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Monocle’s global-affairs show with Andrew Mueller. Expert guests, in-depth analysis, and sharp commentary on major geopolitical issues.
Latest Episodes
Interests vs values
Richard Murphy, former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Syria and John Everard, former UK ambassador to Uruguay, North Korea and Belarus, discuss what is more important: to promote a nation’s interests or a nation’s values. For most of the time these two go hand in hand but there are…
Who will fight the ground war against Isis?
The UK has joined the US and France in bombing Isis targets inside Syria but victory will be impossible without ground forces. So who will provide them? The Kurds? Syrian opposition groups? An outside force? Steve Bloomfield speaks to Rusi’s Shashank Joshi, Hugh Naylor from ‘The Washington Post’ and film-maker…
Trying to save the world from itself
Former European Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard and Jennifer Morgan from the World Resources Institute discuss the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The last time world leaders gathered to try to solve the problem of climate change – in Copenhagen in 2009 – it ended in failure. But as…
Paris and the media
How has the media covered the attacks on Paris and its aftermath? We speak to the editor of ‘Paris Match’ about the challenges faced by French media and hear how two international editors balance coverage of competing tragedies. With Olivier Royant, Lindsey Hilsum from Channel 4 News and Newsweek’s Matt…
The corruption of sport
Another week, another sporting scandal – but why exactly is corruption such a problem for so many international sporting organisations? Steve Bloomfield sits down with Owen Gibson, Martha Kelner and Gideon Haigh to discuss how international sport got to this state and if there’s any way out of it.
What next for Turkey’s Kurdish population?
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has a majority once more. But what will this mean for the country’s Kurdish population? Peace talks with the PKK are over and the conflict has begun again. Is a political solution still possible? Join Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield as he speaks to experts from the…
What is a war crime?
The phrase is often used but what we call “war crimes” are hardly ever prosecuted. Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield chairs a powerful discussion on what is a war crime and why the outrage rarely leads to an investigation. Featuring Kevin Jon Heller, Alex Whiting and Gary D Solis.
The end of the Kirchner era
For the first time in more than a decade, Argentina will soon be ruled by someone who is not a Kirchner. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is stepping down, with her late husband Néstor Kirchner having governed for four years before her. Steve Bloomfield is joined by guests Virginia García Beaudoux,…
Burma
As the country gears up for the most important election since military rule was imposed in 1962, we ask how significant this step towards democracy will be. Steve Bloomfield is joined by guests Bill Hayton, Aye Aye Win and Esther Htusan to talk about reforms, what comes next and Aung…
Mohamed Fahmy
In his first full interview since leaving Egypt after his release from prison, former Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy talks to Steve Bloomfield about his fight for freedom.
