22 August 2017

We find out why an annual military exercise provoked a threat from North Korea aimed at Australia. Plus: Angela Merkel’s election campaign takes shape, Michael Bloomberg’s new global business forum and Brazil’s carwash…

21 August 2017

What is Donald Trump’s strategy for military intervention in Afghanistan? We get insights from the former special representative for the country, Michael Semple, and Paul Rogers, professor of peace studies at the University…

21 August 2017

We discuss the role of Morocco in Islamic extremism and Trump’s much-anticipated Afghanistan strategy. Plus: favourite pastimes for a solar eclipse.

21 August 2017

A former terror chief tells us how Europe’s police forces are attempting to find the suspect of last week’s Barcelona attack and we ask whether Donald Trump will increase the number of US troops in Afghanistan. Plus: how…

21 August 2017

From Barcelona to Finland, we explore how terrorism affects the communities it targets. Plus: homophobia in Chechnya and pop music’s favourite brands.

20 August 2017

We meet singer-songwriters The Rails, whose new record ‘Other People’ continues the husband-and-wife duo’s smart update on folk traditions. Plus, a report on how the Amsterdam brewing scene hots up for summer and we speak…

19 August 2017

In part three of our summer series we explore how autocratic leaders have built a personality cult. We look at the personality traits needed to build one and look at dictators’ legacies once the parades cease and the sta…

19 August 2017

Tom Edwards and Markus Hippi present highlights from Monocle 24. This week we sit down with David Lowery, writer and director of ‘A Ghost Story’, head to Brazil for a report from the Paraty International Literary Festival…

18 August 2017

Steve Bannon has left the White House – did he jump or was he pushed? And what next for the branch of conservatism he symbolised? Plus: the strange story of Grace Mugabe in South Africa.

18 August 2017

Andrew Mueller, Andrew Tuck, Henry Rees-Sheridan, Carlota Rebelo and Fernando Augusto Pacheco discuss the day’s top stories from the terrorist attack in Barcelona, to how the US president is being linked to the KKK. Plus…

18 August 2017

Author DBC Pierre joins The Monocle Weekly team to discuss tips and tricks for writing, as detailed in his book ‘Release the Bats’.

18 August 2017

Should Spain’s authorities have done more to prevent the terrorist attack in Barcelona? We also discuss whether the US could learn from Ukraine’s example when it comes to dealing with controversial statues and why a luxury…

18 August 2017

Terror in Spain: at least 13 people are dead and police have dramatically foiled a second plot; Monocle 24’s correspondent and our security analysts bring you the latest. Plus: are US Republicans preparing to oust Donald…

17 August 2017

As a car slams into a crowd in Barcelona, we get the latest from our correspondent in Spain and speak to the former head of the UK’s Counter Terrorism Security Office. Plus: the fallout from Charlottesville continues and…

17 August 2017

What are the logistical aspects of creating land? We discover the Netherlands’ approach to land reclamation and examine the rise and fall of London’s Garden Bridge. Plus: in Austria even terrible, awful, unplanned archit…