The Globalist

A regional briefing with Monocle’s Hong Kong bureau chief James Chambers and the second part of our interview with Anthony Fauci. Plus: a flick through the morning papers.

After Vladimir Putin met Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko in Sochi, we analyse how this fits into Russia’s foreign policy agenda. Plus: Peru’s tense election run-off, Anthony Fauci and the headlines in the Balkans.

As Boris Johnson welcomes Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban to Downing Street, we ask what’s on the agenda. Plus: French president Emmanuel Macron looks to redefine France’s role in Africa, why vaccinating children is a political sticking point and the world’s most visited museum gets a new director.

Syrians head to the polls for the second time since the country’s civil war began. Plus: our Tokyo bureau chief on the much-beleaguered Olympic games, the fallout from Dominic Cummings’ explosive evidence to UK MPs and why German voters hate plagiarism.

As US secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in Israel, back home 500 Democratic Party staffers write an open letter to president Biden urging him to be more forceful with the country. Then, we speak to Lynne O’Donnell in Kabul, where Australia is set to close its embassy. Plus: could the G7 be about to impose a global minimum corporate tax rate?

We investigate the implications of Roman Protasevich’s dramatic arrest for both geopolitics and aviation. Plus: what we learned from Aung San Suu Kyi’s first public appearance since February’s coup. Then, three years on from GDPR, we ask whether it’s actually made the internet a safer place, and we offer a tribute to legendary Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha.

We hear the latest on the Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, explain how peace processes are negotiated. Plus: the Iran nuclear deal, Germany and China, and the world’s first robotic artist.

We unpack the German chancellor debate and discuss the future of the Nord Stream 2, after Joe Biden relaxes sanctions on Russia. Plus: we wrap up our Eurovision series and head to Venice to preview this year’s biennale.

Monocle 24’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards.

We discuss India’s ongoing Covid crisis and its impact on prime minister Modi’s popularity, and whether rising tensions between Hong Kong and Taiwan portend a wider regional conflagration. Then, we head to Paris as the French capital eases lockdown restrictions. Plus: Eurovision, part trois.