663 results for Sweden

30 July 2022

While much of the west is united against Russia’s war in Ukraine, other countries have avoided taking sides. What does it really mean to be neutral and is non-alignment still possible in today’s connected world? To examine…

5 July 2022

The UK’s health secretary and chancellor resign from Boris Johnson’s government. Our guests Samira Shackle and Yossi Mekelberg discuss Finland and Sweden’s routes to Nato membership, rumours of a Donald Trump 2024 bid, the…

29 June 2022

Turkey agrees to back Finland and Sweden’s bid to join Nato. Plus: Iran applies to join trading bloc Brics, plans for a second Scottish independence referendum and the latest art news.

21 June 2022

Elisabeth Braw and Daniella Peled examine Israel’s fifth election in four years, Russia’s warnings to Lithuania and the state of Sweden and Finland’s Nato bids. Plus: the enduring power of the love letter and we look back…

16 June 2022

We discuss the growing call for heavier weapons to be provided for Ukraine and look at the economic and political uncertainty taking hold in Pakistan. Plus: we hear from Sweden’s ambassador to the UK and speak to the winner…

10 June 2022

We discuss the revelations from the congressional hearings into the US Capitol insurrection. Plus: Turkey’s conditions for Sweden and Finland’s Nato membership bids, France’s parliamentary elections and an art roundup.

9 June 2022

Andrew Mueller, Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Charles Hecker on the day’s biggest news stories, including Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s new demands for Sweden and Finland, the latest push in the US for gun controls…

30 May 2022

Will the West be able to find unity in its dealings with Russia? How far Turkey can go with its unaccommodating approach to both refugee flows and Sweden and Finland’s Nato applications before it faces a backlash. Plus: the…

23 May 2022

Eemeli Isoaho and Christoph Lenz are in Monocle’s Zürich studio to discuss Ukraine at the World Economic Forum, Finland and Sweden’s Nato bids and President Biden’s promise to Taiwan. As the world reopens to tourists, where…

21 May 2022

Sweden and Finland have submitted their applications to become Nato’s 31st and 32nd members. We ask what Sweden and Finland would bring to the alliance, and if this expansion would make Nato’s mission of defending the west…

17 May 2022

Terry Stiastny and Vincent McAviney discuss the Northern Ireland protocol as the UK government threatens to renege on its Brexit deal; we report the latest on Finland and Sweden’s Nato membership bids; what to do about…

17 May 2022

Turkey's president says that he is opposed to Finland and Sweden joining Nato but what does that mean for security in the region? We profile France's new prime minister Élisabeth Borne, the first woman to hold the post in…