• 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.

    2024 Monocle
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Episodes
  • Explainer 444: Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting?

    Explainer 444: Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting?
    Nov 20 2024

    Andrew Mueller explains the origin of the controversial bill New Zealand’s Maori are protesting against.

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    6 mins
  • Trump’s doctrine: the sequel

    Trump’s doctrine: the sequel
    Nov 16 2024

    Following Trump’s first cabinet appointments, we consider what his second term might mean for tensions between international powers. Andrew Mueller speaks with Amy Mackinnon, national security reporter for ‘Foreign Policy’; John Herbst, former US ambassador to Ukraine; Stephen Young, former ambassador to China; and Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East negotiator.

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    41 mins
  • Explainer 433: The motives behind Equatorial Guinea’s sex scandal

    Explainer 433: The motives behind Equatorial Guinea’s sex scandal
    Nov 13 2024

    African social media has been awash with scandalous videos of Baltasar Ebang Engonga, head of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, filmed by the man himself, in his own office. Andrew Mueller explains the Shakespearian motives behind the leak and what it could mean for nation’s higher office.

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    8 mins

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