The Foreign Desk

351 Episodes

1. How to win a trade war

   Published: 2/8/2025
2. Explainer 453: Does China really control the Panama Canal? 

   Published: 2/5/2025
3. What is Rwanda doing in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

   Published: 2/1/2025
4. Explainer 452: Trump’s Greenland grab

   Published: 1/29/2025
5. Can the Israel-Hamas ceasefire become lasting peace?

   Published: 1/25/2025
6. Explainer 451: The veteran rebels behind Colombia’s violent turf war

   Published: 1/22/2025
7. Mr Trump goes to Washington: the sequel  

   Published: 1/17/2025
8. Explainer 450: What is Lebanon’s new government up against? Spoiler: itself

   Published: 1/15/2025
9. The legacies of US presidents

   Published: 1/11/2025
10. Explainer 449: Is China cutting Taiwan’s cables or are their wires crossed?

    Published: 1/8/2025
11. The geopolitical risks of 2025

    Published: 1/4/2025
12. Elections, conflicts and the rise of the right: a look at 2024

    Published: 12/28/2024
13. The case for foreign aid

    Published: 12/21/2024
14. Explainer 448: Trudeau in trouble

    Published: 12/18/2024
15. The spectacular fall of the Assad regime

    Published: 12/14/2024
16. Explainer 447: Why is Israel striking Syria?

    Published: 12/11/2024
17. The case for indigenous political inclusion

    Published: 12/7/2024
18. Explainer 446: The South Korean coup that wasn’t

    Published: 12/4/2024
19. Taiwan’s China problem

    Published: 11/30/2024
20. Explainer 445: Are Romania’s election candidates really that surprising? 

    Published: 11/27/2024