The Rachman Review

The heavy cost of the war on Iran

Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman]discusses the Iran war with defence analyst Jack Watling, author of Statecraft - The New Rules of Power in a Divided World. Why did the US fail to foresee the need to protect the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route? What options are there to bring the war to a close? Clip: NYT Free links to read more on this topic: Iran vows retaliation against energy sites across Gulf after largest gasfield hit [https://www.ft.com/content/e3814e6f-a1c9-4ad4-b449-c14064d58f42?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Trump ally warns US economy not strong enough to cope with Iran war [https://www.ft.com/content/51ad00f4-1c70-45df-9eb1-fe8038af1fd7?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Iran still seen capable of escalating attacks on Gulf’s energy [https://www.ft.com/content/69226210-a489-45aa-9993-32ed5359fe18?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Israel says it has killed Iran’s top security official  [https://www.ft.com/content/66d3177f-2d3a-4b5b-a309-dc562c978c38?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Top US counterterrorism official resigns over war against Iran [https://www.ft.com/content/f3dad979-875e-4ee7-836c-264890d5df6b?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&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/a53089ed-00a0-4dc4-af1c-abfb948499f1] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Introducing Untold: Opus Dei

Introducing Opus Dei, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of a controversial Catholic organisation in America. Opus Dei exists to help people get closer to God, but some members say they found other agendas – and unexpected harm – entangled in that spiritual mission. The first episode of Untold: Opus Dei launches March 25.  Listen on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/untold-the-retreat/id1724826952], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1GUc0a6lsMCaTDbgIU4tgJ?si=09ccf1177eb04f24], Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/podcast/006b38d0-9135-013c-9fe5-0acc26574db2] or wherever you get your podcasts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Formidable US firepower fails to unseat Iran’s regime

Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman]speaks to Sir Simon Gass, a former UK ambassador to Iran, about why the formidable destructive power of the US and Israel has failed to dislodge the Islamic regime. They discuss how long the war can continue as well as likely outcomes for the US, Iran and the Gulf region. Clip: Middle East Eye Free links to read more on this topic: Trump’s Venezuela strategy has failed in Iran  [https://www.ft.com/content/7d40b920-93d8-4ee7-9387-a5793fd3e0c5?accessToken=zwAAAZ14v2GUls99QLkgk9hO59OTh6V5P9PgxdObYjvKvDpAgdOxx_V9g-oiXs9OBI7Qm7pDktOM7n8TN8CyEdOBBFt3w-hCZtOt6WpSgreXQM8dKD-VDwZIvtOBgaeeJU4Pr88vPv3NK9ZEF9O44pe3SNPLYgE.MEUCIAeGT5RpCueofnD1evC9_-XxfkulMlXY8LwNH8TU2NW6AiEApkSpuDVDmTOB5Piaql9_IsEsf6VjadvN0JVT2vjZ578&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Iranians rethink the price of regime change [https://www.ft.com/content/4e048ed0-9bba-4392-8cee-7f1337c0b211?accessToken=zwAAAZ14v2GUls99QLkgk9hO59OTh6V5P9PgxdObYjvKvDpAgdOxx_V9g-oiXs9OBI7Qm7pDktOM7n8TN8CyEdOBBFt3w-hCZtOt6WpSgreXQM8dKD-VDwZIvtOBgaeeJU4Pr88vPv3NK9ZEF9O44pe3SNPLYgE.MEUCIAeGT5RpCueofnD1evC9_-XxfkulMlXY8LwNH8TU2NW6AiEApkSpuDVDmTOB5Piaql9_IsEsf6VjadvN0JVT2vjZ578&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Iran official says new supreme leader is ‘fine’ despite absence from view [https://www.ft.com/content/81045b77-c3e8-4266-ade9-6a5282b79740?accessToken=zwAAAZ14v2GUls99QLkgk9hO59OTh6V5P9PgxdObYjvKvDpAgdOxx_V9g-oiXs9OBI7Qm7pDktOM7n8TN8CyEdOBBFt3w-hCZtOt6WpSgreXQM8dKD-VDwZIvtOBgaeeJU4Pr88vPv3NK9ZEF9O44pe3SNPLYgE.MEUCIAeGT5RpCueofnD1evC9_-XxfkulMlXY8LwNH8TU2NW6AiEApkSpuDVDmTOB5Piaql9_IsEsf6VjadvN0JVT2vjZ578&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Drones, lasers and radars: Middle East war spurs hunt for cheaper air defence [https://www.ft.com/content/1d283f95-0f06-48be-8181-a79e254e0faf?accessToken=zwAAAZ14v2GUls99QLkgk9hO59OTh6V5P9PgxdObYjvKvDpAgdOxx_V9g-oiXs9OBI7Qm7pDktOM7n8TN8CyEdOBBFt3w-hCZtOt6WpSgreXQM8dKD-VDwZIvtOBgaeeJU4Pr88vPv3NK9ZEF9O44pe3SNPLYgE.MEUCIAeGT5RpCueofnD1evC9_-XxfkulMlXY8LwNH8TU2NW6AiEApkSpuDVDmTOB5Piaql9_IsEsf6VjadvN0JVT2vjZ578&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Taco on Iran will come too late for Trump [https://www.ft.com/content/2f3efdcd-2bd6-4417-b8e2-97b748d3cb62?accessToken=zwAAAZ14v2GUls99QLkgk9hO59OTh6V5P9PgxdObYjvKvDpAgdOxx_V9g-oiXs9OBI7Qm7pDktOM7n8TN8CyEdOBBFt3w-hCZtOt6WpSgreXQM8dKD-VDwZIvtOBgaeeJU4Pr88vPv3NK9ZEF9O44pe3SNPLYgE.MEUCIAeGT5RpCueofnD1evC9_-XxfkulMlXY8LwNH8TU2NW6AiEApkSpuDVDmTOB5Piaql9_IsEsf6VjadvN0JVT2vjZ578&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/cba7352f-aac0-4a6a-8919-c0597bc94c43] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Iran war risks turning into a battle of endurance

Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman]discusses the US and Israeli war against Iran with Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. What are the war aims, can they be achieved and where does this leave the future of the region and its relations with Israel? Clips: CBS; CNN Free links to read more on this topic: Gulf insurance costs soar 12-fold despite Trump guarantee [https://www.ft.com/content/865dab47-f9b8-4c81-88e6-15894cbda58c?accessToken=zwAAAZ1UYQIxldOGXatH-bhMgdOI5hWJTL2ljM9DcTDn7U5JGdOL86w4wu7Wr9PgBmymgaxEP9OTwPO8Oiz08dP_cSCUwhFCjtOqysimDXx94tOnv_rcB4dIptOj1gqHzh8_3wE.MEYCIQCWqttQSJmdFPGMF3t_pfrr_RuOcMkb0fBckTb2gde6pQIhALZsE8FPQJa3IyvH6bUouRo6g18Bfz7vs2A7gUibCRV_&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Trump has no realistic plan for Iran’s future [https://www.ft.com/content/437130e7-ed4e-4919-8bf3-ac38c2eed6af?accessToken=zwAAAZ1UYQIxldOGXatH-bhMgdOI5hWJTL2ljM9DcTDn7U5JGdOL86w4wu7Wr9PgBmymgaxEP9OTwPO8Oiz08dP_cSCUwhFCjtOqysimDXx94tOnv_rcB4dIptOj1gqHzh8_3wE.MEYCIQCWqttQSJmdFPGMF3t_pfrr_RuOcMkb0fBckTb2gde6pQIhALZsE8FPQJa3IyvH6bUouRo6g18Bfz7vs2A7gUibCRV_&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Military briefing: how Iran could wage a new ‘tanker war’ [https://www.ft.com/content/e0066ca6-81ac-443f-93c0-f3bc3a2cf4f1?accessToken=zwAAAZ1UYQIxldOGXatH-bhMgdOI5hWJTL2ljM9DcTDn7U5JGdOL86w4wu7Wr9PgBmymgaxEP9OTwPO8Oiz08dP_cSCUwhFCjtOqysimDXx94tOnv_rcB4dIptOj1gqHzh8_3wE.MEYCIQCWqttQSJmdFPGMF3t_pfrr_RuOcMkb0fBckTb2gde6pQIhALZsE8FPQJa3IyvH6bUouRo6g18Bfz7vs2A7gUibCRV_&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] The cynical opportunities of ‘Epic Fury’ [https://www.ft.com/content/ff712094-c211-428e-aaca-c8a60d7c7de2?accessToken=zwAAAZ1UYQIxldOGXatH-bhMgdOI5hWJTL2ljM9DcTDn7U5JGdOL86w4wu7Wr9PgBmymgaxEP9OTwPO8Oiz08dP_cSCUwhFCjtOqysimDXx94tOnv_rcB4dIptOj1gqHzh8_3wE.MEYCIQCWqttQSJmdFPGMF3t_pfrr_RuOcMkb0fBckTb2gde6pQIhALZsE8FPQJa3IyvH6bUouRo6g18Bfz7vs2A7gUibCRV_&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] The influencers leaping to Dubai’s defence [https://www.ft.com/content/a7bffadc-0787-48a6-a3d6-0a87ce1f3fdf?accessToken=zwAAAZ1UYQIxldOGXatH-bhMgdOI5hWJTL2ljM9DcTDn7U5JGdOL86w4wu7Wr9PgBmymgaxEP9OTwPO8Oiz08dP_cSCUwhFCjtOqysimDXx94tOnv_rcB4dIptOj1gqHzh8_3wE.MEYCIQCWqttQSJmdFPGMF3t_pfrr_RuOcMkb0fBckTb2gde6pQIhALZsE8FPQJa3IyvH6bUouRo6g18Bfz7vs2A7gUibCRV_&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/507fc900-571c-4e0f-98a6-2d8487731964] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Boris Johnson: Pressure on Putin is the price of peace

Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman]discusses the state of peace talks on Ukraine with Boris Johnson at a conference organised by the Yalta European Strategy group in Kyiv. The former UK prime minister offers his view of what needs to be done to bring an end to the conflict: put more pressure on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Otherwise, we are “setting a course for years more of conflict”. Clip: BBC Free links to read more on this topic: Volodymyr Zelenskyy says war in Ukraine at ‘beginning of the end’ [https://www.ft.com/content/1831225f-0db6-4ecc-8409-f520f74e4129?accessToken=zwAAAZ0wYbt2lM8YMSJfDbZOzNOECfUg905BKdOmVONsGbdJMtO9-PIunBCmQ9OYejkqSrZHrtOuTTz-GIARmNOVk-ImJd5BCNO2BIxBNnXNdQE.MEUCIQDXVcZnrP6uVvHmAql2u_dEKyXEJKugj8yTTbwKfIUfNAIgE3vGcfAATheQMOVNx2ATevelGB0LQBCGHIuUbCnnkjk&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] European leaders express solidarity with Ukraine as US hangs back [https://www.ft.com/content/a654e36c-19b7-4932-bdf8-f22e9c10a643?accessToken=zwAAAZ0wYbt2lM8YMSJfDbZOzNOECfUg905BKdOmVONsGbdJMtO9-PIunBCmQ9OYejkqSrZHrtOuTTz-GIARmNOVk-ImJd5BCNO2BIxBNnXNdQE.MEUCIQDXVcZnrP6uVvHmAql2u_dEKyXEJKugj8yTTbwKfIUfNAIgE3vGcfAATheQMOVNx2ATevelGB0LQBCGHIuUbCnnkjk&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Ukraine’s economy shows grit amid lasting war damage [https://www.ft.com/content/987a392a-4ab6-47ae-ae4d-3cfe18801198?accessToken=zwAAAZ0wYbt2lM8YMSJfDbZOzNOECfUg905BKdOmVONsGbdJMtO9-PIunBCmQ9OYejkqSrZHrtOuTTz-GIARmNOVk-ImJd5BCNO2BIxBNnXNdQE.MEUCIQDXVcZnrP6uVvHmAql2u_dEKyXEJKugj8yTTbwKfIUfNAIgE3vGcfAATheQMOVNx2ATevelGB0LQBCGHIuUbCnnkjk&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Europe re-arms as US slows defence spending [https://www.ft.com/content/9593e226-25de-4108-b604-8c413675cd75?accessToken=zwAAAZ0wYbt2lM8YMSJfDbZOzNOECfUg905BKdOmVONsGbdJMtO9-PIunBCmQ9OYejkqSrZHrtOuTTz-GIARmNOVk-ImJd5BCNO2BIxBNnXNdQE.MEUCIQDXVcZnrP6uVvHmAql2u_dEKyXEJKugj8yTTbwKfIUfNAIgE3vGcfAATheQMOVNx2ATevelGB0LQBCGHIuUbCnnkjk&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/15d980f7-2b3e-4d23-b8ec-f72a27d13da8] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.