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November 20, 2021 Albin Kurti: prankster to politician
Andrew Mueller is joined by Albin Kurti, the prime minister of Kosovo, for an in-depth conversation. They discuss the unusual challenges the country faces, its tumultuous relationship with Serbia and how a prankster became a politician.
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33 min
November 19, 2021 War: what is it good for?
In this special episode, we explore an uncomfortable and challenging subject: war. Why do we fight wars? How does conflict shape us? And does human nature doom us to fight one another? Andrew Mueller sits down with celebrated historian, Margaret MacMillan.
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30 min
November 17, 2021 Lukashenko’s migrant warfare
Migrants hoping for a new life in Europe have been trapped at the Belarusian border for weeks, clashing with the authorities of countries such as Poland. Andrew Mueller explains what Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, who promised them easy access to the EU, stands to gain.
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8 min
November 13, 2021 Confronting climate change: what actually works?
Climate change is not an issue that governments enjoy confronting. Nevertheless, the recent Cop26 summit and its predecessors have made it abundantly clear that the crisis is not going anywhere. In this episode of ‘The Foreign Desk’, Andrew Mueller speaks to people who know what it takes to keep politicians and citizens focused and optimistic, a mayor rebranding a city with sustainability in mind, and a business hoping to be profitable because it is environmentally friendly, not despite it.
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49 min
November 10, 2021 Nordic Council of Ministers series, part eight: Sustainable agriculture
As an economic sector, agriculture accounts for almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions but agreement on how to reduce that is proving difficult. In this episode of The Foreign Desk Explainer in association with the Nordic Council of Ministers, we hear from campaigners, farmers, ministers and foresters about how the Nordics are attempting to cut emissions from the fields and forests.
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30 min
November 06, 2021 War: what is it good for?
In this special episode, we explore an uncomfortable and challenging subject: war. Why do we fight wars? How does conflict shape us? And does human nature doom us to fight one another? Andrew Mueller sits down with celebrated historian, Margaret MacMillan.
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30 min
November 03, 2021 The Tigray crisis: how did we get here?
Ethiopia’s government has declared a state of emergency as the Tigray People’s Liberation Front gains ground in Addis Ababa. Andrew Mueller explains how we got here.

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6 min
October 30, 2021 Fiona Hill
Andrew Mueller sits down with Fiona Hill, former White House aide and senior director for Europe and Russia at the National Security Council, to discuss her memoir, working for the White House and how she prepared for her testimony at the impeachment hearing of Donald Trump.
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31 min
October 27, 2021 Explainer 289: Nordic Council of Ministers series, part seven – Communicating the climate emergency
With COP26 approaching, communicating the reality of climate change is clearly important but it’s a notoriously tricky message to get across. As recent protests in the UK and elsewhere have shown, it’s easy to alienate the public, which risks climate fatigue setting in. People shut down if the picture is too dystopian and yet climate-change deniers still need to be confronted.
In this episode of ‘The Foreign Desk Explainer’ in association with the Nordic Council of Ministers, we will hear from various actors in the climate debate, from the corporate sector, and government to grass-roots campaigners on how they get their message across.
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29 min
October 23, 2021 Thomas Sankara and pan-Africanism
A landmark trial is taking place in Burkina Faso over the assassination, 34 years ago, of Thomas Sankara, the country’s then-president. Today, Sankara remains something of an icon for his interpretation of the philosophy of pan-Africanism. Who was Thomas Sankara? What did he stand for? And what does pan-Africanism mean today? Andrew Mueller speaks to Sam Mednick, Oumar Zombre, and Reiland Rabaka.
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30 min

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Presented by Andrew Mueller, Monocle’s flagship global-affairs show features expert guests and in-depth analysis of the big issues of the week. Nominated for ‘Best Current Affairs’ show and the…