<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Gideon&lt;/a&gt; discusses possible negotiated solutions to the Iran war with Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution.&amp;nbsp;What do&amp;nbsp;Tehran's leaders&amp;nbsp;want and how long can they hold out for a winning&amp;nbsp;settlement&amp;nbsp;that will ease the country’s economic pain?&amp;nbsp;What are the stakes for Trump and the global economy?&amp;nbsp;And what role, if any, can Gulf countries play in curbing the regime’s power to blight progress in the region? &lt;em&gt;Clip: Fox News&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free links to read more on this topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2f1cbc7d-eeab-40e4-b940-61bf8b1e7959?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Why time is on Iran’s side&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bf6d4898-8c32-4ac8-adda-fb26f8240abe?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Iran is America’s Suez crisis — and just as ridiculous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1fddd2cd-1294-4e9c-a17d-5ea06b399355?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/dec9c510-9dd8-434b-abe8-5f9ecbb41e55?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Iran faces halt to oil production within weeks if US blockade succeeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9a2e17e9-3d66-407f-81c4-fae8a6ceae10?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Life inside Iran’s internet blackout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Sean McGarrity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b7c8922e-1fd6-4257-b730-d429e503501a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Hormuz stand-off raises the stakes for Trump

<a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gideon</a> discusses possible negotiated solutions to the Iran war with Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution.&nbsp;What do&nbsp;Tehran's leaders&nbsp;want and how long can they hold out for a winning&nbsp;settlement&nbsp;that will ease the country’s economic pain?&nbsp;What are the stakes for Trump and the global economy?&nbsp;And what role, if any, can Gulf countries play in curbing the regime’s power to blight progress in the region? Clip: Fox News Free links to read more on this topic:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2f1cbc7d-eeab-40e4-b940-61bf8b1e7959?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why time is on Iran’s side</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bf6d4898-8c32-4ac8-adda-fb26f8240abe?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iran is America’s Suez crisis — and just as ridiculous</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1fddd2cd-1294-4e9c-a17d-5ea06b399355?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/dec9c510-9dd8-434b-abe8-5f9ecbb41e55?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iran faces halt to oil production within weeks if US blockade succeeds</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9a2e17e9-3d66-407f-81c4-fae8a6ceae10?accessToken=zwAAAZ4svxMTlc8vHLx97qtA5NO5QGG_ix55WdO_bUiYjDJKyNOt2vsm-CQKvs8f3dLNEpROnNOhfV6gazmTVdPeycUQndhDS9Or6F-ey7QeVdOaLhfpPWZAf9OBxProps6uEAE.MEUCIQD_OOFKQYX89kz2yAhOHARMJ6aPraa6zzlcFiHwt3UFFAIgEDYGWgLU-RkQSDuDYFFGQOuEECwDbQkac4e_q36qX_A&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Life inside Iran’s internet blackout</a> 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 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman</a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b7c8922e-1fd6-4257-b730-d429e503501a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Iran war: What does Tehran want and will it get it?

<description>&lt;p&gt;What is it like to negotiate with Iran and what are the key issues that need to be resolved if the war is to end? Has the war permanently&amp;nbsp;reshaped the relationship between the US and Europe?&amp;nbsp;Gideon talks to Baroness Catherine Ashton, who was the EU’s high representative for foreign policy from 2009 until 2014 and played a leading role in negotiations with Iran.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More on this topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1843ae37-68d3-4b88-861b-dd4840771e40?accessToken=zwAAAZ4HI5CSkc8YQ643aNNLiNOGG91IQHceQAE.MEQCIHBAVfP0FPhj2tbDnUFYIK4NbMNz5kfGngVbtKxIauQmAiB-R3DaxEIZgnBbAIV0gOz1VHrAOpkopkwXWwtPv5ylqw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Armageddon is off . . . for now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d8e9e0e9-9417-47ad-a915-ba08049d643f?accessToken=zwAAAZ4HJJa_kdPY6eDplBdHrdOpFboIBJ1kPwE.MEUCIE-Y36rpRNpAEcF7KNAE2rWm_KWVVpISCG5inxoL3_RIAiEAgB0RT8b9afb3Bl6Nis7-N4RYtsxbMQeE1FjGcr0-7mE&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;US and Iran agree 2-week ceasefire that will open Strait of Hormuz&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6ad2ae63-cf9f-4a7e-aabd-d8f9886c6ea4?accessToken=zwAAAZ4HJczNkc9q0q5jz59KftOqvdj5iGxupAE.MEUCIQDbM2i1h0q1TMYh7BMRGGxXYB2KZBJ4kp-CNFQQszTZsQIgEsl2Z1AjxhrESyOK2AjLs3yBlCE7kq252saZ5-fVJHE&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Has Trump officially united Europe&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3dbcdd36-f516-4393-b05f-5c53e9cccf07?accessToken=zwAAAZ4HJt2Vkc89vN029RZDk9OwX1xT6czPBwE.MEUCIBJ1NGLiBuoSMUTq0p5apByp03OreFGMTMPWNnX5_x0oAiEAv84XNGqKB7vWk8Om0QyUZG27mmFo82nyCkqFUG4ywNA&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Trump’s threats to pull out of Nato leave alliance exposed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Nisha Patel. Sound design is by Sean McGarrity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/46237a9a-93fa-4b37-8baf-b815fc52d99b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

