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6 Dec 2022
30 min

The Chiefs - Tomohiko Taniguchi, Margarita Seselgyte and Lewis Lukens: 

Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins our specially convened panel of experts to look back on the pivotal events of the past 12 months and peer ahead to 2023. The panel includes: in Tokyo, Tomohiko Taniguchi, a foreign-policy specialist who formerly served as special advisor to the late Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister; in Vilnius, Margarita Seselgyte, director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University; and in London, former US diplomat Lewis Lukens, who now serves as senior partner at Signum Global.

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2 Jul 2022
30 min

The Foreign Desk - NATO: brain-dead no more?: 

In this special episode, the team travels to Madrid for Nato’s most important summit in generations. How much stronger has Russia made the alliance, if only by accident? Andrew Mueller speaks to Lithuania’s foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis; the head of policy planning in the office of the secretary general at Nato, Benedetta Berti-Alberti; and Slovenia’s minister of foreign affairs, Tanja Fajon.

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25 Jun 2022
30 min

The Foreign Desk - Mark Esper: 

Andrew Mueller sits down with former US secretary of defence Mark Esper to discuss his tumultuous tenure in the Trump administration, the ongoing Capitol Hill committee hearings, and how he thinks other Western militaries ought to respond to current challenges.

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18 Jun 2022
30 min

The Foreign Desk - The evolution of Putin: 

The course of recent world history and the future of Ukraine rests on the whim of one man: Vladimir Putin. Was Putin’s rule of Russia always going to end up like this? In this episode, we hear from people who understand the evolution of Putin better than most. Andrew Mueller speaks to the former deputy energy minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Milov; the president of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović; former president of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski; and the former president of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid.

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11 Jun 2022
30 min

The Foreign Desk - Globsec 2022 Bratislava Forum, part two: 

In the second of our special episodes recorded at Globsec, Andrew Mueller sits down with Romania’s state secretary, Simona Cojocaru, former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt and Ukrainian MP Maria Mezentseva.

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8 Jan 2022
30 min

The Foreign Desk - Is the doctrine of nuclear deterrence still relevant?: 

​In a rare joint statement issued on Monday, five of the world’s most powerful nations pledged to avoid nuclear war. In this episode of ‘The Foreign Desk’, we examine the doctrine of nuclear deterrence. Does possessing a nuclear deterrent make the world safer? Is a world without atomic weapons even possible? And what’s it like to be the person tasked, if the order to unleash the apocalypse ever did come, with turning the key? Andrew Mueller speaks to Tom Nichols, Margaret MacMillan and Dana Struckman.

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8 Oct 2021
30 min

The Big Interview - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: 

Belarus’s exiled opposition leader speaks to Monocle’s Tomos Lewis about the state of the resistance movement and her hopes for the country’s future.

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21 Sep 2021

The Chiefs - Prime Minister Kaja Kallas: 

In this week’s episode of The Chiefs, Monocle's editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on leading in times of crisis and the future of Estonia and its national identity.

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17 Jan 2021
1 hour

The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24: 

All the best bits from the past seven days on Monocle 24 carefully curated into a 60-minute show. This week: as Donald Trump becomes the first US president to be impeached twice, we ask whether it could spell the end of his political career; we meet British sound designer Johnnie Burn; and we tuck in to a recipe from one of London’s most exciting young chefs.

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29 Nov 2020
1 hour

The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24: 

We speak to Simonetta Sommaruga, president of the Swiss Confederation. Plus: we discuss Joe Biden’s cabinet, Peruvian politics and meet the winner of this year’s Booker prize, Douglas Stuart.

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25 Oct 2020
1 hour

The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24: 

This week: actress and activist Jane Fonda; the new leader of the Green Party of Canada, Annamie Paul; and the editor of ‘Point.51’, Rob Pinney.

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23 Oct 2020
30 min

The Big Interview - Jane Fonda : 

The Academy Award-winning actor and legendary campaigner talks to Tomos Lewis about the importance of protest, using her celebrity platform for social change and why she is inspired by a new generation of activists.

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16 Oct 2020
30 min

The Big Interview - Charlie Sykes : 

The former radio host and founder of the conservative news website The Bulwark talks to Chris Cermak about a career of two halves: before and after the rise of Trump, losing listeners to Trumpism and how to win them back over to the moderate fold.

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9 Oct 2020
30 min

The Big Interview - Karen Donfried: 

In the third episode of our US election series, Karen Donfried, the president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, talks to Chris Cermak about the challenges for the transatlantic relationship and how to get the alliance back on track, regardless of who takes the White House in November.

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12 Oct 2019
30 min

The Foreign Desk - How lawless are the oceans?: 

In an ever more monitored world, escaping to the high seas might seem like a romantic idea. For some, however, being that far off the grid means being exploited, often while undertaking illicit activities. Who should be controlling what happens on the world’s oceans, and what’s being done to help those suffering at the hands of modern-day buccaneers, mercenaries and smugglers? Andrew Mueller is joined by journalist Ian Urbina, David Hammond from Human Rights at Sea and Alessio Patalano from King's College London.

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22 Sep 2021
6 min

The Foreign Desk - France and Algeria: can you pardon the past?: 

France has, not for the first time, attempted to apologise to the Harki community for its treatment of them following the country’s historic war with Algeria. But are President Macron’s morals and motives closely aligned?

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11 Aug 2021
7 min

The Foreign Desk - Explainer 278: Who are the Taliban?: 

Over the past few days the Taliban have laid claim to several key cities across the outer provinces of Afghanistan. As fighting continues, Andrew Mueller outlines the history of these insurgents.

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28 Aug 2019
6 min

The Foreign Desk - Explainer 180: Why is Australia questioning question time?: 

Question time is a key part of some parliaments that operate under the Westminster system, allowing MPs direct access to senior members of the government. As Australia considers reforms, Andrew Mueller explains why protecting it is so important for democracy.

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