After almost six weeks of war, how did Pakistan manage to get the US and Iran to talk? 

Amid a still-fragile situation in the Middle East, that question sits at the heart of this conversation with Maleeha Lodhi. She has served as Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington, as well as to the UK and United Nations. 

For her, the Islamabad talks mark a moment of wider significance, as the middle powers demonstrate their capacity to influence geopolitics.

Read this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

02:55 - Pakistan as a peacebroker
05:00 - Field Marshal Asim Munir and President Trump
07:49 - Pakistan and Iran
10:00 - Economic pain in Pakistan
13:40 - Israel and Lebanon
14:45 - “I'd like to be optimistic”
19:30 - US miscalculations
22:00 - “US dominance is fading”
23:00 Middle powers can “shape geopolitics”
23:53 - Is China a winner? 
29:00 - Trump’s Board of Peace
29:50 - “Common ground can be found”

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After almost six weeks of war, how did Pakistan manage to get the US and Iran to talk? Amid a still-fragile situation in the Middle East, that question sits at the heart of this conversation with Maleeha Lodhi. She has served as Pakistan&rsquo;s ambassador to Washington, as well as to the UK and United Nations. For her, the Islamabad talks mark a moment of wider significance, as the middle powers demonstrate their capacity to influence geopolitics. Read this interview with Mishal&rsquo;s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview">www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview </a>02:55 - Pakistan as a peacebroker 05:00 - Field Marshal Asim Munir and President Trump 07:49 - Pakistan and Iran 10:00 - Economic pain in Pakistan 13:40 - Israel and Lebanon 14:45 - &ldquo;I'd like to be optimistic&rdquo; 19:30 - US miscalculations 22:00 - &ldquo;US dominance is fading&rdquo; 23:00 Middle powers can &ldquo;shape geopolitics&rdquo; 23:53 - Is China a winner? 29:00 - Trump&rsquo;s Board of Peace 29:50 - &ldquo;Common ground can be found&rdquo;
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Make sense of the world with one essential conversation, every week. Mishal Husain, one of Britain's best interviewers, brings her signature blend of curiosity and tenacity to weekly conversations with world leaders, business titans, and cultural icons, revealing who they really are and how they see the world changing around them.

Subscribe today at Bloomberg.com/audio or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. For annotated transcripts of Mishal's conversations head to Bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

Make sense of the world with one essential conversation, every week. Mishal Husain, one of Britain's best interviewers, brings her signature blend of curiosity and tenacity to weekly conversations with world leaders, business titans, and cultural icons, revealing who they really are and how they see the world changing around them.
Subscribe today at Bloomberg.com/audio or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. For annotated transcripts of Mishal's conversations head to Bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

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America’s Limits, Iran’s Leverage, Pakistan’s Moment: Maleeha Lodhi on a Shifting Order

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For more than 30 years, the Indian-born writer Amitav Ghosh has built a global following with novels that draw on deep historical research. 

But his latest offering, Ghost-Eye, is more esoteric. The plot moves back and forth between India and the US, using past lives to explore the ties between the personal and the political.

The plot centers on a psychiatrist treating a 3-year-old who shocks her family by insisting she remembers a past life in a fishing community.

In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Ghosh explains why he’s finding it harder to write nowadays, how the memories of his childhood came flooding back during the Covid pandemic, why he sees capitalism as an obstacle to protecting the environment and thinks India has lost its way diplomatically. 

Read this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

03:37 - “She had a near-death experience”
05:37 - Reincarnated past lives
08:05 - “The world has lost all its wonder”
08:28 - Growing up in Kolkata
10:56 - Kolkata and New York are the “opposite ends of the telescope”
11:44 - “I really learned to think against the grain”
12:13 - Creating a “bubble of tranquility” to write
12:32 - Writing from “within the crisis”
14:45 - India has lost its way diplomatically
16:25 - Watching Zohran Mamdani grow up 
19:12 - India and China 
23:11 - Writing a story to be read in 100 years
27:31 - Writing books by hand 

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For more than 30 years, the Indian-born writer Amitav Ghosh has built a global following with novels that draw on deep historical research.&nbsp;
But his latest offering, Ghost-Eye, is more esoteric. The plot moves back and forth between India and the US, using past lives to explore the ties between the personal and the political.
The plot centers on a psychiatrist treating a 3-year-old who shocks her family by insisting she remembers a past life in a fishing community.
In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Ghosh explains why he&rsquo;s finding it harder to write nowadays, how the memories of his childhood came flooding back during the Covid pandemic, why he sees capitalism as an obstacle to protecting the environment and thinks India has lost its way diplomatically.&nbsp;
Read this interview with Mishal&rsquo;s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview">www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview</a> 03:37 - &ldquo;She had a near-death experience&rdquo; 05:37 - Reincarnated past lives 08:05 - &ldquo;The world has lost all its wonder&rdquo; 08:28 - Growing up in Kolkata 10:56 - Kolkata and New York are the &ldquo;opposite ends of the telescope&rdquo; 11:44 - &ldquo;I really learned to think against the grain&rdquo; 12:13 - Creating a &ldquo;bubble of tranquility&rdquo; to write 12:32 - Writing from &ldquo;within the crisis&rdquo; 14:45 - India has lost its way diplomatically 16:25 - Watching Zohran Mamdani grow up 19:12 - India and China 23:11 - Writing a story to be read in 100 years 27:31 - Writing books by hand&nbsp;
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Why India Has Lost Its Way: Writer Amitav Ghosh on the New World Order, Politics and Past Lives

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We’re now eight weeks on from the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, a conflict that’s been watched with increasing alarm by Wendy Sherman, architect of the 2015 nuclear deal between the US and Iran and a former deputy secretary of state. 

