The Foreign Desk

354 Episodes

1. Explainer 475: Why has Russia recognised the Taliban?

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

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

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

   Published: 28/06/2025
5. Explainer 473: Cambodia, Thailand and phone-call warfare

   Published: 25/06/2025
6. The view of Europe from Globsec Forum 2025

   Published: 21/06/2025
7. Explainer 472: The furious funeral row over Zambia’s former president 

   Published: 18/06/2025
8. ‘The Foreign Desk’ in Odesa: the international ripple effects of war in Ukraine

   Published: 14/06/2025
9. Explainer 471: Who gets to be an Italian citizen? 

   Published: 11/06/2025
10. Odesa, the Black Sea, the front line and Ukraine’s future

    Published: 7/06/2025
11. Explainer 470: The on-again, off-again US-Iran nuclear talks

    Published: 4/06/2025
12. Are journalists safe?

    Published: 31/05/2025
13. Explainer 469: Who are India’s Maoists?

    Published: 28/05/2025
14. Why does Russia still have influence in eastern Europe? 

    Published: 24/05/2025
15. Explainer 468: Tantrum or tactic? Why has Australia’s National Party split from the Liberals?

    Published: 21/05/2025
16. Does the dream of a Kurdish state end with the PKK?

    Published: 17/05/2025
17. Explainer 467: Why does Qatar want to gift Trump a jet? 

    Published: 14/05/2025
18. The Trump factor

    Published: 10/05/2025
19. Explainer 466: What actually happens during a papal  conclave (as far as we know)? 

    Published: 7/05/2025
20. The most extraordinary first 100 days of any US presidency? 

    Published: 3/05/2025