The Foreign Desk

By Monocle

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Subscribers: 595
Reviews: 2
Episodes: 100

Jessica
 Jul 23, 2021
Andrew Mueller is a wry and charming genius, the writing and concept are fabulous, and the show addresses topics most often ignored but critical for understanding of our world. Just wish they had more frequent releases.


 Jun 27, 2019

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​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. 


Episode Date
Explainer 444: Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting? 
Nov 20, 2024
Trump’s doctrine: the sequel
Nov 16, 2024
Explainer 443: The motives behind Equatorial Guinea’s sex scandal
Nov 13, 2024
Trump returns: what now?
Nov 09, 2024
Explainer 442: The election result making Europe breathe a sigh of relief
Nov 06, 2024
US election counterintuitives
Nov 02, 2024
Explainer 441: In celebration of Uruguay’s drama-free election
Oct 30, 2024
How the war in Ukraine has reshaped Asian foreign policy
Oct 26, 2024
Explainer 440: Why don’t Australians care about King Charles III?
Oct 23, 2024
Artificial intelligence: Scourge or saviour?
Oct 19, 2024
Explainer 439: Why can’t UNIFIL keep the peace in Lebanon?
Oct 16, 2024
Strange borders
Oct 12, 2024
Explainer 438: Is Russia and Ukraine’s gas deal about to blow?
Oct 09, 2024
Reflections on 7 October and the future
Oct 05, 2024
Explainer 437: Is Austria ‘Back to the Future’?
Oct 02, 2024
Where does Hezbollah go from here?
Sep 28, 2024
Explainer 436: Sri Lanka’s new president
Sep 25, 2024
Keeping the Balkan peace
Sep 21, 2024
Explainer 435: Kashmir elections
Sep 18, 2024
In defence of Europe
Sep 14, 2024
Explainer 434: Is the EU-topia failing?
Sep 11, 2024
Globsec 2024 highlights
Sep 07, 2024
Explainer 433: Brazil vs X
Sep 04, 2024
Is centrism in retreat?
Aug 31, 2024
Explainer 432: The theatre of war
Aug 28, 2024
The DNC, Gaza and US-Israeli relations
Aug 24, 2024
Explainer 431: Putin the peacemaker
Aug 21, 2024
Tech bros and diplomacy
Aug 17, 2024
Explainer 430: Will there be peace in Sudan?
Aug 14, 2024
What now for France?
Aug 10, 2024
Explainer 429: Mali and Ukraine
Aug 07, 2024
The Olympic spirit
Aug 03, 2024
Explainer 428: Too little too late?
Jul 31, 2024
Is change coming to Venezuela?
Jul 27, 2024
Explainer 427: Bangladesh’s quota quandary
Jul 24, 2024
Is America the north star it used to be?
Jul 20, 2024
Explainer 426: JD Vance
Jul 17, 2024
Nato comes to Washington
Jul 13, 2024
Explainer 425: Is this the end of Ecowas?
Jul 10, 2024
How will Keir Starmer relate to the world?
Jul 06, 2024
Explainer 424: Replacing Joe Biden
Jul 03, 2024
What does Iran want?
Jun 29, 2024
Explainer 423: Will Ukraine and Moldova ever join the EU?
Jun 26, 2024
What will it take to achieve peace in Ukraine?
Jun 22, 2024
Explainer 422: Friends with benefits
Jun 19, 2024
Can the far-right govern in Europe?
Jun 15, 2024
Explainer 421: Israel and the UN
Jun 12, 2024
India and its neighbours
Jun 08, 2024
Explainer 420: Claudia Sheinbaum
Jun 05, 2024
Georgia’s uncertain European future
Jun 01, 2024
Explainer 419: Is Armenia conceding to Azerbaijan?
May 29, 2024
Where did things go wrong for South Africa’s ANC?
May 25, 2024
Explainer 418: Big trouble in New Caledonia
May 22, 2024
The Black Sea
May 18, 2024
Explainer 417: Catalonia’s fading separatist spirit
May 15, 2024
Will the Baltics be next?
May 11, 2024
Explainer 416: Panama’s proxy president
May 08, 2024
Calling it quits
May 04, 2024
Explainer 415: Does peacekeeping work?
May 02, 2024
Europe’s revival
Apr 27, 2024
Explainer 414: Who are the Netzah Yehuda?
Apr 24, 2024
Delphi Economic Forum 2024
Apr 20, 2024
Explainer 413: Iran and Israel
Apr 17, 2024
Mice that roar
Apr 13, 2024
Explainer 412: Going for gold
Apr 10, 2024
Emmanuel Macron: Europe’s ‘Raging Bull’?
Apr 06, 2024
Explainer 411: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Apr 03, 2024
Islamic State: they never went away
Mar 30, 2024
Explainer 410: Water fight in the South China Sea
Mar 27, 2024
How has war changed Volodymyr Zelensky?
Mar 23, 2024
Explainer 409: Niger and the USA
Mar 20, 2024
Crisis in Haiti
Mar 16, 2024
Explainer 408: Another failed referendum
Mar 13, 2024
The future of dissent in Russia
Mar 09, 2024
Explainer 407: Haiti calls for aid
Mar 06, 2024
Wake up Europe
Mar 02, 2024
Explainer 406: Whither the Palestinian Authority
Feb 28, 2024
Munich Security Conference special edition
Feb 24, 2024
Explainer 405: Taliban 2.0
Feb 21, 2024
The other half
Feb 17, 2024
Explainer 404: Putsch away democracy
Feb 14, 2024
Indonesia’s election: what’s at stake?
Feb 10, 2024
Explainer 403: What’s behind the Super Bowl conspiracy?
Feb 07, 2024
Can the Israel-Hamas war be contained?
Feb 03, 2024
Explainer 402: What now for Tuvalu?
Jan 31, 2024
Sudan’s forgotten war
Jan 27, 2024
Explainer 401: Don’t rock the boat
Jan 24, 2024
It’s foreign policy, stupid
Jan 20, 2024
Explainer 400: Why is Italy’s deputy prime minister on trial?
Jan 17, 2024
Political pastimes
Jan 13, 2024
Explainer 399: Bangladesh’s one-party democracy
Jan 10, 2024
The best of 2023
Jan 06, 2024
Explainer 398: Ringing in the new year
Jan 03, 2024
Looking back at 2023 – and ahead to 2024
Dec 30, 2023
Power dressing
Dec 23, 2023
Explainer 397: The Red Sea
Dec 20, 2023
Power chords: music, diplomacy and geopolitics
Dec 16, 2023
Explainer 396: Delaying democracy in Guatemala
Dec 13, 2023
Could Venezuela really invade Guyana?
Dec 09, 2023
Explainer 395: The UK’s Rwanda obsession
Dec 06, 2023