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The Foreign Desk

Monocle

​Presented by ​Andrew Mueller, Monocle’s flagship global-affairs show features​ expert guests ​and in-depth analysis of the big issues of the week. Nominated for ‘Best Current Affairs’ show and the ‘Spotlight Award’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.

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100 episodes

  1. Explainer 543: The new cold war 7:14
  2. A Democratic deluge: What political landscape emerges? 38:43
  3. Explainer 542: Why has China shown Kylian Mbappé a red card? 7:06
  4. How to retake a captured state: Lessons from Brazil, Serbia and Hungary 33:11
  5. Explainer 541: Is Algeria the new military powerhouse of Africa? 7:24
  6. Israelis head to the polls: The stakes for Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestine and beyond 30:28
  7. Explainer 540: Why are we blowing up the anti-personnel mines deal? 7:00
  8. Live from New Delhi: What’s bugging India? 41:21
  9. Powering purpose in New Delhi 59:53
  10. Explainer 539: Why are India's 'Cockroaches' on the march again? 7:27
  11. Like father, like son: Are the Bolsonaros set to take Brazil or can Lula fight back? 32:16
  12. Explainer 538: Are Ethiopia’s enemies uniting? 6:06
  13. As war threatens to accelerate across Europe, why are some countries still stuck in neutral? 27:09
  14. Explainer 537: Javier Milei and the Falklands – here we go again 6:59
  15. Rebuilding Lebanon: Where do you even start? 34:35
  16. Explainer 536: What leverage would the Houthis’s seizing of Bab al-Mandab give Iran? 6:40
  17. Live from the Arab Media Summit: The UAE’s new role in war and peace 32:50
  18. Explainer 535: Could Andy Burnham be the UK’s last prime minister? 7:06
  19. The firewall falls: what does the AfD’s breakthrough mean for Europe? 33:24
  20. Why is Jamaica asking the United Kingdom for $10bn (€8.6bn)? 6:20
  21. Powering purpose in Stavanger 44:02
  22. The geopolitics of going nuclear, again 31:15
  23. Explainer 533: Disgraced war criminal or Serbian hero? The diplomatic conundrum of Ratko Mladić’s death 6:58
  24. Iran: Is the US out of options? 34:11
  25. Explainer 532: Why is Syria back on Washington’s Christmas card list? 7:14
  26. After America: Europe’s new security order 37:14
  27. Explainer 531: Could Moldova reunite with Romania? 8:19
  28. The Democrats’ warring factions: Each have won battles but who will win the war? 32:24
  29. Explainer 530: Who even is Russia’s anti-war party? 7:43
  30. The Ceuta border crisis: Who’s really threatening Schengen? 31:26
  31. Explainer 529: What’s driving Morocco’s Trump highway? 7:05
  32. CTRL + ALT + RIGHT: Has technofascism taken over Silicon Valley? 42:23
  33. Explainer 528: Does India’s Cockroach party have legs? 6:54
  34. How can we ensure that the politics of heatwaves doesn’t cool off? 32:35
  35. Explainer 527: Andy Burnham and the revolving door of UK politics 7:23
  36. When politics kicks off at the World Cup: what separates the screamers from the own goals? 35:51
  37. Explainer 526: Why Japan has been spooked into launching an intelligence service 6:53
  38. Powering Purpose in London 26:03
  39. The scramble for critical minerals 34:10
  40. Explainer 525: You can’t keep a Le Pen down 7:39
  41. Does the US still have a free press? 37:52
  42. Explainer 524: Why is Marco Rubio trying to unify Libya? 6:45
  43. Live from Almedalen 2026: The state of Swedish politics 40:29
  44. Explainer 523: Flight of the White Eagle 6:38
  45. ‘El juego bonito’: Can the beautiful game help Mexico win off the pitch? 31:32
  46. Explainer 522: The World Cup seat France won’t fill 8:04
  47. Live from Odesa: Ukraine’s journey from needing help to providing it 37:17
  48. Explainer 521: Trump Island 7:00
  49. Lessons from Odesa: the changing landscape of war 44:25
  50. Explainer 520: Is it the end of the road for Ferrari’s new electric vehicle? 7:27