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22 January 2020
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, fresh from the Libyan peace talks, has signalled that his sights are now set on Somalia. Andrew Mueller asks what he hopes to gain from these partnerships.
3 October 2018
In Montréal at the end of last month, Canada’s foreign minister Chrystia Freeland and the EU’s commissioner of foreign affairs Federica Mogherini co-hosted a meeting of the world’s women foreign ministers – the first mee…
20 February 2019
How did Australia’s infamous asylum-seeker policies begin? Ben Rylan explains how the Tampa Affair in 2001 radically shifted the nation’s politics.
7 December 2016
Since the election of Justin Trudeau in 2015, the world has been reminded of Canada’s liberalism and compassion. And this is not limited to refugees: it’s reflected in their broader immigration policy too.
3 August 2022
Kosovo intends to implement a policy that requires drivers in the country to use Kosovan licence plates but Serbia isn’t happy. Andrew Mueller explains what this is really about.
7 March 2025
A look back at this week’s news stories, including the rebirth of the woolly mammoth, the White House spat between US vice president JD Vance and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and LGBT+ policies in Lesotho.
21 April 2017
Melenchon’s brand of socialism under the banner La France Insoumise is undiluted – and it makes the policies of France’s current Socialist government look positively centrist by comparison. That’s perhaps why Melenchon…
5 February 2020
The true story of Mad Mike Hoare is a throwback to a time when foreign policy could be made by a planeload of middle-aged white guys with guns taking over entire countries. Although this business model is now – thankfully…
9 June 2022
Nury Turkel is a Uyghur-American lawyer, human rights advocate and foreign policy expert. He speaks to Georgina Godwin about his new book, ‘No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs’. The publication is…
29 April 2021
This week we continue exploring the programme of the upcoming Hay Festival with a closer look at Hay-on-Earth, a series of 22 events exploring the latest environmental science, sustainable policies and creative responses…
4 July 2018
Canada’s economy is growing and its immigration policies have been met with little hostility. However, relations with its largest trading partner, the US, are unpredictable and the man who has led the resurgence of ‘brand…
20 June 2019
Dr James D Boys is an expert on the political history of the US, its current politics, US ‘grand strategy’ and the country’s presidency – with a particular focus on Bill Clinton’s administration. Boys is the author of three…
12 May 2021
Inflammatory claims in an open letter penned by several hundred members of the French military are causing a stir in France. The letter warns of the risk of civil war and targets radical Islam and national immigration…
7 February 2018
As we head towards the opening of the Winter Olympics, Monocle’s Asia bureau chief asks if combining the North and South Korean women’s hockey team is something to be celebrated or just a sacrifice for political gain.The full episode of The Foreign Desk is back on Saturday – this week looking at Turkey’s foreign policy – be sure to subscribe to get each new episode.
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