The Foreign Desk

362 Episodes

1. Explainer 449: Is China cutting Taiwan’s cables or are their wires crossed?

   Published: 1/8/2025
2. The geopolitical risks of 2025

   Published: 1/4/2025
3. Elections, conflicts and the rise of the right: a look at 2024

   Published: 12/28/2024
4. The case for foreign aid

   Published: 12/21/2024
5. Explainer 448: Trudeau in trouble

   Published: 12/18/2024
6. The spectacular fall of the Assad regime

   Published: 12/14/2024
7. Explainer 447: Why is Israel striking Syria?

   Published: 12/11/2024
8. The case for indigenous political inclusion

   Published: 12/7/2024
9. Explainer 446: The South Korean coup that wasn’t

   Published: 12/4/2024
10. Taiwan’s China problem

    Published: 11/30/2024
11. Explainer 445: Are Romania’s election candidates really that surprising? 

    Published: 11/27/2024
12. Is Europe ready for war?

    Published: 11/23/2024
13. Explainer 444: Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting? 

    Published: 11/20/2024
14. Trump’s doctrine: the sequel

    Published: 11/16/2024
15. Explainer 443: The motives behind Equatorial Guinea’s sex scandal

    Published: 11/13/2024
16. Trump returns: what now?

    Published: 11/9/2024
17. Explainer 442: The election result making Europe breathe a sigh of relief

    Published: 11/6/2024
18. US election counterintuitives

    Published: 11/2/2024
19. Explainer 441: In celebration of Uruguay’s drama-free election

    Published: 10/30/2024
20. How the war in Ukraine has reshaped Asian foreign policy

    Published: 10/26/2024