The Rachman Review

Iran’s growing strategic ambitions

Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman] talks to Vali Nasr, author of Iran’s Grand Strategy and professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, about how the balance of power in the Middle East is changing. After six months of on-off hostilities, Nasr argues, Iran’s core aims are unchanged - ending the US threat and securing economic relief. But Iran now looks to have the upper hand and is using its leverage from controlling the Strait of Hormuz to seek ever more far-reaching concessions from the superpower. Clip: CTV Free links to read more on this topic: Will failure in Iran reshape how the US fights? [https://www.ft.com/content/5bdb67a5-5c53-46aa-8a04-d0480e700ee4?accessToken=zwAAAaCQXCpfkc9b22elXFNGqtOKBNBIDnAO5AE.MEYCIQCwCXFuKxf_BUhRPIzYwKGKNlGJZvK6CLXexapk4iPREAIhAKS2YiDpi_lr9GkHZQG0f_o7ZzxBISZp3qGn1BuYz-8Q&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Iran’s supreme leader elevates loyalists as he tightens grip [https://www.ft.com/content/34299f83-9c49-4332-9d0f-d4f369d7a233?accessToken=zwAAAaCQXaT1kc80KZ-DnElDMtOdD9TzadeiMwE.MEUCIQC1mg4CD_nFNN18syJpdpG4b3KjAdogeXXHz1MTa8zA2AIgB7Ux-3pGeU-f3dsEuF0QvkScjfi7sZzV6o9XgRgBVtE&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Trump and the failure of the Fafo doctrine [https://www.ft.com/content/1a7a6919-b056-4155-9520-1088564f7119?accessToken=zwAAAaCQYJPvkc8aemkZsFZBVdOVIBCIVk9xGQE.MEUCIB22ZXx-fMduRpvDTTADY5v3Pv_eUekUtErfj6WCnhuIAiEArIXCCo3kOy9ghDKIf6T3fX5vmLbv7y8Mffu_cKDsN-s&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Brinkmanship in the Strait of Hormuz [https://www.ft.com/content/862aa8f3-2e08-4dbc-ba7f-e85a69b25748?accessToken=zwAAAaCQX1rTkdOGKqjzLghNvNO6f-haabJXSAE.MEQCICUTFb01oFuuRamCrPxtx4ACR10cveXS62TLZauuQuChAiBw8wV0CGdH_bvc9qr5azQ6pdAFW73ObXhKugIHzkGaMA&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Israel’s campaign to make southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’  [https://www.ft.com/content/25bc2df2-7ab8-4b1a-a30f-2fe4d47806ce?accessToken=zwAAAaCQ5TZJkc8lvC3yerhLGtOjDy_k1HgGzgE.MEUCIFGCx3Y2YAuoOVewqKfyGWAgxFaFYgq17SicadW956FvAiEA9d3yYvFDeVMdeOrRez9eiyZBPXsVbZONiX_FUNZC2rY&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Clare Williamson. Sound design is by Breen Turner Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social], @gideonrachman [https://twitter.com/gideonrachman] Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/56ca4472-acad-4cec-a416-e87ce6149ee1] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The cockroach rebellion in India

