The Briefing
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Myanmar’s post-coup leadership’s diplomacy tour lands in Bangkok – what does legitimacy look like?
Aug 21, 202635 min
Can Ukraine’s new defence minister Yevhenii Khmara deliver what Kyiv needs most?
Aug 20, 202638 min
How do trade routes tip the balance of geopolitical scales?
Aug 19, 202629 min
Oman, the inadvertent gate keeper
Aug 18, 202632 min
Can the US get the Gaza peace plan back on track?
Aug 17, 202631 min
This land is my land: how should countries resolve small territorial disputes?
Aug 14, 202628 min
Maga without Trump? The future of The Republicans
Aug 13, 202632 min
Why South Korea is reluctant to help Ukraine as North Korea boosts Russia’s war effort
Aug 12, 202625 min
South Korea’s defence future: chips and ships
Aug 11, 202631 min
The latest from Bangkok and ‘The Growth Story of the 21st Century’
Aug 10, 202632 min
Are European companies outpacing their American peers?
Aug 7, 202631 min
‘Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography’ and ‘The Global Countdown’
Aug 6, 202632 min
Revisiting La Rambla and the increasing importance of tree cover
Aug 5, 202630 min
Boeing’s 737 Max 7 finally gets certification from FAA
Aug 4, 202622 min
Why is Israeli withdrawal such a key issue for Gaza and Lebanon?
Aug 3, 202635 min
Optimism remains as firefighters battle to get France’s wildfires under control
Jul 31, 202632 min
What’s next for Peru as it inaugrates its 10th president in a decade
Jul 30, 202641 min
What Japan can teach the world about disaster preparedness?
Jul 29, 202635 min
South Korea battles its ageing population with a foreign workforce
Jul 28, 202633 min
The UK-Ukraine special relationship
Jul 27, 202634 min
Trump’s ‘Department of Revenge’ and the latest fashion news
Jul 24, 202635 min
Why has Donald Trump signed a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia?
Jul 23, 202630 min
Ukraine’s president attempts to de-escalate tensions at home
Jul 22, 202631 min
Farnborough Air Show highlights defence; China patrols the South China Sea
Jul 21, 202628 min
Lebanon's president visits the White House for landmark discussions
Jul 20, 202636 min
World Cup final: The mood in Argentina and Spain, plus half-time show preview
Jul 17, 202633 min
Why is the world viewing China more positively than the US?
Jul 16, 202637 min
Western Europe’s last frontier fence falls as Gibraltar joins the border-free Schengen community
Jul 15, 202628 min
Macron uses his last Bastille Day to unite Europe in show of military strength
Jul 14, 202632 min
Is the Strait of Hormuz open or closed? US and Iran exchange tit-for-tat strikes
Jul 13, 202632 min
Coming out of the cold? Myanmar tries to re-engage with the Asean bloc
Jul 10, 202625 min
Will an establishment-versus-outsiders rift sink the Democrats’ mid-term hopes?
Jul 9, 202635 min
Damascus rocked by explosions during Macron’s visit to Syria: what comes next?
Jul 8, 202631 min
Trouble on the right: Meloni faces Trump at Nato summit while Le Pen awaits her fate
Jul 7, 202629 min
Iran mourns Ali Khamenei amid questions over his son’s whereabouts
Jul 6, 202633 min
Press freedoms in the spotlight on the 250th anniversary of US independence
Jul 3, 202634 min
Kyiv suffers one of the worst nights of the war as Russia strikes back
Jul 2, 202633 min
Wins and losses for Donald Trump at the end of the US Supreme Court’s term
Jul 1, 202631 min
Germany looks to the Global South for a new international order
Jun 30, 202633 min
Protests in Gaza erupt over living conditions in the besieged strip
Jun 29, 202632 min
Quality of Life special: From Tokyo to Oslo
Jun 26, 202635 min
Donald Trump and the US Senate battle over Iran ahead of midterm elections
Jun 25, 202634 min
Will Russia’s fuel crisis bring peace to Ukraine?
Jun 24, 202628 min
Would Britain be better off closer to Europe?
Jun 23, 202634 min
Keir Starmer resigns as UK prime minister
Jun 22, 202635 min
Colombia’s polarising run-off election and the view from the south
Jun 19, 202630 min
Tell it to me Strait: Will the Iran deal repair the global economy?
Jun 18, 202631 min
G7 summit talks critical minerals and Art Basel kicks off in Switzerland
Jun 17, 202630 min
Is Trump ready to turn a corner on the war in Ukraine? Plus: Pitti Uomo
Jun 16, 202629 min
Iran and the US reach a peace deal, with the Strait of Hormuz set to reopen
Jun 15, 202633 min