• June 24 2025
  25 min listen

  Too soon to celebrate peace between Iran and Israel?

  Tensions remain despite Trump’s claim to have ended the war

  
• June 18 2025
  30 min listen

  Israel goes to war with Iran

  Will the US be drawn into another Middle East conflict?

  
• June 12 2025
  29 min listen

  Nato’s moment of truth

  Will increased spending be enough to placate the US?

  
• June 5 2025
  31 min listen

  What drives China’s strongman?

  …and what do Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have in common?

  
• May 29 2025
  52 min listen

  A foreign policy debrief with Jake Sullivan

  Biden’s former security adviser on what went right and wrong for the US overseas

  
• May 22 2025
  27 min listen

  Is Trump a threat or an opportunity for the EU?

  Can the slow-moving, 27-nation bloc survive the impulsive nature of the US president?

  
• May 15 2025
  22 min listen

  India and Pakistan: what now?

  The nuclear-armed neighbours have come back from the brink, but can the peace hold?

  
• May 8 2025
  28 min listen

  How can Democrats combat Donald Trump?

  Democratic politicians are either protesting against Republicans or podcasting with them - will either strategy succeed?

  
• May 1 2025
  21 min listen

  Are we any closer to peace in Ukraine?

  Russia wants more than just territorial concessions

  
• April 24 2025
  26 min listen

  El Salvador’s ‘jailer for hire’

  What’s the appeal for Trump of Bukele’s mass incarceration model?

  
• April 17 2025
  24 min listen

  Iran’s nuclear talks could reshape the Middle East

  Trump has warned of potential military action if talks fail

  
• April 10 2025
  28 min listen

  The end of globalisation as we know it

  Trump’s desire to restore US trade dominance is ‘pure fantasy’

  
• April 3 2025
  29 min listen

  China in the age of Trump 2.0

  Can China take advantage of the new era of economic and political turbulence?

  
• March 27 2025
  29 min listen

  The making of Vladimir Putin

  Why the Russian leader sees best his chance yet of achieving long-held goals

  
• March 20 2025
  28 min listen

  Mexico hopes to stave off Trump tariffs

  Economic and political consequences of the end of free trade could be devastating

  
• March 13 2025
  28 min listen

  Europe's response to the threat from Trump

  Post-war security and trade framework crumbles under new US leadership

  
• March 6 2025
  22 min listen

  How should Canada react to Trump’s threats?

  Liberal politician Chrystia Freeland advocates a 'smart and surgical' response

  
• February 27 2025
  22 min listen

  Ukraine weathers new geopolitical climate

  ‘International law doesn't work but international engineering does’

  
• February 20 2025
  34 min listen

  Mathias Döpfner: Transatlantic alliance in danger

  Trump’s actions on Russia and Ukraine will be a ‘test case’

  
• February 13 2025
  22 min listen

  US systems unravel under Trump

  America has turned into an unreliable friend

  
• February 6 2025
  27 min listen

  Trump sets his sights on Gaza property deal

  And Iraqi president says his country is finally at peace

  
• January 30 2025
  20 min listen

  Bangladesh students win a chance for change

  Interim leader Muhammad Yunus on his hopes for a better future

  
• January 23 2025
  25 min listen

  Finland's president on Europe in a Trumpian world

  Alexander Stubb discusses Ukraine, Donald Trump and Europe’s place in the world

  
• January 16 2025
  27 min listen

  Does the Trump administration pose an existential threat to Canada?

  Jibes about erasing the border and raising tariffs change the ground rules

  
• January 9 2025
  30 min listen

  South Korea’s real-life political drama

  Attempted coup throws spotlight on deep-rooted problems