What began as outrage over a senior judge's comments has become one of the most striking youth protest movements India has seen in years. Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman] talks to Professor Mukulika Banerjee of the London School of Economics about why so many young Indians have taken to the streets, what the "cockroach movement" says about the country's economic and educational pressures, and whether it poses a genuine challenge to Narendra Modi's government. Clip: BBC Free links to read more on this topic: Abhijeet Dipke, the face of India’s victorious ‘cockroach’ protests [https://www.ft.com/content/dabd9888-b7ed-4c06-9986-e6705835ef31?accessToken=zwAAAaBm6J_mkdPavZiIt-1MBtOZhuZwWDXvMQE.MEQCIH8C1GtkLZNfi5O3wPuJ6qsVsGXGz2nyLq7WYWQJZHpuAiAgs4pUwfvcAinQshhRpXea_cp4rQNO89HVO8pTf-8yvg&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] India’s ‘Cockroach’ Gen Z has had enough [https://www.ft.com/content/ac19e4f4-cf7b-4a75-b591-0ca79ef62d37?accessToken=zwAAAaBm6Z7JkdOsGeT0z3tKddO1kQynnvYtNwE.MEQCIAyOk_TevsjSb_YXd3hJRJqHzlrUSHIyom20ZCUrmZELAiBbkKq70LhEAIdEHpdVJO_OPonHNwa4E2cNhwcU3JcYXA&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] India should listen to its frustrated youth [https://www.ft.com/content/f51afc65-1569-446c-a23e-5afa583a67c2?accessToken=zwAAAaBm5ZnukdP1GvxlFWlEbNOiPlr6WDpnwgE.MEQCIAwxDHWOEzntj4KbUv6UsCNYJ-o7eVJitpX9nO6TlGg_AiBMgHhLRwWiMqPjVSagvXD4oEZNwLXMb1Dbbb2Z27S0eA&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Why India’s student protests are different [https://www.ft.com/content/c529dc01-ad31-4f1b-a8df-14eff1e4579b?accessToken=zwAAAaBm5DLRkdPFKdwBrTFPG9Oo3xTv8eRXmwE.MEYCIQDyOJhWH0ePljNZd-w3Arb72Ce1EaU20ZIuXzyIUGraLgIhAKmm2ulFLuOL4FmtwJhT4nq2br6fvEEvIxGA60w7pQOw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] India’s ‘cockroach’ movement halts protests after minister quits [https://www.ft.com/content/5f267b7d-9e57-40f6-9bb5-6fe5d6cf9d1d?accessToken=zwAAAaBm6mwXkc9fJnt9nldA9tObtW_l1s-dHQE.MEQCIC09mwBSoWgRMQrqUJIrfnJjbiGEYD-QZhbvBbUBy-GPAiBzTFGnZxPtYMW-Bjd7EZxyyNWMWJZnzgK-Lo7-8xXz7Q&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Clare Williamson. Sound design is by Breen Turner Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social], @gideonrachman [https://twitter.com/gideonrachman] Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/5133e936-a257-4541-b708-a9141732f5ad] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

India’s cockroach rebellion

What began as outrage over a senior judge's comments has become one of the most striking youth protest movements India has seen in years. Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman] talks to Professor Mukulika Banerjee of the London School of Economics about why so many young Indians have taken to the streets, what the "cockroach movement" says about the country's economic and educational pressures, and whether it poses a genuine challenge to Narendra Modi's government. Clip: BBC Free links to read more on this topic: Abhijeet Dipke, the face of India’s victorious ‘cockroach’ protests [https://www.ft.com/content/dabd9888-b7ed-4c06-9986-e6705835ef31?accessToken=zwAAAaBm6J_mkdPavZiIt-1MBtOZhuZwWDXvMQE.MEQCIH8C1GtkLZNfi5O3wPuJ6qsVsGXGz2nyLq7WYWQJZHpuAiAgs4pUwfvcAinQshhRpXea_cp4rQNO89HVO8pTf-8yvg&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] India’s ‘Cockroach’ Gen Z has had enough [https://www.ft.com/content/ac19e4f4-cf7b-4a75-b591-0ca79ef62d37?accessToken=zwAAAaBm6Z7JkdOsGeT0z3tKddO1kQynnvYtNwE.MEQCIAyOk_TevsjSb_YXd3hJRJqHzlrUSHIyom20ZCUrmZELAiBbkKq70LhEAIdEHpdVJO_OPonHNwa4E2cNhwcU3JcYXA&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] India should listen to its frustrated youth [https://www.ft.com/content/f51afc65-1569-446c-a23e-5afa583a67c2?accessToken=zwAAAaBm5ZnukdP1GvxlFWlEbNOiPlr6WDpnwgE.MEQCIAwxDHWOEzntj4KbUv6UsCNYJ-o7eVJitpX9nO6TlGg_AiBMgHhLRwWiMqPjVSagvXD4oEZNwLXMb1Dbbb2Z27S0eA&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Why India’s student protests are different [https://www.ft.com/content/c529dc01-ad31-4f1b-a8df-14eff1e4579b?accessToken=zwAAAaBm5DLRkdPFKdwBrTFPG9Oo3xTv8eRXmwE.MEYCIQDyOJhWH0ePljNZd-w3Arb72Ce1EaU20ZIuXzyIUGraLgIhAKmm2ulFLuOL4FmtwJhT4nq2br6fvEEvIxGA60w7pQOw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] India’s ‘cockroach’ movement halts protests after minister quits [https://www.ft.com/content/5f267b7d-9e57-40f6-9bb5-6fe5d6cf9d1d?accessToken=zwAAAaBm6mwXkc9fJnt9nldA9tObtW_l1s-dHQE.MEQCIC09mwBSoWgRMQrqUJIrfnJjbiGEYD-QZhbvBbUBy-GPAiBzTFGnZxPtYMW-Bjd7EZxyyNWMWJZnzgK-Lo7-8xXz7Q&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Clare Williamson. Sound design is by Breen Turner Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social], @gideonrachman [https://twitter.com/gideonrachman] Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/5133e936-a257-4541-b708-a9141732f5ad] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The weaponisation of trade

