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Category Archives: Politics
Politics: What America Will Fight For, British PM Grounded, China Olympics
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: what would America fight for? Also, why two years after a famous election victory, Boris Johnson’s would-be radical administration has run into the ground (09:20). And we explore how Beijing’s Winter Olympics may hasten China’s break with the West (17:10).
Sunday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle’s Emma Nelson and panelists cover the weekend’s most interesting discussion topics, live from London.
Front Cover Preview: NYT Magazine – December 19
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Georgina Godwin and the weekend’s biggest topics. Simon Brooke reviews the newspapers, Andrew Mueller explains what we’ve learned this week and Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck is back with his weekend column.
Morning News: U.S. Anti-Authoritarian Agenda, Farmer Protests In India
We discuss whether Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy can advance Washington’s anti-authoritarian agenda and whether farmers’ protests in India were successful. Plus: could Swiss national service one day be mandatory for both men and women?
Morning News: Virtual Democracy Summit, Poll On Inflation, Instagram
The White House gathers more than 100 nations at a virtual summit aimed at promoting democracy worldwide, a new NPR/Marist poll offers disappointing approval numbers for the administration on its handling of inflation, lawmakers gave Instagram’s CEO a chilly reception at Wednesday’s Senate hearing.
Morning News: U.S.-Russia Talks On Ukraine, Unrest In Solomon Islands, UAE
We discuss what happens now for the US, Russia and Ukraine after talks between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Plus: unrest in the Solomon Islands, Rohingya refugees take on Facebook and the UAE adapts its working week.
Morning News: 80 Years After Pearl Harbor, Car Politics, Office & Home
The Japanese attack set America on a course toward military hegemony; recent administrations have walked it back. We ask what the country would fight for now.
A clash of priorities between national and city-level politicians the world over makes for fraught politics on car ownership. And our columnist envisages how the office will compete with home in a post-pandemic world.
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