Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin, Emily Tamkin in Washington DC and Ido Vock in Paris sit down to look ahead at the stories that might dominate 2021 – from protests in Belarus to friction in Asia via elections in Latin America – and the global impact they could have. They also take stock of the events of the last week, including the scenes as Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol building.

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Topics discussed in this podcast:

US election

Capitol riots

protestors storm Capitol building

Belarus

Indonesia

Latin America

international politics

2021

People discussed in this podcast:

Donald Trump

Joe Biden

Alexander Lukashenko

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