• The Foreign Desk

  • By: Monocle
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The Foreign Desk

By: Monocle
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  • ​Presented by ​Andrew Mueller, Monocle’s flagship global-affairs show features​ expert guests ​and in-depth analysis of the big issues of the week. Nominated for ‘Best Current Affairs’ show and the ‘Spotlight Award’ in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.

    2025 Monocle
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Political Science Social Sciences World
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Episodes
  • Explainer 449: Is China cutting Taiwan’s cables or are their wires crossed?

    Explainer 449: Is China cutting Taiwan’s cables or are their wires crossed?
    Jan 8 2025

    Andrew Mueller explains how likely it is that China is cutting Taiwan’s undersea cables and what’s in it for them.

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    7 mins
  • The geopolitical risks of 2025

    The geopolitical risks of 2025
    Jan 4 2025

    Andrew Mueller talks to Lithuania’s outgoing foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, and Monocle regulars Latika Bourke, Yossi Mekelberg and Charles Hecker about what to keep an eye on as geopolitical risks rise in 2025.

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    36 mins
  • Elections, conflicts and the rise of the right: a look at 2024

    Elections, conflicts and the rise of the right: a look at 2024
    Dec 28 2024

    More than one billion people headed to the polls, wars turned into regional crises and right-wing parties found new footholds in 2024. Andrew Mueller speaks with electoral expert Tony Banbury, and Monocle regulars Latika Bourke, Charles Hecker and Yossi Mekelberg take stock of the year.

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    35 mins

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