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Category Archives: Politics
Morning News: NATO Allies Gather, Eastern Europe, Belgrade-Budapest By Rail
We’ll have the latest as Biden and European allies gather in Brussels for a high-stakes Nato summit. Plus, Estonia calls for Nato to build up a permanent force in Eastern Europe, a flick through today’s papers, and Monocle’s Balkans correspondent, Guy De Launey, boards the Belgrade-Budapest railway.
Morning News: Ukraine Holds Positions, Africa Divided, Finland Politics
Emily Sherwin and Olga Tokariuk discuss the latest on the war in Ukraine. Plus: a look at why Africa is divided on Russia’s invasion, a flick through today’s papers and an interview with the former president of Finland, Tarja Halonen.
Morning News: War Crimes In Ukraine, Middle East Food, Mexico City
Joe Biden, among others, has called Vladimir Putin “a war criminal.” International tribunals have tried and convicted war criminals from Rwanda and Serbia: will Russia’s president suffer the same fate?
The war in Ukraine will disrupt the world’s wheat market, with potentially grave political consequences in the Middle East. And three public-works projects in Mexico are stirring controversy.
Political Analysis: Ukraine War & China, Free Trade, War’s Corporate Fallout
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: how the war in Ukraine determines China’s view of the world (9:45), confronting Russia shows the tension between free trade and freedom (16:42), and who are the corporate winners and losers in Russia’s war.
Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – March 28, 2022
Morning News: Ukraine Invasion, French Election
The latest on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Plus: a look ahead to the French presidential elections, a flick through today’s papers, and Anna Brady of ‘The Art Newspaper’ explains how the art market is responding to the conflict.
Sunday Morning: Stories From Zurich, London, Amsterdam & Bangkok
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé and panellists Juliet Linley and Marcus Schögel on the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. Plus: we check in with our friends and contributors in London, Amsterdam and Bangkok.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend with a round-up of the day’s newspapers and Monocle editor in chief Andrew Tuck’s weekend column.