Having spent years across the table from Iranian officials, she sees a far more volatile landscape today. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, she shares how her concerns go beyond the Middle East and explains how China and Russia are beneficiaries of the war.

Read this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

03:13 - Iran’s “culture of resistance” 
05:00 - “The regime now is more hardline” 
05:33 - Iran won’t make concessions “easily”  
09:38 - Control of the Strait of Hormuz
10:36 - “They have not bombed away all of Iran’s knowledge” 
14:35 - Negotiating with Iran 
17:13 - Negotiations aren’t about trust
23:47 - What might a US deal with Iran look like?
25:14 - Iran will want the US “out of the Middle East” 
29:10 - China is “stronger” 
32:50 Trump’s visit to China 
41:19 - “I have found myself angrier”

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We&rsquo;re now eight weeks on from the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, a conflict that&rsquo;s been watched with increasing alarm by Wendy Sherman, architect of the 2015 nuclear deal between the US and Iran and a former deputy secretary of state. Having spent years across the table from Iranian officials, she sees a far more volatile landscape today. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, she shares how her concerns go beyond the Middle East and explains how China and Russia are beneficiaries of the war. Read this interview with Mishal&rsquo;s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview">www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview</a>
03:13 - Iran&rsquo;s &ldquo;culture of resistance&rdquo; 05:00 - &ldquo;The regime now is more hardline&rdquo; 05:33 - Iran won&rsquo;t make concessions &ldquo;easily&rdquo;&nbsp; 09:38 - Control of the Strait of Hormuz 10:36 - &ldquo;They have not bombed away all of Iran&rsquo;s knowledge&rdquo; 14:35 - Negotiating with Iran 17:13 - Negotiations aren&rsquo;t about trust 23:47 - What might a US deal with Iran look like? 25:14 - Iran will want the US &ldquo;out of the Middle East&rdquo; 29:10 - China is &ldquo;stronger&rdquo; 32:50 Trump&rsquo;s visit to China 41:19 - &ldquo;I have found myself angrier&rdquo; Contact The Mishal Husain Show <a href="mailto:mishalshow@bloomberg.net">mishalshow@bloomberg.net</a> Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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How to Get a Deal With Iran: Former US Negotiator Wendy Sherman on Power, Pressure and Reality

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A new and radical take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet is out in US cinemas. The force behind it is actor, writer, producer and musician Riz Ahmed. He says the 400-year-old story has never felt more current.

Ahmed, Oscar-nominated for Sound of Metal and star of the Oscar-winning live-action short The Long Goodbye, has a new series on Prime Video called Bait. It’s a black comedy about an actor on the cusp of a life-changing role as James Bond. 

In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Ahmed talks about creativity and politics, discusses his upcoming movie with Tom Cruise and how becoming a father affected his acting. 

Read this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

02:32 - Hamlet “never goes out of fashion"
03:39 - “The old order is falling apart”
05:00 - “Is it the world that’s gone crazy or is it me?”
07:50 - The dream of playing Hamlet
09:51 - To be, or not to be is “misunderstood”
13:40 - “It's authentic. I'm not acting”
17:00 - Bait “it’s a very personal show”
17:24 - Why Barbara Broccoli said yes to using Bond
21:43 - Looking for acceptance
22:34 - “Culture works in cycles”
25:04 - Acting was an extension of real life
28:20 - “I don’t like being pinned down”
28:42 - SNL UK
30:01 - Working with Tom Cruise
32:21 - “My weekends are really simple”

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A new and radical take on Shakespeare&rsquo;s Hamlet is out in US cinemas. The force behind it is actor, writer, producer and musician Riz Ahmed. He says the 400-year-old story has never felt more current. Ahmed, Oscar-nominated for Sound of Metal and star of the Oscar-winning live-action short The Long Goodbye, has a new series on Prime Video called Bait. It&rsquo;s a black comedy about an actor on the cusp of a life-changing role as James Bond.&nbsp;
In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Ahmed talks about creativity and politics, discusses his upcoming movie with Tom Cruise and how becoming a father affected his acting. Read this interview with Mishal&rsquo;s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview">www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview </a>02:32 - Hamlet &ldquo;never goes out of fashion" 03:39 - &ldquo;The old order is falling apart&rdquo; 05:00 - &ldquo;Is it the world that&rsquo;s gone crazy or is it me?&rdquo; 07:50 - The dream of playing Hamlet 09:51 - To be, or not to be is &ldquo;misunderstood&rdquo; 13:40 - &ldquo;It's authentic. I'm not acting&rdquo; 17:00 - Bait &ldquo;it&rsquo;s a very personal show&rdquo; 17:24 - Why Barbara Broccoli said yes to using Bond 21:43 - Looking for acceptance 22:34 - &ldquo;Culture works in cycles&rdquo; 25:04 - Acting was an extension of real life 28:20 - &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like being pinned down&rdquo; 28:42 - SNL UK 30:01 - Working with Tom Cruise 32:21 - &ldquo;My weekends are really simple&rdquo;
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Hamlet, James Bond and SNL UK: Riz Ahmed on Reinventing Cultural Icons

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America’s Limits, Iran’s Leverage, Pakistan’s Moment: Maleeha Lodhi on a Shifting Order

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