274 results for Saudi Arabia

31 January 2019

What Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption drive has achieved, Donald Trump’s relationship with Taiwan and the financial cost of Brexit. Plus: our Eurovision expert Fernando Augusto Pacheco gives us a brief history of the compe…

2 January 2019

How far is US president Donald Trump willing to go to secure money for the Mexico wall? Also in the programme: China’s latest call for Taiwan reunification and why Netflix pulled a comedy show from its service in Saudi…

17 December 2018

We analyse Saudi Arabia’s next move as the US withdraws its support for the war in Yemen and discuss the effect that Brexit is having on those with British passports and European roots. Plus: why is the US government at…

17 December 2018

Why has Saudi Arabia’s relationship with the US deteriorated so rapidly? We also discuss Emmanuel Macron’s presidential-approval rating, Russia’s ambitions in the Arctic and the naming of a giant panda cub in Japan.

21 November 2018

The UK’s road to Brexit is supposed to be getting smoother but many only see more bumps; we survey the way forward. Plus: why Donald Trump has a friend in Saudi Arabia, Canada’s Giller literary prize and the value of Macy’s…

21 November 2018

We analyse the EU and Italy’s economic clash, the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia and China’s ambitions in the South China Sea. Plus: Why does Switzerland hold so many referendums?

20 November 2018

We get the latest on the dire situation in Yemen, as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pledge $500m in food aid. Plus: we look at the impact on EU-Hungary relations as Budapest offers asylum to Macedonia’s former…

15 November 2018

After an extraordinary day in Westminster that saw multiple resignations and pressure on Theresa May to follow, the British prime minister is holding on. Plus: we discuss Saudi Arabia’s order to execute Jamal Khashoggi’s…

5 November 2018

We ask whether a diplomatic push by the king of Saudi Arabia is anything more than a PR exercise. Plus: China's attempts to promote free trade, the impact of Iranian oil sanctions and attempts by Nasa to send astronauts…

29 October 2018

We assess a violent few days in the US and consider the nation’s mood just days from the midterm elections. Plus: why fears of an Italian crisis are fuelling calls for an EU bank, film-maker Mahmoud Sabbagh on freedom of…

26 October 2018

We get the latest on Brazil's presidential election race being decided this weekend, look at why Austria and Germany are rethinking their relationships with Saudi Arabia and enjoy a highlight from Monocle’s Travel Top 50…

25 October 2018

Will the global fallout over Saudi Arabia affect the war in Yemen? Plus: Italy’s warming relationship with Russia, a clumsy British MEP compares Nazis to socialists, Ukraine’s foreign ministry calls for an end to Soviet-era…

25 October 2018

We discuss what’s on the agenda as Shinzo Abe and Xi Jinping meet in China for the first time in seven years. Plus: how is the Jamal Khashoggi killing affecting Saudi Arabia’s relationships with its neighbours? We also have…

24 October 2018

US president Donald Trump’s strongest criticism of Saudi Arabia so far, the first known overseas operation to protect American elections from Russian interference and whether former leaders make good diplomats. Daniel Bach…