How the war might be reshaping alliances

What is it like to negotiate with Iran and what are the key issues that need to be resolved if the war is to end? Has the war permanently&nbsp;reshaped the relationship between the US and Europe?&nbsp;Gideon talks to Baroness Catherine Ashton, who was the EU’s high representative for foreign policy from 2009 until 2014 and played a leading role in negotiations with Iran. More on this topic:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1843ae37-68d3-4b88-861b-dd4840771e40?accessToken=zwAAAZ4HI5CSkc8YQ643aNNLiNOGG91IQHceQAE.MEQCIHBAVfP0FPhj2tbDnUFYIK4NbMNz5kfGngVbtKxIauQmAiB-R3DaxEIZgnBbAIV0gOz1VHrAOpkopkwXWwtPv5ylqw&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Armageddon is off . . . for now</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d8e9e0e9-9417-47ad-a915-ba08049d643f?accessToken=zwAAAZ4HJJa_kdPY6eDplBdHrdOpFboIBJ1kPwE.MEUCIE-Y36rpRNpAEcF7KNAE2rWm_KWVVpISCG5inxoL3_RIAiEAgB0RT8b9afb3Bl6Nis7-N4RYtsxbMQeE1FjGcr0-7mE&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US and Iran agree 2-week ceasefire that will open Strait of Hormuz</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6ad2ae63-cf9f-4a7e-aabd-d8f9886c6ea4?accessToken=zwAAAZ4HJczNkc9q0q5jz59KftOqvdj5iGxupAE.MEUCIQDbM2i1h0q1TMYh7BMRGGxXYB2KZBJ4kp-CNFQQszTZsQIgEsl2Z1AjxhrESyOK2AjLs3yBlCE7kq252saZ5-fVJHE&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Has Trump officially united Europe</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3dbcdd36-f516-4393-b05f-5c53e9cccf07?accessToken=zwAAAZ4HJt2Vkc89vN029RZDk9OwX1xT6czPBwE.MEUCIBJ1NGLiBuoSMUTq0p5apByp03OreFGMTMPWNnX5_x0oAiEAv84XNGqKB7vWk8Om0QyUZG27mmFo82nyCkqFUG4ywNA&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump’s threats to pull out of Nato leave alliance exposed&nbsp;</a>&nbsp; Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X&nbsp;<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman</a> 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 Sean McGarrity. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/46237a9a-93fa-4b37-8baf-b815fc52d99b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Is it possible to negotiate with Iran? 

<description>&lt;p&gt;Donald Trump has said the US military action against Iran may be coming to an end.&amp;nbsp;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? &lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Gideon&lt;/a&gt; discusses the consequences of the war for the US and its allies with Philip Gordon of the Brookings Institution. &lt;em&gt;Clip: NBC News&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free links to read more on this topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d304071a-ca97-4b3b-be93-ff880a6645c3?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9372be58-8521-4946-96ee-eb566ccfc851?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Shutting Hormuz is a template for China in Taiwan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/04f6c510-47a8-4e05-99d5-5372fceeb395?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Iran could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/758692f8-fd88-41fb-bc45-293a71e945b6?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;UK to host coalition talks on securing Strait of Hormuz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6d0e66bf-4982-430a-821b-d27dfa1b0a3e?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;One battle after another: Netanyahu’s new security doctrine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Sean McGarrity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/65b0cbba-17f3-4658-ac45-cd9eddcc4fe9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

How to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remains an open question

Donald Trump has said the US military action against Iran may be coming to an end.&nbsp;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? <a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gideon</a> 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:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d304071a-ca97-4b3b-be93-ff880a6645c3?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9372be58-8521-4946-96ee-eb566ccfc851?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shutting Hormuz is a template for China in Taiwan</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/04f6c510-47a8-4e05-99d5-5372fceeb395?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iran could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/758692f8-fd88-41fb-bc45-293a71e945b6?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK to host coalition talks on securing Strait of Hormuz</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6d0e66bf-4982-430a-821b-d27dfa1b0a3e?accessToken=zwAAAZ3lLLCxldPTBAcaypdLO9O-k_-ICmZFw9OTcr5YhSFJRtOW7utWbM_IUc8E9sUQR6hOBdOZ1VNy_O6zlc91hpL4_YhB-9O8RSk6celFts9tDma_SYJDCtOCG9J9-hsKPgE.MEYCIQCoPCtf6sqoW7vqSvFK6tCx0779nkmR-AUfbxf6V7ZGXwIhAPBEKBqMqawAkfkMS5RIgt8JytQLrhlzA6frpY7-8q4d&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">One battle after another: Netanyahu’s new security doctrine</a> Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Sean McGarrity.Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman</a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/65b0cbba-17f3-4658-ac45-cd9eddcc4fe9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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

