The Foreign Desk

370 Episodes

1. Explainer 483: Labour’s England flag frenzy

   Published: 3/09/2025
2. Shadow boxing in the Caribbean: Why is the US cornering Venezuela?

   Published: 1/09/2025
3. Explainer 481: Why has Australia thrown out Iran’s ambassador?

   Published: 27/08/2025
4. Who will run the world if the US doesn’t want to anymore?

   Published: 23/08/2025
5. Explainer 480: Myanmar and the perks of posing as a democracy

   Published: 20/08/2025
6. Is a liberal Israel recoverable and might that be the key to peace?

   Published: 16/08/2025
7. Explainer 479: Who are the Balochistan Liberation Army and why have they suddenly attracted US attention? 

   Published: 13/08/2025
8. Is popularity in politics a thing of the past?

   Published: 9/08/2025
9. Explainer 478: Why does Trump care about Bolsonaro?

   Published: 6/08/2025
10. The catastrophe in Gaza and the prospects of a Palestinian state

    Published: 2/08/2025
11. Explainer 478: Why is Islamic State targeting the DRC?

    Published: 30/07/2025
12. Cameroon’s forgotten crisis: Is reconciliation in the Anglo-Franco schism possible?

    Published: 26/07/2025
13. Explainer 477: What is behind the violence in Syria?

    Published: 23/07/2025
14. Explainer 476: Lesotho’s one-man fight for South African land

    Published: 22/07/2025
15. The future of warfare

    Published: 19/07/2025
16. Dynastic democracies

    Published: 12/07/2025
17. Explainer 475: Why has Russia recognised the Taliban?

    Published: 9/07/2025
18. How to topple a tyrant 

    Published: 5/07/2025
19. Explainer 474: Tuvalu’s climate-change escape to Australia

    Published: 2/07/2025
20. Has the ‘12-Day War’ settled anything?

    Published: 28/06/2025