump Must Not Betray “America First”

The tragedy of Iraq, 20 years on

Nato chief warns Donald Trump of ‘dire threat’ to US if Ukraine pushed into bad peace deal

The west should not succumb to cynical regret over Syria

Trump swoops into Paris as Europe prepares for a more transactional relationship

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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.

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Will Trump pull America back from the world?

Gideon talks to the FT's Christian Davies about President Yoon’s thwarted attempt to impose martial law in South Korea. What lies behind the shock move, and what does it tell us about the underlying problems of a country better known for the global success of its entertainment industries? Clip: Washington Post

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South Korea crisis mounts as clock ticks on arrest warrant for president

The resilience of South Korea’s democracy remains in doubt

South Korea’s tumult is a symptom of China-US strife

A hostage situation’: South Korea paralysed in fight against Trump tariffs

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South Korea’s real-life political drama

The Rachman Review is a brand new podcast, produced exclusively for FT Subscribers.

Gideon brings you into the debates and trends shaping global politics, tapping into his network of international contacts. The podcast will come out weekly on Wednesdays, and every episode brings you an in-depth conversation about a big issue in foreign affairs. It launches October 9, and you can sign up now using the subscription links here. 

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Introducing The Rachman Review

In this new podcast exclusively for FT subscribers, Gideon Rachman takes you with him on his travels, as he meets the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs. Here's a taste of what to expect in our first episode, in which Gideon goes to Moscow to interview Fyodor Lukyanov, a journalist considered close to the Kremlin, about Putin's Russia.

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Coming soon: Putin's Russia

Gideon Rachman goes to Moscow to talk to Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of the journal Russia in Global Affairs and regarded as close to Vladimir Putin. Mr Lukyanov offers some fascinating insights into the Russian president’s drive to re-establish Russia as a global power — and on his curious relationship with Donald Trump. 

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Putin's Russia

Gideon Rachman discusses the similarities between the Brexit and Trump phenomena and America's shrinking role on the global stage with two London-based US foreign policy analysts. Kori Schake is deputy head of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Jeremy Shapiro is research director of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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Trump, Brexit and America's shrinking role

Gideon Rachman talks to Nadia Schadlow, widely regarded as the intellectual architect of Trump's foreign policy

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Trump's China policy

The former UK deputy premier talks to Gideon Rachman about his new role at Facebook and regulating big tech

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Nick Clegg on Facebook

Writer and former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani talks to Gideon Rachman about the US-China trade war and Singapore's special relationship with both sides of the dispute.

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Singapore and the US-China trade war

Elizabeth Warren is the bookmakers' favourite to win the US Democratic party presidential nomination. Gideon Rachman discusses what a Warren presidency would mean for the rest of the world with Tom Wright, US foreign policy analyst at the Brookings Institution.

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What would a progressive Democratic president look like?

Gideon talks to Hungary’s opposition leader Peter Marki-Zay about his chances of overcoming the powerful political machine created by Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party in April's elections.

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Is the Orban era coming to an end?

Is the Orban era coming to an end?

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