FT World Weekly
Each week, we focus on one of the major international stories making headlines, drawing upon the Financial Times's team of foreign correspondents and analysts to make sense of world events. Presented by Gideon Rachman and produced by Hannah Murphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The debate over intervention in Syria
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Prospects for a new Italian government
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The Thatcher legacy
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Portugal’s painful austerity programme runs into trouble
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Is war with North Korea imminent?
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What next for the Brics?
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What lies ahead for Cyprus and the eurozone?
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A tale of two Middle East anniversaries
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Chavismo after Hugo Chavez?
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Japan's Abenomics and the world economy
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Instability rules in Italy
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What the strange trial of a dead man tells us about Putin's Russia
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How dangerous is North Korea's nuclear test?
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The most important Italian election for 30 years?
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A post-Davos debrief on the state of the world economy
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Foreign policy priorities for Obama's second term
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The French intervention in Mali
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Demonstrations over censorship in China and Obama's pick for US defense secretar...
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The fiscal cliff agreement: lasting solution or just a brief respite?
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The aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting
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The looming political showdown in Italy
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What's holding up a European banking union?
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What's next in Egypt following protests against Morsi?
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Ceasefire agreed in Gaza but will the calm hold?
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China's new leadership
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Global challenges facing Obama in his second term
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China's new leadership faces many challenges
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Obama and Romney debate foreign policy
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What will swing the US election?
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Hugo Chavez returns to power
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Is Romney's debate victory a game-changer?
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Is the worst over in the eurozone?
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Middle East turmoil and the US response
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Where is Xi? Who knows!
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After the conventions: the race for the White House
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The Republican convention and the future of the GOP
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Violence in South African mining and the Julian Assange embassy imbroglio
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A contentious running mate
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Curiosity on Mars and the future of space exploration
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London 2012: The first week of the Olympic games
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Conflict intensifies in Syria
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Britain takes le Tour by storm
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Left behind in Japan and China
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The US and China: Prospects of the world's largest economies
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Euro 2012: Football and politics in Poland and Ukraine
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Egypt’s revolution rolled back?
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Another tumultuous week for the eurozone
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Putin's agenda for Russia
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Is Spain the new eurozone crisis front line?
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Egypt's presidential election
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