<p>Gideon and guests look back at 2025 as well as forward to the year ahead in an FT Live discussion for the Global Boardroom. Donald Trump set the tone of world politics this year from his tariff wars to his efforts to make peace in the Middle East and Ukraine, while also bombing Iran and threatening Venezuela. In a bid to make sense of the contradictions, Gideon is joined by Leslie Vinjamuri, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Dan Drexner, professor of international politics at the Fletcher school at Tufts university in Boston, and James Crabtree, author of an acclaimed book on Modi's India and a forthcoming book on US-China tensions in the Pacific. <em>Clip: PBS</em></p><br><p><strong>Free links to read more on this topic:</strong></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/459r0Ev" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">When business and democracy don’t mix</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3YkJyhD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The AfD’s love-in with Maga</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/48GRJuy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Open source could pop the AI bubble — and soon</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/4j2JsVj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China is making trade impossible</a></p><br><p>Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.</p><p>Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner and the executive producer is Flo Phillips.</p><p>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></p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1e628806-8922-4ea7-a08d-7fa115ef9bce" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> 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.</p>