16 February 2023
Episode 2403
40 minutes
Daniella Peled and Jonn Elledge discuss Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secretary general, urging Ankara to approve Finland and Sweden’s membership bids, and Syrian president Assad’s ‘earthquake diplomacy’. Also in the show: city authorities question free travel for South Korea’s elderly, and would you buy caviar from a vending machine? Plus our weekly Letter from New York.
16 February 2023
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