Envoy brings you up to date with news from Syria, Israel and Iran, Brazil, South Korea, Hungary, Italy and Ethiopia. In this week's deep dive we take a look at the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle that allows and guides foreign intervention into a country to protect civilians in harms way.

Envoy brings you up to date with news from Iran, the USA v China Trade War, Russia, Catalonia, South America and North Korea. In this week's deep dive we explain how separatist or secessionist movements arise and examine several separatist regions around the world.

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Envoy brings you up to date with news from Venezuela, the USA, Britain and the African Union (AU). In this week's deep dive we explain the basics of how a political and economic union like the European Union works.

Envoy brings you up to date with an update on Turkey as well as news from China, the UK and Australia. In this week's deep dive we examine North Korea's nuclear program, the potentially historic meeting between Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un and President Trump and the potential outcomes of those negotiations.

Envoy brings you up to date with news from Italy, Somaliland and Turkey as well as updates on Germany and South Africa. In this extended episode we will explain why the USA would want to start a trade war and what its effects would be.

Hot on the heels of our first podcast Envoy brings you up to date with news from China, Vietnam, Syria and Libya. In this episode we will also take a closer look at big changes in Saudi Arabia. We'll be uploading the podcast every Friday and if you want up to the minute updates you can follow our RSS feed here: https://anchor.fm/s/2a2b438/podcast/rss

The very first Envoy Podcast will bring you up to date with big changes in South Africa, Brazil, Germany and the Maldives.

In this inaugural episode we will also give you the basics on international relations and show how they work. From the 2014 Ukraine crisis to the 2017 Papua New Guinea and New Zealand refugee resettlement deal.

To learn more about Papua New Guinea read Nathan Shaw's article at http://www.envoyfpa.org/article/the-nation-next-door-papua-new-guinea/