The Rachman Review

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 [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman] 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. Free links to read more on this topic: Greek shipping tycoon Evangelos Marinakis ready to pay Strait of Hormuz transit fees [https://www.ft.com/content/c8f57429-d099-44f9-bdf5-d6c0f968a927?accessToken=zwAAAZ8o2nwaldPI9XQp0JlE-dO99dbA-WipJ89UuOCmvrpHqNOCqCjK5HJ189OZOP78KtVB8dOaEGmThdW6wc9szxs5Y5dGqdOC8Dii4ErjDM8kzV0nNPlChtO_3JhIQ8JWgwE.MEQCIAoFxPFZEPInDWtlYIByJsFylL_mtQZkR1XaKpQ337zDAiATVfiK0OvlOGIEPek5Rs5RZD8n4ukVgu_PONBTjrw0Ww&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] One killed and dozens hurt in Iranian strike on Kuwait airport [https://www.ft.com/content/54b8e0a6-beba-47a8-82a8-28cae47275f3?accessToken=zwAAAZ8o2nwaldPI9XQp0JlE-dO99dbA-WipJ89UuOCmvrpHqNOCqCjK5HJ189OZOP78KtVB8dOaEGmThdW6wc9szxs5Y5dGqdOC8Dii4ErjDM8kzV0nNPlChtO_3JhIQ8JWgwE.MEQCIAoFxPFZEPInDWtlYIByJsFylL_mtQZkR1XaKpQ337zDAiATVfiK0OvlOGIEPek5Rs5RZD8n4ukVgu_PONBTjrw0Ww&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Benjamin Netanyahu faces backlash after Donald Trump call [https://www.ft.com/content/9938fefc-2ad5-41f1-9a10-699385d5bac1?accessToken=zwAAAZ8o2nwaldPI9XQp0JlE-dO99dbA-WipJ89UuOCmvrpHqNOCqCjK5HJ189OZOP78KtVB8dOaEGmThdW6wc9szxs5Y5dGqdOC8Dii4ErjDM8kzV0nNPlChtO_3JhIQ8JWgwE.MEQCIAoFxPFZEPInDWtlYIByJsFylL_mtQZkR1XaKpQ337zDAiATVfiK0OvlOGIEPek5Rs5RZD8n4ukVgu_PONBTjrw0Ww&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Why Iran fears a deal today means more war tomorrow  [https://www.ft.com/content/6ccf1b39-6397-46a9-82f0-38a2e04ae30c?accessToken=zwAAAZ8o2nwaldPI9XQp0JlE-dO99dbA-WipJ89UuOCmvrpHqNOCqCjK5HJ189OZOP78KtVB8dOaEGmThdW6wc9szxs5Y5dGqdOC8Dii4ErjDM8kzV0nNPlChtO_3JhIQ8JWgwE.MEQCIAoFxPFZEPInDWtlYIByJsFylL_mtQZkR1XaKpQ337zDAiATVfiK0OvlOGIEPek5Rs5RZD8n4ukVgu_PONBTjrw0Ww&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Iran is beating Trump at the art of the deal [https://www.ft.com/content/24cd5d27-34f9-4286-bfdc-984843c25683?accessToken=zwAAAZ8o2nwaldPI9XQp0JlE-dO99dbA-WipJ89UuOCmvrpHqNOCqCjK5HJ189OZOP78KtVB8dOaEGmThdW6wc9szxs5Y5dGqdOC8Dii4ErjDM8kzV0nNPlChtO_3JhIQ8JWgwE.MEQCIAoFxPFZEPInDWtlYIByJsFylL_mtQZkR1XaKpQ337zDAiATVfiK0OvlOGIEPek5Rs5RZD8n4ukVgu_PONBTjrw0Ww&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/173b1f98-b733-4098-bac9-9f91c3ec8f36] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The backlash against AI

Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman] 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 Free links to read more on this topic: OpenAI’s foundation to spend $250mn on research into AI’s impact on economy [https://www.ft.com/content/12bdee09-c212-420e-8e9a-3c57c3254e53?accessToken=zwAAAZ8Ekce7lM8Sve4JwhJCDtOOmjxXwyVOU88JCJ-o0thDKNOStVpKGG5lI9PYLSpcdKtOudOmWP1UZ-cWcM9IdkTKozNHatO-i-H02V3bggE.MEUCIDij4mL0x4udte10kVTZPDV2pscSwQYAm6xyqPurVwy_AiEA3HuXTHyXR2CvL1EHUmX-wAKUGGzeG1ruMi8NeCM5Tz0&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Pope’s appeal can’t change the AI race’s risky logic [https://www.ft.com/content/09089fa8-d2d8-4328-92b5-5a4a186e6523?accessToken=zwAAAZ8Ekce7lM8Sve4JwhJCDtOOmjxXwyVOU88JCJ-o0thDKNOStVpKGG5lI9PYLSpcdKtOudOmWP1UZ-cWcM9IdkTKozNHatO-i-H02V3bggE.MEUCIDij4mL0x4udte10kVTZPDV2pscSwQYAm6xyqPurVwy_AiEA3HuXTHyXR2CvL1EHUmX-wAKUGGzeG1ruMi8NeCM5Tz0&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] AI guardrails stripped from Meta and Google models in minutes [https://www.ft.com/content/5630ed79-a263-41ed-9a1a-321617ae310e?accessToken=zwAAAZ8Ely-lkc9WMO15omNB7dOaGjIWF64xDgE.MEYCIQDaNq2x8Qy4rLbTsVG5hrfUNtApIePTeaCiHu_RBsBRqgIhAJ1tsHzPkOjz-N4f8mnWzUswmM2flbyfcupyiCW9Pdci&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] How AI threatens the giants of consulting  [https://www.ft.com/content/d82d2a5c-74ab-4eb9-a658-fd5467e71670?accessToken=zwAAAZ8Ekce7lM8Sve4JwhJCDtOOmjxXwyVOU88JCJ-o0thDKNOStVpKGG5lI9PYLSpcdKtOudOmWP1UZ-cWcM9IdkTKozNHatO-i-H02V3bggE.MEUCIDij4mL0x4udte10kVTZPDV2pscSwQYAm6xyqPurVwy_AiEA3HuXTHyXR2CvL1EHUmX-wAKUGGzeG1ruMi8NeCM5Tz0&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] AI companies are just companies [https://www.ft.com/content/487644ca-a333-476a-be8b-e1f4d95ddb82?accessToken=zwAAAZ8Ekce7lM8Sve4JwhJCDtOOmjxXwyVOU88JCJ-o0thDKNOStVpKGG5lI9PYLSpcdKtOudOmWP1UZ-cWcM9IdkTKozNHatO-i-H02V3bggE.MEUCIDij4mL0x4udte10kVTZPDV2pscSwQYAm6xyqPurVwy_AiEA3HuXTHyXR2CvL1EHUmX-wAKUGGzeG1ruMi8NeCM5Tz0&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/01a61261-f609-4f66-bdd2-0e2d6e1de950] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Mitsotakis on Hormuz, Iran and how to escape a debt trap

Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman] 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 Free links to read more on this topic: Three supertankers attempt Strait of Hormuz crossing [https://www.ft.com/content/110b9bb3-ec4f-460d-bfe6-4ffae9a2e945?accessToken=zwAAAZ7glOwElM8RC5uz7E9GDdO_5k_66aLpRc8nOu4XJe5GCNOb4ohDPignDtPEt4amVdRGidOxnkikj3lG5tP2NvcmsYVPatOR0nXqPRub6wE.MEYCIQDFJ7HMQFt3MkAyYn9mE33vy8nPshx-6xrPUuBpkKPcYQIhAO5em6kUzlZUjnBRVbimpjdOgszh6G1rAm9ifZL9L1jw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] America owes its European allies a defence roadmap [https://www.ft.com/content/accfaf82-1dae-4493-bc78-72c795172140?accessToken=zwAAAZ7gsQnXkdOsz6-CHa5Ek9O8eHLHlRchQAE.MEYCIQDsgkAAosvLfRuZ6Oo8MYSTAKoipuvhtdftxLDJ7t6bgQIhAIn-WkcP0If42swqPk-Lofz99mGfBPqBpNP-gM2eHvOI&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Protests spread in Africa as fuel crisis deepens [https://www.ft.com/content/273aee17-25ee-4608-9be2-88433e28270e?accessToken=zwAAAZ7glOwElM8RC5uz7E9GDdO_5k_66aLpRc8nOu4XJe5GCNOb4ohDPignDtPEt4amVdRGidOxnkikj3lG5tP2NvcmsYVPatOR0nXqPRub6wE.MEYCIQDFJ7HMQFt3MkAyYn9mE33vy8nPshx-6xrPUuBpkKPcYQIhAO5em6kUzlZUjnBRVbimpjdOgszh6G1rAm9ifZL9L1jw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] UAE says drone strike caused fire at nuclear plant [https://www.ft.com/content/c4b786a6-55d4-4689-b19e-48a48f7946e6?accessToken=zwAAAZ7glOwElM8RC5uz7E9GDdO_5k_66aLpRc8nOu4XJe5GCNOb4ohDPignDtPEt4amVdRGidOxnkikj3lG5tP2NvcmsYVPatOR0nXqPRub6wE.MEYCIQDFJ7HMQFt3MkAyYn9mE33vy8nPshx-6xrPUuBpkKPcYQIhAO5em6kUzlZUjnBRVbimpjdOgszh6G1rAm9ifZL9L1jw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Tipping point looms for global energy crisis [https://www.ft.com/content/f636f726-b185-4f6a-91d2-75ea3d1b9beb?accessToken=zwAAAZ7glOwElM8RC5uz7E9GDdO_5k_66aLpRc8nOu4XJe5GCNOb4ohDPignDtPEt4amVdRGidOxnkikj3lG5tP2NvcmsYVPatOR0nXqPRub6wE.MEYCIQDFJ7HMQFt3MkAyYn9mE33vy8nPshx-6xrPUuBpkKPcYQIhAO5em6kUzlZUjnBRVbimpjdOgszh6G1rAm9ifZL9L1jw&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/cb6550b9-2667-4cee-ab7c-50d930ae2040] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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? Free links to read more on this topic: Donald Trump’s plan to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi Jinping rattles Asian allies [https://www.ft.com/content/156bf437-b5a8-40de-98c5-1ffe47d88b70?accessToken=zwAAAZ67AfmNkc8Va_Q3tahA3tOYxR_-R9iLcAE.MEQCIAyHPW3AywSsJcfm99Q9WJMxxMxvBfJbdimObzzuH4XwAiA9Gby2nHaF9_yfMnTINp3m9zlXEvG6LFvlSzh2x_2_qg&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Trump is up against China’s great wall of confidence [https://www.ft.com/content/8db82813-85e1-4f82-83fd-fc224b605565?accessToken=zwAAAZ67A9L_kdONuCgTheFPgtOD_fwiS2BVZQE.MEUCIFyKNndJCvpk0tm_Ol65eMXiP267tEyZedCY090EbYKrAiEAqFSFeKxwiKZJltzEO5JqN3QqZUHvkb3hRGM83efbZGw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Trump’s war has given China an economic opening [https://www.ft.com/content/27ecd13b-c544-4304-8f76-0f2d4ed296e1?accessToken=zwAAAZ67BT3Qkc8n7NE7xURDBNOPdg8tTtKW4QE.MEUCIDLZfinBYSAwKbQxGekFQvUaJuQ1S3GbOqTGfH4TzbsyAiEArJ0hAxyx-CYd-oXbmNlpToYdYIVW7KtlvOzN5I-gjF8&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Trump, Xi and the bid for a ‘grand bargain’ between superpowers [https://www.ft.com/content/5f510d2e-63b9-42e3-8c3e-46f4f5c72e68?accessToken=zwAAAZ67Bl_dkc9fUQ0uY7lC49OMPkb09ccuaAE.MEUCIQCaf-ywDy0Tp-VhFh6Wu2Bey7UPEU2fysBZePJIiRCPAwIgWCnIHfOXxElRHxnIr37dj1zWMFfSpXt7jb0mCGkEDtc&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61]   Trump prepares to press Xi on Iran war [https://www.ft.com/content/091b79d2-8fef-4b8a-bac3-ea6165a32a50?accessToken=zwAAAZ67CA10kc8JG3nSj-9LitO6w-phZaMqUAE.MEYCIQCsG2rmA40LR8V5g-c3O_CRNFXQwY2PyqSwPyVz17d23gIhAJZ3YiT2KT2Hihn0jXldZZJlWRguzSMC5JP6FdQ8pW1Z&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 Nisha Patel. 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/2d8a0fd5-c3ad-4977-a9f9-711fa5599bf6] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Lloyd Austin on Ukraine, Iran and the lessons of war

Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman] 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 Free links to read more on this topic: US pauses ‘Project Freedom’ as Trump seeks way out of Hormuz impasse [https://www.ft.com/content/5f7ba94e-8a42-4f36-8c4c-19be932c8f66?accessToken=zwAAAZ6YjBJ8lM9fe6lOikJPNtOMTBm-kyyPZtP4eosE5oNODtOMZmR9I7_C_89Mq-3DARlMP9OYZwlLfhOY9s8UFJQqsxREPtOLvIwT-gEdjgE.MEUCICkRHLC_1SYjz5b5d5nbuA2g8jUmoY5mtq7W3XbxkcV0AiEA98CTJCqqRo7v9L2w15QKW3g-A6UKA7-_-NFYIeMPu4k&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] US warns Europe of delays to arms shipments as Iran war drains stockpiles [https://www.ft.com/content/f87a8b04-e683-4e0e-8c66-647d23bfc2ff?accessToken=zwAAAZ6YjBJ8lM9fe6lOikJPNtOMTBm-kyyPZtP4eosE5oNODtOMZmR9I7_C_89Mq-3DARlMP9OYZwlLfhOY9s8UFJQqsxREPtOLvIwT-gEdjgE.MEUCICkRHLC_1SYjz5b5d5nbuA2g8jUmoY5mtq7W3XbxkcV0AiEA98CTJCqqRo7v9L2w15QKW3g-A6UKA7-_-NFYIeMPu4k&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Pentagon to pull 5,000 soldiers out of Germany in dispute over Iran war [https://www.ft.com/content/4cabedc3-0119-4c3f-9867-094b7e1398f6?accessToken=zwAAAZ6YjBJ8lM9fe6lOikJPNtOMTBm-kyyPZtP4eosE5oNODtOMZmR9I7_C_89Mq-3DARlMP9OYZwlLfhOY9s8UFJQqsxREPtOLvIwT-gEdjgE.MEUCICkRHLC_1SYjz5b5d5nbuA2g8jUmoY5mtq7W3XbxkcV0AiEA98CTJCqqRo7v9L2w15QKW3g-A6UKA7-_-NFYIeMPu4k&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Donald Trump’s Iran war has cost $25bn, Pentagon says [https://www.ft.com/content/1414942a-b314-443e-8bbc-8c13fa011d8e?accessToken=zwAAAZ6YjBJ8lM9fe6lOikJPNtOMTBm-kyyPZtP4eosE5oNODtOMZmR9I7_C_89Mq-3DARlMP9OYZwlLfhOY9s8UFJQqsxREPtOLvIwT-gEdjgE.MEUCICkRHLC_1SYjz5b5d5nbuA2g8jUmoY5mtq7W3XbxkcV0AiEA98CTJCqqRo7v9L2w15QKW3g-A6UKA7-_-NFYIeMPu4k&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Our inaugural FT Weekend Festival in NYC is quickly approaching! Join John Lithgow, Orna Guralnik, Jancis Robinson and more on Saturday, June 20 at Spring Studios or online — as the FT Weekend comes to life for one unforgettable day. Register now and as a podcast listener save 10% off using our code FTPodcast [https://event-registration.ft.com/register/9c3a94ba-a95b-42de-9a27-ff90f2354807/tickets-selection?promo=FTPodcast]— this is the Saturday you won’t want to miss it. 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/72e6c15a-0283-4e9b-a740-debf86171b56] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.