The Rachman Review

Trump says the Iran war may be ending soon: mission accomplished?

Donald Trump has said the US military action against Iran may be coming to an end. If so, what would it have achieved and where does this leave the key question of safe passage for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz? Gideon [https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman] discusses the consequences of the war for the US and its allies with Philip Gordon of the Brookings Institution. Clip: NBC News Free links to read more on this topic: Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition [https://www.ft.com/content/d304071a-ca97-4b3b-be93-ff880a6645c3?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Shutting Hormuz is a template for China in Taiwan [https://www.ft.com/content/9372be58-8521-4946-96ee-eb566ccfc851?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Iran could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous [https://www.ft.com/content/04f6c510-47a8-4e05-99d5-5372fceeb395?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] UK to host coalition talks on securing Strait of Hormuz [https://www.ft.com/content/758692f8-fd88-41fb-bc45-293a71e945b6?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] One battle after another: Netanyahu’s new security doctrine [https://www.ft.com/content/6d0e66bf-4982-430a-821b-d27dfa1b0a3e?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] 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/65b0cbba-17f3-4658-ac45-cd9eddcc4fe9] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Hungary’s pivotal election

Viktor Orbán has been a thorn in the side of the EU and a favourite of Donald Trump. But his party is now behind in the polls ahead of next month’s Hungarian elections. So could this mark the end of the Orbán era? Gideon discusses this with Zsuzsanna Végh, an analyst at the German Marshall Fund. They also discuss Orbán's close relationship with Russia and hostility to Ukraine. Clip: APT Free links to read more on this topic: ECB warns Hungary’s seizure of Ukraine cash risks euro credibility [https://www.ft.com/content/71982da9-c7b3-472c-9260-8402648bfa4b?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Hungarian opposition groups quit to make way for Orbán challenger [https://www.ft.com/content/85210187-c757-4432-bb57-6b636a669e72?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbán in power [https://www.ft.com/content/34df20f9-487b-4cb6-9dc9-d676d959d1ed?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] The riches of Viktor Orbán’s home village [https://www.ft.com/content/1e44db9d-1506-4c24-b7b4-d743c1bb4abb?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61] How Viktor Orbán’s oligarchs reaped billions in public contracts [https://www.ft.com/content/70c20ff6-9778-4f97-902b-d3c859b59339?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&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/7309e206-0050-476d-94ec-ca14781be1ee] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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.