Tariffs, sanctions and chokepoints have become the weapon of choice to punish political rivals - but what happens when these fail? Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman] discusses the impact of geopolitical disputes on global trade with Edward Fishman, author of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare. Clip: Al Jazeera Free links to read more on this topic: Trump vows to deliver ‘beating’ to Iran in retaliation for latest attack [https://www.ft.com/content/b2fe912f-01ef-4daa-874e-a180dfeb728c?accessToken=zwAAAaBJOZHllNOy_pEvAe9NqtOHTqGA3-tyjM9QmmqUg0JJwdOWX2ar_4i5d89R6g5i-a1DB9OEuUdQKe2-Oc9CbUmuHQdF9NO3hOZXVqT1rAE.MEYCIQDEjUlyZAZyOsHda2cuH_7tbKMAUh-GhFqWG6DiCxZ7lQIhAL81pAWQWEmt3L8tHOXvvGTkJRRFHV9ObNap9a2f7tXm&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Saudi Arabia joins US strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq [https://www.ft.com/content/509a6a94-8342-49c1-965f-66abff88b977?accessToken=zwAAAaBJOZHllNOy_pEvAe9NqtOHTqGA3-tyjM9QmmqUg0JJwdOWX2ar_4i5d89R6g5i-a1DB9OEuUdQKe2-Oc9CbUmuHQdF9NO3hOZXVqT1rAE.MEYCIQDEjUlyZAZyOsHda2cuH_7tbKMAUh-GhFqWG6DiCxZ7lQIhAL81pAWQWEmt3L8tHOXvvGTkJRRFHV9ObNap9a2f7tXm&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Ukraine, Iran and how regional wars go global [https://www.ft.com/content/51ea0e62-f9ad-4307-84b9-475029edbe39?accessToken=zwAAAaBJOZHllNOy_pEvAe9NqtOHTqGA3-tyjM9QmmqUg0JJwdOWX2ar_4i5d89R6g5i-a1DB9OEuUdQKe2-Oc9CbUmuHQdF9NO3hOZXVqT1rAE.MEYCIQDEjUlyZAZyOsHda2cuH_7tbKMAUh-GhFqWG6DiCxZ7lQIhAL81pAWQWEmt3L8tHOXvvGTkJRRFHV9ObNap9a2f7tXm&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Donald Trump rebuilds his tariff wall [https://www.ft.com/content/426d49ae-1d07-45f4-b784-e65756a4f5ac?accessToken=zwAAAaBJOZHllNOy_pEvAe9NqtOHTqGA3-tyjM9QmmqUg0JJwdOWX2ar_4i5d89R6g5i-a1DB9OEuUdQKe2-Oc9CbUmuHQdF9NO3hOZXVqT1rAE.MEYCIQDEjUlyZAZyOsHda2cuH_7tbKMAUh-GhFqWG6DiCxZ7lQIhAL81pAWQWEmt3L8tHOXvvGTkJRRFHV9ObNap9a2f7tXm&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Sean McGarrity. Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social], @gideonrachman [https://twitter.com/gideonrachman] Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/9be25b80-1882-4107-8617-634146f16421] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Does Nato have a future without US leadership?

Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman]talks to Julianne Smith, former US ambassador to Nato about the future of the alliance. There seems to be greater transatlantic agreement on Ukraine, but tensions remain over Europe’s stance on Donald Trump’s war on Iran. So can the alliance survive without the US at the helm? Clip: ANI News Free links to read more on this topic: Nato’s carnival of Trumpian caprice [https://www.ft.com/content/7e42d7fb-5d11-49b0-bc53-b2655f86b924?accessToken=zwAAAaAlDWU9lM9-Qtf7XRFJsNO8U7JlX4a5JNPzrQMvPAZO1NOC4nwuXmivJs9BlNI_TM5KqtO_Ipv0yVPgTs8g91EwmdZEPtOivZkyOx3iiQE.MEUCIBIaW0sartfxg1vp5pk7CUxvSddw74WzZvcvN7kJP86ZAiEA3OfHgRVTieJGPPlgdX6ZOd7dX9gj5DoRAs8Z7IhXFWQ&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Why the world trusts China more than America [https://www.ft.com/content/f3ad032f-3c06-4ed4-82e2-7c2e5e68af26?accessToken=zwAAAaAlDWU9lM9-Qtf7XRFJsNO8U7JlX4a5JNPzrQMvPAZO1NOC4nwuXmivJs9BlNI_TM5KqtO_Ipv0yVPgTs8g91EwmdZEPtOivZkyOx3iiQE.MEUCIBIaW0sartfxg1vp5pk7CUxvSddw74WzZvcvN7kJP86ZAiEA3OfHgRVTieJGPPlgdX6ZOd7dX9gj5DoRAs8Z7IhXFWQ&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Ukraine’s drone swarms test Moscow air defences [https://www.ft.com/content/4194d23f-4cce-4aaa-bf22-9bf4c953e04e?accessToken=zwAAAaAlDWU9lM9-Qtf7XRFJsNO8U7JlX4a5JNPzrQMvPAZO1NOC4nwuXmivJs9BlNI_TM5KqtO_Ipv0yVPgTs8g91EwmdZEPtOivZkyOx3iiQE.MEUCIBIaW0sartfxg1vp5pk7CUxvSddw74WzZvcvN7kJP86ZAiEA3OfHgRVTieJGPPlgdX6ZOd7dX9gj5DoRAs8Z7IhXFWQ&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Nato opens its cheque books in bid to keep Trump engaged [https://www.ft.com/content/20f75130-99d6-443e-a2bd-99323b1de289?accessToken=zwAAAaAlDWU9lM9-Qtf7XRFJsNO8U7JlX4a5JNPzrQMvPAZO1NOC4nwuXmivJs9BlNI_TM5KqtO_Ipv0yVPgTs8g91EwmdZEPtOivZkyOx3iiQE.MEUCIBIaW0sartfxg1vp5pk7CUxvSddw74WzZvcvN7kJP86ZAiEA3OfHgRVTieJGPPlgdX6ZOd7dX9gj5DoRAs8Z7IhXFWQ&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner. Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social], @gideonrachman [https://twitter.com/gideonrachman] Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com [https://www.ft.com/content/418d0036-ad60-41b3-a5fb-2594c20e671b] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.