# Clare Williamson

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Iran’s growing strategic ambitions

Gideon talks to Vali Nasr, author of Iran’s Grand Strategy and professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, about how the balance of power in the Middle East is changing. After six months of on-off hostilities, Nasr argues, Iran’s core aims are unchanged - ending the US th…

Farage wins… and donation probe resumes

Nigel Farage has comfortably won back his Clacton seat but with the investigation into his finances now back on, what, if anything, has been gained by this by-election gamble? And with the Reform UK leader absenting himself from the count, and his ratings falling, we ask whether the party is losing…

Conflict, capital and the new rules of economic warfare: Edward Fishman

Conflict, capital and the new rules of economic warfare: Edward Fishman    Hosted by Sam Gyimah    Edward Fishman is the New York Times bestselling author of Choke Points and one of the world's foremost experts on economic warfare. He served in the US State Department under President Obama, designi…

The making of the modern Middle East

Gideon Rachman speaks to historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore about his new book, The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East. They discuss the forces that shaped the region, from the Ottoman Empire and Ataturk to the ongoing tensions between the US, Israel and Iran. Gideon and Simon …

The Blue Cross - issues with pets

We talk with Clare Williamson, Blue Cross Suffolk Centre Manager to find out what they do at their impressive location. How has their work been impacted by the pandemic? We talk about the rehoming of dogs, cats and small animals? What should households be thinking about before they take on a pet…

Making the UN great again

The UN is choosing a new secretary-general at a time when it’s struggling to remain relevant. Sidelined in the wars in Ukraine, Sudan and the Middle East, and facing a severe funding crisis, the organisation is under growing pressure. This week, guest host Alec Russell speaks to Thant Myint-U, a fo…

What Burnham told the FT

In his first interview with the FT since becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham tells political editor and host George Parker that he is pro-business and understands the pressures that business is under — but wants something in return from corporate Britain. Deputy political editor Jim Pickard and c…

The world at war

War is raging in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan, while tensions are rising between China and Taiwan. What is driving this surge in global conflict, how should we respond and where, if anywhere, are the prospects for peace? Gideon is joined by Sir John Sawers, former head of MI6; Tom Tugendhat, …

AI, advertising and global CEOs: Sir Martin Sorrell

AI, advertising and global CEOs: Sir Martin Sorrell  Hosted by Sam Gyimah     Sir Martin Sorrell built WPP into one of the world's largest advertising conglomerates before stepping down to found S4 Capital. His model was digital-first and data-driven from day one, and eight years on the company gen…

Francis Fukuyama on democracy, AI and his own intellectual journey

More than three decades after The End of History and the Last Man made Francis Fukuyama one of the world’s best-known political thinkers, he is still correcting misconceptions about what he actually meant. In a wide-ranging conversation with host Gideon Rachman, Fukuyama revisits his original thesi…