The Foreign Desk

After this week’s coup d’etat, how serious is Mali’s military about giving power back? How will it affect France’s relationship with Mali? And how worried are Mali’s neighbours? Andrew Mueller is joined by Amadou Thiam, Regina Sondo and Vincent Rouget.

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Andrew Mueller explains why the deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates might not be a big deal in itself – but what happens next could be significant.

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Following last week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, Lebanon’s government resigned. Andrew Mueller looks at a country that was already in economic and political turmoil, and asks how it can rebuild itself from here.

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Last weekend’s presidential election led to an unprecedented level of protest against Belarus’s authoritarian government. Police have cracked down with violence and mass arrests. How did Belarus get here? To what lengths will Alexander Lukashenko – and his security forces – go to cling to power?

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Following last week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, Lebanon’s government resigned. Andrew Mueller looks at a country that was already in economic and political turmoil, and asks how it can rebuild itself from here.

In this special episode, Andrew Mueller speaks to the president of Sinn Féin about the Irish party’s historic result in last February’s general election, how she manages the party’s historic link with the IRA, and the future she envisages for her country.

In this special episode, Andrew Mueller speaks to the president of Sinn Féin about the Irish party’s historic result in last February’s general election, how she manages the party’s historic link with the IRA, and the future she envisages for her country.

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This weekend’s presidential election in Belarus might not lead to the demise of Europe’s last dictator. But, as tensions rise domestically and with neighbouring Russia, Andrew Mueller explains why it is worth monitoring.

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This weekend’s presidential election in Belarus might not lead to the demise of Europe’s last dictator. But, as tensions rise domestically and with neighbouring Russia, Andrew Mueller explains why it is worth monitoring.

​In this special episode, Andrew Mueller is joined by Juan Manuel Santos, former president of Colombia and recipient of the 2016 Nobel peace prize for his work ending Colombia’s half century-long civil war, and Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff to Tony Blair and chief negotiator on Northern Ireland. What lessons have they learnt about resolving conflict? And can they be applied elsewhere?

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