• The Foreign Desk

  • Written by: Monocle
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The Foreign Desk

Written 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 Politics & Government Social Sciences World
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Episodes
  • Explainer 456: What’s halting Germany’s defence? History.

    Explainer 456: What’s halting Germany’s defence? History.
    Feb 26 2025

    As security risks on the European continent rise and the US retreats from its historic role, will Germany be able to shake off its history and arm itself to meet the moment?

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    7 mins
  • Very well, alone?

    Very well, alone?
    Feb 22 2025

    In the week following US vice president JD Vance’s explosive speech at the Munich Security Conference, European leaders scrambled to two emergency summits to consider the prospect of American detachment. In this special episode recorded at the conference, we reflect on this new reality almost exactly three years on from the invasion of Ukraine. We speak with current and former office-holders, including Pål Jonson, Sweden’s minister of defence, and Oleksii Reznikov, former minister of defence of Ukraine.

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    39 mins
  • Explainer 455: Mauritius’s money-laundering prime minister

    Explainer 455: Mauritius’s money-laundering prime minister
    Feb 19 2025

    Former Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth was arrested last weekend after the country’s Financial Crimes Commission recovered suitcases full of banknotes worth over €2m. We explain why the scandal is not just bad news for Mauritius but the UK too.

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    7 mins

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