The Foreign Desk
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Jessica
Jul 23, 2021
Andrew Mueller is a wry and charming genius, the writing and concept are fabulous, and the show addresses topics most often ignored but critical for understanding of our world. Just wish they had more frequent releases.
Jun 27, 2019
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Explainer 480: Myanmar and the perks of posing as a democracy
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Is a liberal Israel recoverable and might that be the key to peace?
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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Explainer 479: Who are the Balochistan Liberation Army and why have they suddenly attracted US attention?
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Is popularity in politics a thing of the past?
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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Explainer 478: Why does Trump care about Bolsonaro?
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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The catastrophe in Gaza and the prospects of a Palestinian state
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Explainer 478: Why is Islamic State targeting the DRC?
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Cameroon’s forgotten crisis: Is reconciliation in the Anglo-Franco schism possible?
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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Explainer 477: What is behind the violence in Syria?
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Explainer 476: Lesotho’s one-man fight for South African land
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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The future of warfare
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Dynastic democracies
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Explainer 475: Why has Russia recognised the Taliban?
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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How to topple a tyrant
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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Explainer 474: Tuvalu’s climate-change escape to Australia
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Has the ‘12-Day War’ settled anything?
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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Explainer 473: Cambodia, Thailand and phone-call warfare
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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The view of Europe from Globsec Forum 2025
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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Explainer 472: The furious funeral row over Zambia’s former president
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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‘The Foreign Desk’ in Odesa: the international ripple effects of war in Ukraine
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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Explainer 471: Who gets to be an Italian citizen?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Odesa, the Black Sea, the front line and Ukraine’s future
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Explainer 470: The on-again, off-again US-Iran nuclear talks
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Are journalists safe?
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May 31, 2025 |
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Explainer 469: Who are India’s Maoists?
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May 28, 2025 |
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Why does Russia still have influence in eastern Europe?
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May 24, 2025 |
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Explainer 468: Tantrum or tactic? Why has Australia’s National Party split from the Liberals?
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May 21, 2025 |
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Does the dream of a Kurdish state end with the PKK?
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May 17, 2025 |
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Explainer 467: Why does Qatar want to gift Trump a jet?
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May 14, 2025 |
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The Trump factor
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May 10, 2025 |
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Explainer 466: What actually happens during a papal conclave (as far as we know)?
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May 07, 2025 |
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The most extraordinary first 100 days of any US presidency?
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May 03, 2025 |
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Explainer 465: Who is behind the terrorist attack on Kashmir?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Live from Delphi: What’s brewing in the Eastern Mediterranean?
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Explainer 464: The threats facing Ecuador: real or invented?
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Live from Delphi: has the sun set on the transatlantic relationship?
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Explainer 463: Why is a UK MP facing corruption charges in Bangladesh?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Live from Delphi: how to respond to Trump’s trade war
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Explainer 462: Is Mali and Algeria’s feud really about drones?
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Why has Israel gone back to war?
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Explainer 461: Marine Le Pen and the movable feast of far-right law and order
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Is Erdoğan’s crackdown backfiring?
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Explainer 460: Jeffrey Goldberg has exited the war chat
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Syria: Is this going to work?
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Explainer 459: Why has Rwanda severed ties with Belgium?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Nato’s frontline: the view from the Baltics
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Explainer 458: Why is Rodrigo Duterte being sent to The Hague?
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Has the US given up?
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Explainer 457: What does Ukraine do now?
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Russia’s ripple effect
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Explainer 456: What’s halting Germany’s defence? History.
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Very well, alone?
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Explainer 455: Mauritius’s money-laundering prime minister
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Is Serbia OK?
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Explainer 454: New Zealand’s beef with its neighbours
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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How to win a trade war
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Explainer 453: Does China really control the Panama Canal?
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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What is Rwanda doing in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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Explainer 452: Trump’s Greenland grab
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Can the Israel-Hamas ceasefire become lasting peace?
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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Explainer 451: The veteran rebels behind Colombia’s violent turf war
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Mr Trump goes to Washington: the sequel
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Explainer 450: What is Lebanon’s new government up against? Spoiler: itself
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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The legacies of US presidents
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Explainer 449: Is China cutting Taiwan’s cables or are their wires crossed?
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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The geopolitical risks of 2025
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Elections, conflicts and the rise of the right: a look at 2024
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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The case for foreign aid
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Explainer 448: Trudeau in trouble
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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The spectacular fall of the Assad regime
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Explainer 447: Why is Israel striking Syria?
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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The case for indigenous political inclusion
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Explainer 446: The South Korean coup that wasn’t
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Taiwan’s China problem
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Explainer 445: Are Romania’s election candidates really that surprising?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Is Europe ready for war?
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Explainer 444: Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Trump’s doctrine: the sequel
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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Explainer 443: The motives behind Equatorial Guinea’s sex scandal
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Trump returns: what now?
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Explainer 442: The election result making Europe breathe a sigh of relief
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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US election counterintuitives
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Explainer 441: In celebration of Uruguay’s drama-free election
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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How the war in Ukraine has reshaped Asian foreign policy
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Explainer 440: Why don’t Australians care about King Charles III?
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Artificial intelligence: Scourge or saviour?
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Explainer 439: Why can’t UNIFIL keep the peace in Lebanon?
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Strange borders
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Explainer 438: Is Russia and Ukraine’s gas deal about to blow?
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Reflections on 7 October and the future
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Explainer 437: Is Austria ‘Back to the Future’?
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Where does Hezbollah go from here?
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Explainer 436: Sri Lanka’s new president
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Keeping the Balkan peace
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Explainer 435: Kashmir elections
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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In defence of Europe
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Explainer 434: Is the EU-topia failing?
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Globsec 2024 highlights
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Explainer 433: Brazil vs X
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Is centrism in retreat?
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Aug 31, 2024 |