The Globalist

By Monocle

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 Nov 7, 2019

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Monocle’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards. 


Episode Date
The global reaction as the US seizes a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
Dec 12, 2025
China-Japan tensions: Why the US is backing Japan
Dec 11, 2025
Lithuania sounds the alarm over Belarussian balloons. Is Europe still too soft on provocation?
Dec 10, 2025
Ukraine peace talks, Beijing might be about to sit down with Taiwan and aviation news
Dec 09, 2025
Syria marks a year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad
Dec 08, 2025
Putin in India and what Mogherini’s fraud accusation means for EU trust
Dec 05, 2025
Eyes on Venezuela and the search for MH370 will resume
Dec 04, 2025
Emmanuel Macron’s balancing act on his state visit to China
Dec 03, 2025
Pope Leo’s last day in Lebanon and the Monocle book on Switzerland
Dec 02, 2025
The spotlight is back on Ukraine’s corruption scandal – what does this mean for peace?
Dec 01, 2025
Why is Washington so interested in Honduras's presidential election?
Nov 28, 2025
The future of a nuclear deal and Russia’s path to democracy
Nov 27, 2025
Nicolás Maduro’s terrorist group designation and modern space woes
Nov 26, 2025
Sudan rejects a US-led ceasefire plan and Salone del Mobile debuts in Riyadh
Nov 25, 2025
What next in the White House’s renewed push for peace in Ukraine?
Nov 24, 2025
Johannesburg braces for G20 summit protests
Nov 21, 2025
What’s next for Kosovo as it fails again to pick a prime minister?
Nov 20, 2025
Poland rail blast spotlights Russian sabotage in Europe and Zelensky goes to Turkey
Nov 19, 2025
Why South Korea is proposing military talks with North Korea
Nov 18, 2025
How close is too close for Germany and China? Beijing meeting sets the stage
Nov 17, 2025
Can Swiss negotiators seal a new trade deal with the US?
Nov 14, 2025
Venezuela prepares for a US attack and tariffs slam the brakes on Japanese carmakers
Nov 13, 2025
Iraq’s parliamentary elections and a new EU intelligence unit
Nov 12, 2025
Ukraine’s energy companies fighting to keep heat and electricity running
Nov 11, 2025
Syria announces itself on the international stage: Ahmed Al-Sharaa at the White House after sanctions lifted
Nov 10, 2025
Viktor Orbán at the White House: can Hungary’s PM avoid the bear in the room?
Nov 07, 2025
Morocco celebrates as the world gambles with Western Sahara peace
Nov 06, 2025
Why does Russia care so much about the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk?
Nov 05, 2025
What’s in a name? Taiwan’s recognition in Estonia hits a snag
Nov 04, 2025
The Novi Sad anniversary protests and Australia’s historic state treaty 
Nov 03, 2025
A 12 out of 10 meeting: Trump lowers tariffs on China, Xi cuts rare earth controls
Oct 31, 2025
Trump and Xi meet in Seoul and raids in Rio de Janeiro
Oct 30, 2025
Dutch elections, Lebanon seeks to disarm Hezbollah and the US government shutdown’s impact on aviation
Oct 29, 2025
Trump says he will solve the Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis ‘very quickly’. Plus: Europe’s rival to Starlink
Oct 28, 2025
Asean leaders meet and Pope Leo heads to Turkey
Oct 27, 2025
EU and US sanctions on Russia, Art Basel Paris and tariffs’ impact on the superyacht industry
Oct 24, 2025
EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine, the Middle East and ‘simplification’
Oct 23, 2025
President Erdoğan embarks on Gulf tour pursuing a deal with Qatar to buy used Eurofighter Typhoons
Oct 22, 2025
Japan’s new prime minister, what’s next for Israel and Gaza and L’Oréal acquires Kering’s beauty portfolio
Oct 21, 2025
The US-Australia meeting: are critical minerals Anthony Albanese's Trump card?
Oct 20, 2025
Zelensky and Trump to meet at the White House
Oct 17, 2025
Nato’s defence ministers meet as the European Commission prepares to unveil its defence roadmap
Oct 16, 2025
Why is Indonesia’s Prabowo under fire over Israel ban? Plus: Fendi’s new chief creative officer
Oct 15, 2025
Why Trump’s Gaza peace deal faces its hardest test yet
Oct 14, 2025
Trump heads to Israel as hostages are released. Plus: China-US trade tensions
Oct 13, 2025
France charts a path forward as it looks to a new head of government
Oct 10, 2025
Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Oct 09, 2025
Increasingly isolated, pressure mounts on France’s Emmanuel Macron to resign
Oct 08, 2025
Israel and Hamas hold indirect Gaza talks in Egypt
