The world in 2024

12/21/23 • 30 min

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Who will win the US presidential election? Will China continue its rapprochement with the west? What are the prospects for an end to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza? Gideon discusses these and other questions with the FT’s Martin Wolf, Karin von Hippel, director-general of the Royal United Services Institute, and Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group. Clip: CNN

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Americans won’t be terrified into rejecting Trump

Time is of the essence in defending Ukraine

America’s cultural supremacy and geopolitical weakness

Peace is impossible without resolving the leadership vacuum in Israel and Gaza

The US retains the economic advantage in its rivalry with China

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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner

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Americans won’t be terrified into rejecting Trump

Time is of the essence in defending Ukraine

America’s cultural supremacy and geopolitical weakness

Peace is impossible without resolving the leadership vacuum in Israel and Gaza

The US retains the economic advantage in its rivalry with China

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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner

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COP28: is the Dubai deal enough for the climate?

Countries at the COP 28 climate summit in Dubai have reached a deal to transition away from fossil fuels. Gideon speaks to the FT’s Simon Mundy, who’s in Dubai covering the talks, about the agreement. Will it actually help the world reach global net zero emissions by 2050?

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Countries reach ‘historic’ COP28 deal to transition from fossil fuels

COP’s love-hate relationship with business

COP28 president denies using UN climate summit to pitch oil deals

COP28: The struggle to say ‘fossil fuels’ out loud

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The future of Europe

It's an important year for the European Union, which holds parliamentary elections in June. As geopolitical turbulence continues to test the strength of global alliances, will Europe pursue further integration or start to pull apart? Gideon discusses these questions, and the role played by European Commission presidents, past and present, with Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform in London. Clip: European Commission

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Jacques Delors, who drove EU integration, dies at 98

How migration is pushing Europe to the right

EU readies €20bn plan B to fund Ukraine

Ukraine and its backers need a credible path to victory

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