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World-renowned journalist Christiane Amanpour and ex-husband Jamie Rubin, a former US State Department official, unpack today’s defining global crises. Drawing on decades of insider experience in global affairs, reporting from conflict zones, and grilling world leaders, they explain how we ended up where we are – and where we might be going.
Forget about a new world order – right now, there’s no world order. From Trump and Putin to the war in Ukraine, China’s global rise, and chaos in the Middle East, geopolitics has never been more dangerous or unpredictable. The Ex Files provides unparalleled insight into the issues keeping world leaders, and the rest of us, awake at night.
With searing honesty, jaw-dropping stories, and candid humour, this is the foreign policy podcast for our fractured age. They’re no longer married, but when it comes to current affairs, Christiane and Jamie still finish each other’s sentences.
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Is MAGA done with Trump?
With America hours from voting, Christiane and Tina unpack a midterm that has become a referendum on Donald Trump. The polls point to a blue wave - but unless the win is "too big to rig", can anybody feel secure? As Tina says: Trump has a P
Are Hegseth's days numbered & what does the future hold for Christiane?
Is Pete Hegseth already plotting an exit strategy? Christiane & Jamie respond to a question about whether the Defense Secretary - aka Secretary of War - might run for a Tennessee Senate seat to get ahead of the impeachment threat after the
Israeli Elections: will a new round of the Iran War come next?
This week's historic elections in Israel are the first time the country has voted since the October 7th attacks, and the election may ultimately turn on a single question: will voters hold accountable the politicians responsible for the sec
Protests in France, Musk's grip on Ukraine & rebuilding trust in America
Are protests in France spiralling out of control, or do they point to a deeper breakdown in trust between the public and its political leaders? Christiane and Tina examine what lies behind the unrest and what it reveals about France's polit
Does Trump's White House have a woman problem?
After Katie Zacharia lasted just 5 days as White House Press Secretary, Christiane and Tina Brown ask: is this story part of a wider pattern that shows Trump and his administration have a problem with women? They discuss why Zacharia was gi
Q&A: Has Pete Hegseth lost it?
Why has JD Vance condemned the idea of livestreaming Nidal Hasan’s execution, and what does it reveal about divisions within the Republican Party? Christiane and Jamie examine the debate and how it sits alongside the party’s stance on the r
Is Trump now funding Putin’s war machine?
President Trump has announced a deal with Russia, lifting his own diesel sanctions and committing to spend $4bn of American money to Russian fuel, in return for a ceasefire on energy infrastructure. As Zelensky calls it a gift to Russia's w
Q&A: Could Trump really invade Canada?
Christiane and Tina answer your questions on Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st state. Canada has reportedly prepared for the possibility of a US invasion- but how realistic is that threat, and is Mark Carney right to take it seriously
Time for America to scrap the death penalty?
The gruesome botched execution of Christa Pike has prompted an international debate about the use of the death penalty. Should it prompt America - the only major western democracy which still uses capital punishment - to finally scrap the d
Q&A: Is the Iran War coming to Europe?
Christiane and Jamie answer your questions on the five men arrested over a suspected plot at RAF Fairford, one of the military bases the UK let the US use to bomb Iran. Is Iran's war now spilling into Britain and Europe more generally? A Ba
Why did Trump let Xi off the hook?
Xi got the pomp, the pageantry and a trip to see the US Constitution. America got a promise of two pandas. In this episode, Christiane and Jamie ask what Trump's summit with Xi actually achieved? Why was there no AI agreement? Is the Taiwan
Q&A: Should the US fight the Houthis & will Merz be forced out?
Saudi Arabia wants to take the fight to the Houthis, so why is Washington so reluctant to help? Christiane and Jamie unpack what's holding the US back, and what it means for the relationship if America is no longer willing to act as Saudi A
Is the world turning its back on Trump's America?
How do you negotiate with a government you can't predict? That's the question preoccupying presidents and prime ministers this week, as leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly with every major global crisis in the same buildi
Q&A: The race for AI supremacy & a new escalation in Ukraine?
Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei has called the US–China AI race his "toughest dilemma", Christiane and Jamie ask – how worried should we be that artificial intelligence is becoming the next arms race? Plus, they look at Russia's reported strik
Is Trump making America weaker?
