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  • Affairs
  • Episode 3850
  • 30 Jun 2026
  • 33 min

Germany looks to the Global South for a new international order 

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  • The Briefing
  • Affairs
  • Episode 3850
  • 33 min

Germany launches its North-South commission as its aid budget is cut. Plus: UAE launches its first passenger-train service, North Korea’s unlikely economic success and Monocle at Almedalen Week in Sweden. 

Host
  • Thomas Waterhouse
Contributors
  • Hassan Anderson
  • Inzamam Rashid
  • Lily Austin

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