The Monocle Daily
Weekday global news and analysis. A guest panel reviews Europe’s stories, tracks American developments, and welcomes Asia’s early risers. Reports from Monocle’s correspondents worldwide.
Latest Episodes
The US Supreme Court rules against Trump’s sweeping tariffs
What is the future of US tariffs after the Supreme Court’s ruling? Then: is the future of European defence in doubt? Plus: Monocle signs off after two weeks in Milan.
The Board of Peace gets under way while Iran is on tenterhooks
Yossi Mekelberg and Isabel Hilton discuss Donald Trump inaugurating the Board of Peace as potential conflict with Iran continues to linger. Plus: Venezuela’s return to diplomacy and the Chinese-Americans at the Winter Olympics.
Social-media addiction, under-16s and European investigations
We discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on social-media addiction and whether under-16s should be banned. Plus: Can politics, sports and culture mix and should rickshaw drivers get licences?
Geneva hosts talks on Ukraine-Russia and Iran. Plus: will Europe increase defence spending?
Guests Alex von Tunzelmann and David Brennan discuss peace talks in Geneva and the UK’s defence spending. Then: we remember civil-rights icon Jesse Jackson. Plus: how the Vatican will use AI to translate mass.
Do you believe in signs? The Year of the Horse gets under way
Panellists Chris Phillips and Rainbow Murray discuss the Board of Peace’s pledge to Gaza, why Marco Rubio went to Hungary and which country has the best predictors of future behaviour as China enters the Year of the Horse.
The Munich Security Conference begins. Plus: week one of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina
The latest from the Munich Security Conference. Then: Julia Jenne considers whether Nato is ready for war. Plus: we hear from our team in Milan as week one of the Winter Olympics comes to a close.
Why the world increasingly considers the US a threat. Plus: Politics versus sport at the Olympics
EU leaders meet in Belgium to unpack the future of the bloc. Then: Iran and the US plan to continue nuclear talks but is diplomacy working? Plus: The Ukrainian Winter Olympian banned for wearing a remembrance helmet.
Should Ukraine hold elections?
Reports have swirled that Volodymyr Zelensky will announce elections on the four-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. The rumours have since been denied by Kyiv but does it even make sense to hold elections in wartime? Our panel of Daniella Peled and Ben Kelly assess.
British prime minister Keir Starmer hangs on – but for how long?
Phil Tinline and Marion Messmer discuss Keir Starmer’s staying power and impressions of the UK prime minister abroad: Plus: Will nuclear testing resume? And why spies and foreign interference warnings are growing in Europe.
What’s in a number? Volodymyr Zelensky warns of $12trn deal between US-Russia
Panellists Patti Cohen and John Everard assess the Ukrainian president’s claim that a US-Russia economic deal is in the works. Plus: a tale of Asian contrasts between Japan’s elections and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai’s sentencing in Hong Kong.
