The Globalist

Israel strikes Syria’s Druze city Suwayda overnight. New Zealand eyes international students spurned by the US and Australia. Plus: Monocle’s ‘Mediterraneo’ and the Emmy nominations. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Donald Trump hosts Mark Rutte at the White House and announces a new weapons deal for Ukraine. We get the view from Kyiv.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

We unpack the reasoning behind Trump’s change of heart on Ukraine. Then: we address Turkey’s cultural clampdown as streaming platform Spotify threatens to pull out of the nation. Plus: Finland’s Moomins turn 80. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Global leaders meet in Rome to explore the reconstruction of Ukraine and its eventual accession to the EU. Then: lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portuguese art fairs and a pop star drops by.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

As Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s grip on his opposition tightens, we discuss the future of the country and why there are now calls for an early election.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.