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Monocle’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards.

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Macron on Europe, the US and Ukraine :

As Emmanuel Macron makes a televised speech to address concerns over support for Ukraine and European relations with the US, Simon Bouvier joins Emma Nelson to discuss the French president’s priorities. Then: is the annexation of Greenland by the US inevitable? Plus: the first non-Japanese studio to design a bullet train and Louis Vuitton launches makeup.

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3557	6 Mar 2025 58 min	Macron on Europe, the US and Ukraine As Emmanuel Macron makes a televised speech to address concerns over support for Ukraine and European relations with the US, Simon Bouvier joins Emma Nelson to discuss the French president’s priorities. Then: is the annexation of Greenland by the US inevitable? Plus: the first non-Japanese studio to design a bullet train and Louis Vuitton launches makeup.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3556	5 Mar 2025 58 min	Trump’s annual address to Congress The US president answers his critics in a speech before Congress after a whirlwind day of tariffs and suspended Ukraine aid. Then: the Arab summit’s plan for Gaza, the 13th Global Terrorism Index, aviation news and how chardonnay sales are benefiting from ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3555	4 Mar 2025 58 min	New US tariffs take effect We discuss Beijing’s response as Donald Trump’s long-promised tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico come into effect. Then: could Giorgia Meloni become the unlikely bridge between the US and Europe? Plus: Paris Fashion Week kicks off, a check-in at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and remembering the late Jack Vettriano.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3554	3 Mar 2025 58 min	Where does Ukraine go from here? We analyse a critical weekend in geopolitics with Ukrainian MP Yevheniia Kravchuk, a view from the ground of the London summit with Vincent McAviney, reactions from Steve Crawshaw and Monocle’s Chris Lord. Plus: Asia aviation news and the Oscar results.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3553	28 Feb 2025 58 min	The heart of the deal: Zelensky in Washington As the president of Ukraine travels to the White House to negotiate his country’s future, Chris Cermak is joined by Ukrainian MP Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze. Then: is the France-Algeria migration pact doomed? Plus: the Art Basel Awards, Japan’s cargo-only bullet train and ‘What We Learned’ this week with Andrew Mueller.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3552	27 Feb 2025 58 min	Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ As the US House of Representatives passes a budget resolution that calls for trillions of dollars in tax and spending cuts, we discuss what a huge victory for Donald Trump will mean for the US. Then: tension between China and Taiwan ramps up. Plus: Monocle magazine’s March issue, the future of the office space and Fernando Augusto Pacheco with a cultural round-up.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3551	26 Feb 2025 58 min	Israel-Hamas ceasefire finds new footing We explore the latest in ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas with our Middle East correspondent, Leila Molana-Allen. Then: South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol makes closing arguments in his impeachment trial and the US sees a curious return of measles. Plus Bill Browder on US-Russia sanctions and Oscars CEO Bill Kramer.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3550	25 Feb 2025 58 min	European leaders rally for Ukraine and Europe’s cheese war Why European leaders made a show of strength in Kyiv as the US steps back. We explore how Riyadh is positioning itself on the frontline of diplomacy; keep an eye on the election in Poland after the dust settles in Germany; assess the effect of Lunar New Year domestic travel on China’s airlines; and examine why the next generation of luxury watchmakers is coming from Japan. Plus: the cheese war between Switzerland and France is maturing.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3549	24 Feb 2025 59 min	Germany at the polls As Germany votes on who will lead the country for the next four years, Monocle’s Chris Cermak joins Emma Nelson from Berlin to discuss what comes next. Plus: we get the latest from Syria, Canada’s flag turns 60, highlights from Japan’s stationary awards and the Salon d’Agriculture takes place in Paris.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3548	21 Feb 2025 58 min	Ukraine-US tensions deepen: what’s next? Trading of insults, a cancelled joint press conference and the refusal to sign a draft UN resolution condemning Russia’s aggression. We examine the deepening feud between Ukraine and the US and what it means for the prospect of peace. We’re also in Berlin as Germany prepares to head to the polls. Then: a look ahead to midterm elections in the Philippines and a conversation about Birkenstock and artistic copyright. Plus: theatre news, Design Biennale Rotterdam and ‘What We Learned’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3547	20 Feb 2025 58 min	Yoon Suk Yeol’s criminal trial begins As South Korea tries a sitting president in a criminal court for the first time in its history, John Nilsson-Wright and Steven Borowiec join Emma Nelson to discuss where the country’s political crisis could go next. Plus: London Fashion Week begins, journalist Steven Erlanger on Germany’s elections and what to expect from Frieze LA.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3546	19 Feb 2025 58 min	Taiwan: the other looming conflict While the US seeks reconciliation with Russia, it angers China by quietly dropping reference to opposing Taiwan’s independence. Then: Turkey detains PKK suspects, what Ukraine thinks of the US-Russia talks, South Korea’s secret sauce joins Unesco list and tech news with David Phelan.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3545	18 Feb 2025 59 min	US-Russia talks begin in Riyadh We discuss Washington and Moscow’s push for peace in Ukraine, without Kyiv or Brussels at the table. Then: China’s president, Xi Jinping, signals that Beijing is open for business as he courts private-sector innovation. Plus: a flip through the international papers, design news and a jolt of caffeine at Monocle’s newly opened Paris café.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3544	17 Feb 2025 58 min	European leaders to hold emergency summit As European leaders announce an emergency meeting to discuss Ukraine, Suzanne Lynch joins Emma Nelson to consider where ceasefire talks might go next. Plus: the African Union Summit examines the future of the continent; a look at the effects of the Santorini earthquake on hospitality; and the Japanese IT company offering ‘hangover leave’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3543	14 Feb 2025 58 min	Car attack rattles first day of the Munich Security Conference Monocle is in Munich with the latest on the “terror attack” as the Bavarian capital kicks off its high-stakes security conference. Plus: China-UK talks revive, Nordic news and why romance bookshops are booming. Then: a special interview with the prime minister of the Solomon Islands, the honourable Jeremiah Manele.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

Affairs / Podcast

The Globalist

Latest episode

Latest episodes

Macron on Europe, the US and Ukraine

Trump’s annual address to Congress

New US tariffs take effect

Where does Ukraine go from here?

The heart of the deal: Zelensky in Washington

Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

Israel-Hamas ceasefire finds new footing

European leaders rally for Ukraine and Europe’s cheese war

Germany at the polls

Ukraine-US tensions deepen: what’s next?

Yoon Suk Yeol’s criminal trial begins

Taiwan: the other looming conflict

US-Russia talks begin in Riyadh

European leaders to hold emergency summit

Car attack rattles first day of the Munich Security Conference