Oct 07, 2025
Who is Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi?
Oct 06, 2025
Death toll rises in Morocco as youth protests continue to rock the country
Oct 03, 2025
The US government shuts down: what next?
Oct 02, 2025
Key EU leaders meet in Copenhagen to discuss drone security and Ukraine’s path to EU accession 
Oct 01, 2025
Is China serious about attracting foreign workers or toying with the US?
Sep 30, 2025
The aftermath of New York’s UNGA, from Iran to Israel
Sep 29, 2025
The most important election in Moldova’s history?
Sep 26, 2025
As Russia continues to test Nato’s resolve, how should it respond?
Sep 25, 2025
Trump attacks the UN, Hong Kong braces for super typhoon Ragasa and falcons on planes
Sep 24, 2025
France formally recognises Palestinian statehood and the effects of Trump's tariffs on Switzerland
Sep 23, 2025
The UK, Canada and Australia recognise a Palestinian state as leaders meet for the UNGA
Sep 22, 2025
Mark Carney meets Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City: Are they united against Trump?
Sep 19, 2025
As the Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 65,000, the IDF’s attacks continue.
Sep 18, 2025
Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ second state visit to the UK begins
Sep 17, 2025
Trump lands in the UK and Syrians head to the polls
Sep 16, 2025
Marco Rubio visits Israel as Qatar hosts an emergency Arab summit
Sep 15, 2025
Brazil’s supreme court finds former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of coup plot
Sep 12, 2025
Charlie Kirk shooting and Israel strike the Houthis
Sep 11, 2025
Israel strikes Qatar and Russia violates Poland’s airspace
Sep 10, 2025
Macron’s government is plunged into crisis once more
Sep 09, 2025
Who will be Japan’s new prime minister? Plus: Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Barcelona
Sep 08, 2025
Trump’s deadline for Putin is up – will anything change? Plus: the life and legacy of Giorgio Armani
Sep 05, 2025
Is diplomacy failing Ukraine and is Thailand music’s Tomorrowland?
Sep 04, 2025
India’s Modi embraces Xi and Putin after being iced out by Trump
Sep 03, 2025
The international response to the Afghanistan earthquake 
Sep 02, 2025
What does China’s president, Xi Jinping, hope to gain from the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit?
Sep 01, 2025
What does the future look like for Argentina’s Javier Milei?
Aug 29, 2025
Confidence in national politics vanishes in France and the Netherlands amid cabinet chaos
Aug 28, 2025
Leaders of Germany, France and Poland show support for Moldova’s pro-European path
Aug 27, 2025
Can talks in Geneva ease Europe and Iran’s nuclear standoff?
Aug 26, 2025
South Korean summitry from Japan to the US
Aug 25, 2025
View from Poland: Russian drone landing and the case of the missing summit invite
Aug 22, 2025
US-brokered peace in the DRC crumbles. How will this affect the region’s future?
Aug 21, 2025
Eastern Europe digests the Ukraine summit and Louis Vuitton’s La Beauté makeup collection takes China
Aug 20, 2025
What’s next for peace in Ukraine and the new global economic order?
Aug 19, 2025
The latest from Anchorage following Putin and Trump’s high-stakes summit
Aug 18, 2025
What does Putin want from his summit with Trump?
Aug 15, 2025
Do European leaders have Trump onside ahead of his summit with Putin?
Aug 14, 2025
Lebanon caught between an Iranian rock and an American hard place in disarming Hezbollah
Aug 13, 2025
The US and Russia meet in Alaska without Zelensky. Plus: China’s chipmakers strike a deal with Washington
Aug 12, 2025
 The Trump-Putin meeting: Is Ukraine guaranteed to lose?
Aug 11, 2025
Israel’s plans to take over Gaza City and a peace deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan
Aug 08, 2025
Turkey in the crosshairs as Trump mulls sanctions on Russian oil importers
Aug 07, 2025
What Brics, Donald Trump’s tariffs and Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine have in common
Aug 06, 2025
Intra-Korean relations and the dismantling of South Korea’s border speakers
Aug 05, 2025
Malaysia hosts Thai-Cambodia peace talks as ceasefire holds 
Aug 04, 2025
Trump raises Canada tariff to 35% as the world reacts to new levies
Aug 01, 2025
The aftershock of Zelensky’s anti-corruption scandal 
Jul 31, 2025
While the US threatens tariffs, Russia has been busy bypassing sanctions
Jul 30, 2025
As Thai and Cambodian militaries meet, can a ceasefire between the two nations hold?
Jul 29, 2025
Taiwan’s recall elections and the future of air travel in Dubai
Jul 28, 2025