The Foreign Desk

352 Episodes

1. Explainer 454: New Zealand’s beef with its neighbours

   Published: 12/02/2025
2. How to win a trade war

   Published: 8/02/2025
3. Explainer 453: Does China really control the Panama Canal? 

   Published: 5/02/2025
4. What is Rwanda doing in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

   Published: 1/02/2025
5. Explainer 452: Trump’s Greenland grab

   Published: 29/01/2025
6. Can the Israel-Hamas ceasefire become lasting peace?

   Published: 25/01/2025
7. Explainer 451: The veteran rebels behind Colombia’s violent turf war

   Published: 22/01/2025
8. Mr Trump goes to Washington: the sequel  

   Published: 17/01/2025
9. Explainer 450: What is Lebanon’s new government up against? Spoiler: itself

   Published: 15/01/2025
10. The legacies of US presidents

    Published: 11/01/2025
11. Explainer 449: Is China cutting Taiwan’s cables or are their wires crossed?

    Published: 8/01/2025
12. The geopolitical risks of 2025

    Published: 4/01/2025
13. Elections, conflicts and the rise of the right: a look at 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 30/11/2024