The Rachman Review

Putin’s nuclear threat and China ‘friendship’

Russia raised the spectre of nuclear war this week as it struggles to make headway in Ukraine. How seriously should this threat be taken and can Vladimir Putin rely on his friendship with China’s Xi Jinping? Gideon discusses these questions with US political scientist Graham Allison, author of the classic study of the Cuban missile crisis, ‘Essence of Decision’, and of a book on US-China relations, ‘Destined for War’.Clips: ABC, Bloomberg Want to read more? <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/63411b89-bf29-4865-b128-89c11870aeca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘At war with the whole world’: why Putin might be planning a long conflict in Ukraine</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/afce4687-08f8-4018-a2d4-3c8940eaa19a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Biden, Putin and the danger of Versailles</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4351d5b0-0888-4b47-9368-6bc4dfbccbf5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in maps</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 by Jasiu Sigsworth <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b0b6ecba-db4b-43fb-95ee-61b1eeefaaec" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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