<description>&lt;p&gt;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.&amp;nbsp;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. &lt;em&gt;Clip: APT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free links to read more on this topic: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/71982da9-c7b3-472c-9260-8402648bfa4b?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;ECB warns Hungary’s seizure of Ukraine cash risks euro credibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/85210187-c757-4432-bb57-6b636a669e72?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Hungarian opposition groups quit to make way for Orbán challenger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/34df20f9-487b-4cb6-9dc9-d676d959d1ed?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbán in power&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1e44db9d-1506-4c24-b7b4-d743c1bb4abb?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;The riches of Viktor Orbán’s home village&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/70c20ff6-9778-4f97-902b-d3c859b59339?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;How Viktor Orbán’s oligarchs reaped billions in public contracts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Sean McGarrity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7309e206-0050-476d-94ec-ca14781be1ee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Could this be the end of the Orbán era?

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.&nbsp;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: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/71982da9-c7b3-472c-9260-8402648bfa4b?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ECB warns Hungary’s seizure of Ukraine cash risks euro credibility</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/85210187-c757-4432-bb57-6b636a669e72?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hungarian opposition groups quit to make way for Orbán challenger</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/34df20f9-487b-4cb6-9dc9-d676d959d1ed?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbán in power</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1e44db9d-1506-4c24-b7b4-d743c1bb4abb?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The riches of Viktor Orbán’s home village</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/70c20ff6-9778-4f97-902b-d3c859b59339?accessToken=zwAAAZ3AKuKLlc9xmC2px7NHLNOSYIQCZIv6S9OFIQGHx1dEMtO7V2tjamaecs803yD5SHtMttOdydZ22VnR7c8eRNudFQZMJNO3tNdDwbtKu89wwg_2l3hPl9OQK9PIWbWTOQE.MEQCICO8OvMlQ040tQ4yXgZzy6RLDbBgKq-olIynqeTOErfSAiAkfZlKYpS2MK_ub5LSd59tEXQijvCt690C3GCnRR-qSw&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Viktor Orbán’s oligarchs reaped billions in public contracts</a> 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 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman</a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7309e206-0050-476d-94ec-ca14781be1ee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hungary’s pivotal election

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Gideon &lt;/a&gt;discusses the Iran war with defence analyst Jack Watling, author of &lt;em&gt;Statecraft - The New Rules of Power in a Divided World. &lt;/em&gt;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?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Clip: NYT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free links to read more on this topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e3814e6f-a1c9-4ad4-b449-c14064d58f42?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Iran vows retaliation against energy sites across Gulf after largest gasfield hit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/51ad00f4-1c70-45df-9eb1-fe8038af1fd7?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Trump ally warns US economy not strong enough to cope with Iran war&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/69226210-a489-45aa-9993-32ed5359fe18?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Iran still seen capable of escalating attacks on Gulf’s energy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/66d3177f-2d3a-4b5b-a309-dc562c978c38?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Israel says it has killed Iran’s top security official&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f3dad979-875e-4ee7-836c-264890d5df6b?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Top US counterterrorism official resigns over war against Iran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Sean McGarrity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a53089ed-00a0-4dc4-af1c-abfb948499f1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Why Hormuz is the crux of the conflict

<a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gideon </a>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:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e3814e6f-a1c9-4ad4-b449-c14064d58f42?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iran vows retaliation against energy sites across Gulf after largest gasfield hit</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/51ad00f4-1c70-45df-9eb1-fe8038af1fd7?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump ally warns US economy not strong enough to cope with Iran war</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/69226210-a489-45aa-9993-32ed5359fe18?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iran still seen capable of escalating attacks on Gulf’s energy</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/66d3177f-2d3a-4b5b-a309-dc562c978c38?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Israel says it has killed Iran’s top security official&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f3dad979-875e-4ee7-836c-264890d5df6b?accessToken=zwAAAZ2ccYAxldPjgU5voclK1NO0ScFAZNWPQs9RrQD0HHBF39Oesf6AOK8f189pImIQpIlFqtOZkzLtU1n-GM9m0xd_LTpLW9OjCdxWLJeMONPz2tl5h15O59ODbCZIkNXfawE.MEUCIHqq-C_p7hdbz8aHvPTARs7qJy9zTJK2qOqrhHtDjPUMAiEAkYMV6MDOhdy2k_hbx3z-i9X14If1KM0hDSlL4bGx7pQ&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Top US counterterrorism official resigns over war against Iran</a> 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 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman</a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a53089ed-00a0-4dc4-af1c-abfb948499f1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The heavy cost of the war on Iran

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist, takes you with him on his travels, as he meets the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs

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