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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
Freedom of movement
As some EU member states start to call the principle of freedom of movement into question, Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield chairs a discussion on where migration stands today. Featuring the Polish ambassador to the UK, Witold Sobkow; former UK home secretary Charles Clarke and the director of the Migration Observatory at…
Turkey votes
As Turkey prepares to head to the polls next month, Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield asks if this is the moment the country could change – and not for the better. Featuring author and political commentator Ece Temelkuran, Mustafa Akyol – a journalist and contributing opinion writer for ‘The New York Times’…
Who’s afraid of Margot Wallström?
As business leaders and Saudi Arabia start to feel the diplomatic show of force of Sweden’s new foreign minister Margot Wallström, Steve Bloomfield chairs a discussion on her feminist approach to foreign policy.
Modi: one year on
As Narendra Modi completes a year in office, Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield is joined by Milan Vaishnav and Shashank Bengali to discuss where the world’s largest democracy is today.
Poll position
No election is complete without arguments over opinion polls. Who’s up, who’s down, what we care about, what we don’t. It’s time to brush up on our sample sizes, our margins of errors and, of course, our confidence intervals. Three polling experts explain the science.
Syria: is Assad losing?
Monocle’s foreign editor Steve Bloomfield asks if Bashar al-Assad is finally losing the battle for Syria? He analyses the ongoing war – now in its fifth year – with acting editor at ‘Syria Deeply’, Katarina Montgomery, and Liz Sly, Beirut bureau chief for the ‘Washington Post’.
Terror in Kenya
After 148 people were killed in Garissa, Kenya is a country in mourning. But much of the anger is focused on a government that failed to protect its citizens. Steve Bloomfield speaks to Kenyan journalists and activists about the country’s crisis.
Remember Darfur?
In 2015 Sudan re-elected a president accused of genocide. Steve Bloomfield chairs a discussion on why the Darfur campaign failed.
Hillary Clinton versus no one
Steve Bloomfield talks to CNN’s Peter Hamby and the AP’s Lisa Lerer about the strange non-race to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2016.
The election no one will win
Britain goes to the polls in May but no party can win a majority. Steve Bloomfield talks to commentators David Aaronovitch and John Rentoul about the likely chaos following the vote, while Sean Kemp gives the inside story on the bizarre coalition negotiations last time around.
