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The Foreign Desk

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.

2026 Monocle Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Live from Delphi: Europe breaks with the US over the war in Iran

    Live from Delphi: Europe breaks with the US over the war in Iran
    Apr 25 2026

    Live from the Delphi Economic Forum: The war in Iran’s impact as seen from Iraqi Kurdistan, the US and Estonia. Is there a strategy to resolve the conflict? Then: has the war turned cracks in the Transatlantic relationship into serious fault lines?

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    39 mins
  • Explainer 514: Why is Teddy Afro’s music roiling Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed?

    Explainer 514: Why is Teddy Afro’s music roiling Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed?
    Apr 22 2026

    Ethiopian superstar Teddy Afro has taken aim at the country’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, in new song “Das Tal”. What’s being protested and should Ahmed be concerned ahead of general elections?

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    7 mins
  • From Maga to Orbán: The cracks emerging in the global right

    From Maga to Orbán: The cracks emerging in the global right
    Apr 18 2026

    In recent years, the rise of the right has seemed unstoppable. But are rifts among US Republicans over Iran and the fall of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán a sign that the tide is turning?

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    30 mins
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