Georgia election: What does the heavily disputed result say about the state of European democracy? David Patrikarakos speaks to former Prime Minister, Giorgi Gakharia in the latest episode of 90 Seconds to Midnight

Episode Guide:

In this episode David is in Tbilisi, Georgia to speak with former Prime Minister and opposition leader Giorgi Gakharia about the country’s recent heavily disputed election result. 

David and Gakharia discuss everything from intense Russian interference in the country, why Georgia is a key battleground State between Western and Russian influence and what the election of Donald Trump may mean for both sides.

  • Host: David Patrikarakos 
  • Producer: Max Bower
  • Editor: Chelsey Ranore
  • Executive Producer: Bella Soames
  • Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

About 90 Seconds to Midnight

The Doomsday Clock is the symbolic countdown to human extinction; a universally recognised, annual indicator of the world’s vulnerability to man-made global catastrophe. If the clock strikes midnight, the world will have ended.

Today, the clock sits as close to midnight as it has ever been – just 90 seconds away. And is it any wonder?

Ongoing wars in the Ukraine and Middle East. The continued expansion of nuclear arsenals around the world. The advance of generative AI and its potential for disinformation. The climate crisis. The list of potentially world-ending dangers feels increasingly – and depressingly – long.

The Doomsday Clock is set annually, but, given the scale of the challenges facing humanity on a daily basis, as of September 5, we will be setting our own version of the clock each week.

Welcome to 90 Seconds to Midnight: the Daily Mail’s weekly global news podcast, promising listeners informed analysis, discussion, and on-the-ground reporting about the week’s most influential geopolitical flashpoints. Hosted by the Mail’s Special Correspondent David Patrikarakos, every episode ends with one question: are we closer, or further away, from midnight?

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