The Foreign Desk

368 Episodes

1. Explainer 481: Why has Australia thrown out Iran’s ambassador?

   Published: 8/27/2025
2. Who will run the world if the US doesn’t want to anymore?

   Published: 8/23/2025
3. Explainer 480: Myanmar and the perks of posing as a democracy

   Published: 8/20/2025
4. Is a liberal Israel recoverable and might that be the key to peace?

   Published: 8/16/2025
5. Explainer 479: Who are the Balochistan Liberation Army and why have they suddenly attracted US attention? 

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

   Published: 8/9/2025
7. Explainer 478: Why does Trump care about Bolsonaro?

   Published: 8/6/2025
8. The catastrophe in Gaza and the prospects of a Palestinian state

   Published: 8/2/2025
9. Explainer 478: Why is Islamic State targeting the DRC?

   Published: 7/30/2025
10. Cameroon’s forgotten crisis: Is reconciliation in the Anglo-Franco schism possible?

    Published: 7/26/2025
11. Explainer 477: What is behind the violence in Syria?

    Published: 7/23/2025
12. Explainer 476: Lesotho’s one-man fight for South African land

    Published: 7/22/2025
13. The future of warfare

    Published: 7/19/2025
14. Dynastic democracies

    Published: 7/12/2025
15. Explainer 475: Why has Russia recognised the Taliban?

    Published: 7/9/2025
16. How to topple a tyrant 

    Published: 7/5/2025
17. Explainer 474: Tuvalu’s climate-change escape to Australia

    Published: 7/2/2025
18. Has the ‘12-Day War’ settled anything?

    Published: 6/28/2025
19. Explainer 473: Cambodia, Thailand and phone-call warfare

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

    Published: 6/21/2025