Is Trump's war with Iran making America weaker? Christiane and Jamie examine what the conflict is costing the US – from military resources and its position in Europe and Asia to the risk of spreading America's power too thinly. They also ex
Q&A: A historic far-right win & are we biased against Trump?
The AfD has won the Saxony-Anhalt state election - the first far-right win in a German election of this kind since the Nazi era. Christiane explains why it's so dangerous, and why Germany's "firewall" against the far right is now the thing
Did 9/11 put the US on a permanent war footing?
Twenty-five years after 9/11, Christiane and Jamie dedicate a special episode to their memories of the day the world changed forever. Christiane becomes emotional as she recalls the first time she saw the images of planes hitting the Twin T
Q&A: Trump’s failed diplomacy and a coup in the Kremlin? With Matt Frei
The CIA director has just been to Moscow, just as his predecessor did weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. That warning was ignored. Will this one be? Channel 4 & LBC Presenter Matt Frei joins Christiane to explain why Putin might t
Is the 'Court of Trump' collapsing? With Matt Frei
Why have Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin both surrounded themselves with advisers who tell them only what they want to hear? And is this same fatal flaw the reason that both the Ukraine War and America's conflict with Iran are both still dr
Fear & silence: inside the Taliban's Afghanistan - with Lyse Doucet
Five years after the Taliban swept back into Kabul, just how devastating has the impact been on the lives of Afghanistan's women and girls? And is the world simply choosing to look away? Christiane is joined by the BBC's Chief International
Q&A: Europe’s border crisis & AOC for President?
Tens of thousands of people breached Spain's North African border and Europe is reliving the nightmare of 2015. Christiane and Jamie unpack why this moment has rattled European leaders, why Spain's carefully managed immigration model is sud
Disorder & dysfunction: inside Trump's White House - with Maggie Haberman
Maggie Haberman is one of the few journalists to have been granted behind-the-scenes access to Trump's second term. This week, she joins Christiane to talk in depth about what she found. Drawing on her new book Regime Change, Maggie reveals
Q&A: Is Poland Putin's Next Target & Netanyahu Defies Trump
A leaked US intelligence assessment suggests Putin is considering an attack on a NATO country and America's weapons stockpile is dangerously depleted after the Iran war. Christiane and Jamie assess whether the threat is real and why Russia'
How’s Trump’s new American Empire going?
Did the capture of President Maduro give Trump the confidence to start a war with Iran? Christiane and Jamie trace how January's Venezuela gamble led directly to a disastrous conflict - and ask whether 'might makes right' has become the def
Q&A: The most unpopular US conflict ever & why is Trump so hostile to journalists?
How do you challenge a president who calls you fake news and walks out? Christiane reflects on the futility of confrontational questioning, and why she'd rather ask Trump how he became who he is. Jamie argues the Iran war is the most unpopu
Imran Khan: how did a national hero become a 'political prisoner'?
Imran Khan - the legendary cricketer and former Prime Minister - has now spent three years in a Pakistani prison. The UN says he is being held in solitary confinement in 'inhumane' conditions, something the Pakistani government denies. His
Q&A: India's 'Cockroach' Protests, Ukraine's path to NATO & another term for Trump?
A 22-year-old international student launched India's "Cockroach Party" and has successfully forced the education minister to resign. Christiane and Jamie unpack how a tongue-in-cheek protest movement exposed widespread exam corruption, won
Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal: what was he thinking?
Has Trump fired the starting gun on a nuclear arms race in the Middle East? His controversial deal with Saudi Arabia has sparked alarm - but is it already on the brink of collapse, after the President said it hinges on the Gulf nation norma
Q&A: Chaos at the ICC, Hegseth's testosterone screening & Christiane responds to Iran critics
The ICC is in crisis. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has threatened to dismantle the International Criminal Court 'brick by brick', and with Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan now facing sexual misconduct allegations and a vote on his future, the
Did Zelensky just sabotage his own war effort?
Ukrainian President Zelensky has shocked allies by sacking his Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, just as his country seemed to be gaining momentum in its grinding war with Russia. Christiane and Jamie discuss whether this is a reckless gam
