Martin Wolf on G7 opportunities missed

Gideon discusses the outcome of the recent Alaska and Washington summits with Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. Has Russia emerged as a clear winner? What can be achieved without more pressure on Vladimir Putin? How effective would western security ... Show More

The Trump administration has hit India with 50% tariffs. And just after a short military conflict between India and Pakistan, President Trump played host to Pakistan’s army chief of staff at the White House. Gideon discusses what this means for India and for the region with Tanvi ... Show More

Zbigniew Brzeziński was one of the most influential statesmen of the cold war. But many of the geopolitical problems he wrestled with in Russia, China and the Middle East, have returned with a vengeance. Among his many prescient ideas, ‘Zbig’ as he was known, predicted that Ameri ... Show More

Matt Chorley speaks to experts and journalists in the US, France, Italy, Germany, Canada and Japan about what their countries want to see happen at the virtual G7, hosted today by Boris Johnson to find an international solution to the situation in Afghanistan.  PLUS  David Aarono ... Show More

The FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, discusses why geopolitics could be the biggest threat to globalisation.  Mentioned in this podcast:Geopolitics is the biggest threat to globalisation The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippin ... Show More

Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, arrived at a summit of the G7, a club of rich democracies, in Japan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

People often describe the United Nations as paralyzed. If that’s the case, where do countries turn to if they want to advance global issues that require cooperation? Is it the G-20? The G-7? Smaller groups? Foreign Policy’s Fall 2023 print issue, “The Alliances That Matter Now,” ... Show More

PwC is planning to give up tens of millions of dollars of consulting work for its US audit clients, Australia’s biggest pension fund is going big on digital infrastructure, and Venezuelan government bonds are having a moment. Plus, the FT’s John Reed explains why this year’s G20 ... Show More

Le G7 est réuni en Italie pour négocier des financements pour l’Ukraine ainsi que pour parler Intelligence artificielle. Après les élections européennes de dimanche dernier, le G7 tente de relancer l’unité des Occidentaux. Chronique "A Travers le monde" pour Sud Radio. Hébergé pa ... Show More

As Joe Biden touches down in the UK for his first foreign trip, the G7 summit of world leaders in Carbis Bay, Jon speaks exclusively to the president’s national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, about how the US will protect the Good Friday agreement and its interests around the w ... Show More

Demand for ‘buy now, pay later’ deals has surged among all age groups in the UK, US regulators are cracking down on a type of investment vehicle used by private equity groups, and we’ll chat with the FT’s chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman as he heads to Davos. Ment ... Show More

In this week's podcast we look at the appointment of Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard. We ask, what went wrong with Kevin Rudd's leadership and what can we expect from his successor?Also up for discussion is the prompt sacking of US and NATO commander in Afg ... Show More