The Foreign Desk
Monocle’s global-affairs show with Andrew Mueller. Expert guests, in-depth analysis, and sharp commentary on major geopolitical issues.
Latest Episodes
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,…
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’,…
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…
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…
Civil war in Yemen?
Western diplomats once lauded the ‘Yemen model’ as the solution to conflicts in the Arab world. Now it’s unravelled, leaving the country split and with no solution in sight. Steve Bloomfield talks to journalist…
Israel after Netanyahu
Israel may have a new prime minister in less than two weeks but what would an Israel led by Isaac Herzog look like? And what would it mean for the peace process?
