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Join Monocle’s editors and guests drawn from our unrivalled pool of international commentators, analysts and experts to unpack the issues dominating the day’s agenda. From diplomatic wrangles and border disputes to big business and…
Wednesday 30 August
We discuss the social impact of tropical storm Harvey and North Korea’s intransigence. We also ask: is democracy under threat in Latin America?
Tuesday 29 August
We ask whether US president Donald Trump can step up to the role of consoler-in-chief and get the global reaction to North Korea’s most recent missile launch. Plus: does Kenya’s new ban on plastic…
Monday 28 August
French president Emmanuel Macron flexes his foreign-policy muscles among plummeting approval ratings, Farc rebrand as a political party and the third round of Brexit negotiations commence.
Friday 25 August
We ask how you lose your country’s most famous woman, whether politicians can be too nice and how much make-up is too much make-up when you’re trying to run a country.
Thursday 24 August
We look at what Jared Kushner can offer to the Israel-Palestine peace process, assess Trump’s skills as a public speaker and find out about the UN’s headache with South Sudan.
Wednesday 23 August
We examine president Trump’s return to his usual behaviour and Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to try and stem the flow of cheaper labour into France. Plus: is there any reason former Soviet nations should keep…
Tuesday 22 August
We look at reactions to president Trump’s Afghanistan strategy and see why the UK seems to have come full circle in its Brexit goals. Plus: how many political parties are too many?
Monday 21 August
We discuss the role of Morocco in Islamic extremism and Trump’s much-anticipated Afghanistan strategy. Plus: favourite pastimes for a solar eclipse.
Friday 18 August
Andrew Mueller, Andrew Tuck, Henry Rees-Sheridan, Carlota Rebelo and Fernando Augusto Pacheco discuss the day’s top stories from the terrorist attack in Barcelona, to how the US president is being linked to the KKK.…
