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Tensions at the heart of Europe
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Gideon Rachman talks to Franziska Brantner, a rising star of Germany's Green party and its spokesperson on European poli... Read more
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How Saudi Arabia and Iran's rivalry is unravelling the Middle East
How Saudi Arabia and Iran's rivalry is unravelling the Middle East
Why has the Middle East been in turmoil for decades? Author Kim Ghattas argues that the contest for supremacy between th... Read more
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In this week's Rachman Review, Gideon Rachman speaks to Ian Goldin of Oxford University - an economist who has long warn... Read more
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Is there a Democrat that can beat Trump?
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With the Democratic primaries underway and Super Tuesday on the horizon this week's episode takes a look at the US presi... Read more
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'Let's just get out of there' is not a strategy
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General John Allen, head of the Brookings Institution and former Nato forces commander, talks to Gideon Rachman about th... Read more
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New York hit by double shock
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Foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman discusses how the coronavirus epidemic has been handled in Italy and Spain with... Read more
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Italy’s make or break moment
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Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, discusses Italy as former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi takes on the premie... Read more
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China was once the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, but now the country is coming out of lockdown. Gideon Rachman ... Read more
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Joseph Nye on presidential morality during the pandemic
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