Mar 2020

Introducing: The Rachman Review

Life in Europe's coronavirus hotspots: Foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman discusses how the coronavirus epidemic has been handled in Italy and Spain with the local FT correspondents, Miles Johnson in Rome and Daniel Dombey in Madrid. How are citizens reacting to the lockdow ... Show More

17m 59s

Aug 2019

Hong Kong protests: what happens next?

In this special episode from Hong Kong, Gideon Rachman talks to Regina Ip, a member of the territory's Executive Council and Legislative Council, and to student activist Joshua Wong about the continuing protests and what happens next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo ... Show More

15m 46s

Jul 2019

Britain's tanker dispute with Iran

What are the factors Britain and its allies need to consider as they weigh their response to Iran's seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz? Barney Jopson discusses the difficult waters Iran and the west must navigate to avoid a further escalation with Andrew ... Show More

12m 13s

Nov 2020

French secularism and the resurgence of terror

Over the last few weeks, Islamist terror attacks in France, and then Austria shook Europe, and the world. In response, the UK has also raised its terror threat level to "severe". But the French President Emmanuel Macron's response to the attacks has sent ripples of anger through ... Show More

30m 7s

Oct 2020

France, Islam, and free speech

Jenn and Alex discuss the recent terror attacks in France that have occurred amid a national and international uproar about cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed and President Emmanuel Macron’s stance toward Islam in the country. They discuss what Macron’s push for an “Islam of France ... Show More

48m 38s

Mar 2023

Aggrieve La France

Adam is joined from Paris by Catherine Norris-Trent, senior correspondent for France 24, to explain what’s behind some of the worst days of violence since demonstrations began in January.Plus, Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former press secretary, and the BBC’s security correspo ... Show More

33m 47s

Oct 2025

France in turmoil

This week Mark Leonard welcomes Célia Belin, senior policy fellow and head of ECFR’s Paris office, to discuss the unprecedented political turmoil in France. Just weeks after his appointment, Sébastien Lecornu became the fourth prime minister to resign in a year—leaving Macron to ... Show More

20m 29s

Jan 2016

France

From the Charlie Hebdo shootings a year ago to the November terrorist atrocities in Paris, a string of Islamist attacks has left French society reeling in the face of home-grown terror. The events raise many issues, including the nature of religious and cultural integration in Fr ... Show More

27m 46s

Jul 2023

Reporting the French riots

After the fatal shooting of a 17 year old boy by a police officer during a traffic stop in a suburb of Paris, protests and riots have taken place across France over the last week. Thousands have been arrested, shops looted, and hundreds of vehicles set alight. Journalists reporti ... Show More

28m 4s

Jul 2023

How a killing by French police led to a week of riots

Last week a 17 year-old was shot dead at a traffic stop in the French town of Nanterre near Paris. In response, the country erupted in rage and riots. Protesters say the killing is evidence of long-standing racism and brutality by the police. So can the relationship between Franc ... Show More

30m 19s

Dec 2018

Behind the Unrest Sweeping Paris

Protesters have sparked mass demonstrations, vandalism and violence on the streets of Paris over the past few weekends. David Meyers speaks with Bloomberg's Paris bureau chief Geraldine Amiel on just who the Yellow Vests are and how they're throwing the future of President Macron ... Show More

15m 10s

France after the Islamist attacks