28 March 2025
Episode 2989
41 minutes
Photo: Getty Images
As the US demands even more from a deal with Ukraine, Monocle’s Julia Lasica and Gunnar Gronlid join Andrew Mueller to discuss. Plus: Radio Free Europe’s future, Art Basel Hong Kong, and why the Kremlin is getting into a spat with Norway about Svalbard.
28 March 2025
Share episode
DownloadWant more radio episodes like these in your inbox?
Sign up to Monocle’s email newsletters to stay on top of news and opinion, plus the latest from the magazine, radio, film and shop.
The Monocle Daily - latest episodes
The reworked US-Ukraine minerals deal
As the US demands even more from a deal with Ukraine, Monocle’s Julia Lasica and Gunnar Gronlid join Andrew Mueller to discuss. Plus: Radio Free Europe’s future, Art Basel Hong Kong, and why the Kremlin is getting into a…
Macron announces ‘reassurance forces’
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced that Ukraine’s European allies, led by France and the United Kingdom, will deploy what he called “reassurance forces” to police any ceasefire. How will Putin and Trump take the…
The decision-making behind Signal-gate and European security
We hear from ‘The Atlantic’ about what this week has been like in the newsroom since Signal-gate. Our panelists David Brennan and Terry Stiastny discuss the House hearings on the intelligence leak, examine the upcoming US…
The Signal debacle shakes Washington as Ukraine and Russia agree to Black Sea ceasefire
As the fallout from the US security group-chat leak continues, Burcu Ozcelik and Oscar Guardiola-Riviera join Andrew Mueller to discuss how well the damage control is going. Plus: Ukraine and Russia agree to a ceasefire in…
The US and Russia meet in Riyadh
As the world waits with bated breath about what progress is being made on a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire, Charles Hecker joins Andrew Mueller to discuss. Then: panellists Yossi Mekelberg and Giorgia Scaturro join to discuss the…
From Paris to London and Zürich with love
We get the latest from Heathrow with Dr Sally Leivesley. Then: we cross from Paris with our bureau chief, Simon Bouvier, and journalist Daphnée Denis, to London with editor Josh Fehnert and Zürich with Désirée Bandli.
EU leaders debate the future and the World Happiness Report 2025
We’re live from our Paris studio with panellists Michele Barbero and Florence Martin-Kessler to discuss the EU’s leaders summit in Brussels, why the pension debate in France will never go away and why King Charles III is…
A Parisian special
On this special edition we’re joined by Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, along with your favourite Monocle editors and a host of industry experts in celebrating the opening of our new shop and café on Rue Bacha…
Live from Paris: Trump the negotiator and Macron’s new domestic standing
Live for the first time from our 16 Rue Bachaumont studio in Paris, Emma Nelson is joined by Monocle’s Paris bureau chief, Simon Bouvier, and journalist Colette Davidson. We discuss whether Trump can be the world’s negot…
Does Putin want peace with Ukraine?
As Washington and Moscow confirm that private talks about a potential ceasefire in Ukraine will go ahead later this week, we discuss the reaction from Europe. Elsewhere, we ask about Voice of America, as Donald Trump’s move…
Germany’s big spending plans and the joys of department stores
We get an update on a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan to end a decades-long conflict before we turn to Germany’s historic agreement on defence spending, a wrap-up of Mipim, the joys of department stores and the…
What does Russia want – and what will the US give?
Vladimir Putin agrees in principle to a Ukraine ceasefire. We speak with Charles Hecker about how the US will respond. Then: panellists John Everard and Carole Walker discuss what Russia wants, how to fight a tariff war and…
Will Russia sign the US-brokered ceasefire deal?
Now that Ukraine has agreed to a 30-day ceasefire proposal put forward by the US, will Russia follow suit? Also in the programme: the EU’s plan to send rejected asylum seekers to deportation centres in non-EU countries and…
Shifting allegiances, from the Middle East to China
Leila Molana-Allen and Robin Brant consider how country allegiances have shifted in this uncertain era of geopolitics, covering everything from Gaza and Ukraine talks to this week’s Russia-China-Iran military exercises to…
Changing tone and tactics
Mark Carney has come out swinging against Donald Trump since being elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party – will the aggressive approach work? Our panellists Nina dos Santos and Caroline Frost discuss the tone of politics…
