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What signals is the US president sending with talk of bailing out Argentina during a week of annual International Monetary Fund meetings? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

‘The Briefing’ is live from Tokyo with Tyler Brûlé, looking back at the Osaka Expo and what it means for Japan’s future. Plus: can Sanae Takaichi really become prime minister? And: what’s behind Japan’s political uncertainty? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

As Texas National Guard troops arrive in Chicago, we discuss why the Windy City has become the focus of the US president’s immigration crackdown.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The future of Ukraine and the defence of Europe will dominate when Keir Starmer jets out to the White House for talks with Donald Trump next week. Can the UK prime minister help save 80 years of Pax Americana? Or is the US on the verge of becoming an ‘adversary’ to Europe? Host L ... Show More

Keir Starmer is in Berlin, this time for some real politics, not a football match. He’s meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, unveiling a new UK/Germany defence agreement. Later he’s heading to Paris to meet President Macron. The new government is on a charm offensive, with much ... Show More

Denmark’s Prime Minister is clearly worried enough about President Trump's threats over Greenland to embark on a tour of European capitals to drum up support. Is the UK able to offer clear and unequivocal support to Denmark - our NATO ally? We ask Secretary of State, Peter Kyle. ... Show More

In Munich last weekend, J.D. Vance shocked Europe with his speech castigating Europeans as having the ‘wrong values’ and not being ‘democratic’. Meanwhile, Trump and co. are doing the very democratic thing by being in Saudi Arabia and negotiating with Putin over Ukraine behind Ze ... Show More

Volodymyr Zelensky has just four months. That’s the time left until U.S. President Joe Biden leaves office. After that, who knows what’s going to happen. And that means uncomfortable questions for the EU, too. This week’s edition of EU Confidential tracks the Ukrainian president’ ... Show More

As Donald Trump settles back into the White House, all eyes—even in snowy Davos—are on Washington. Host Sarah Wheaton reports from the World Economic Forum, joined by Josh Lipsky, Senior Director at the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center, and MEP Eva Maydell, to discuss Europ ... Show More

The US is on the cusp of a gas boom and the west hits Venezuelan officials with fresh sanctions. A £1.5bn class action lawsuit against Apple goes to trial in the UK, and US private equity firms may soon have access to people’s retirement savings.  Mentioned in this podcast:Gas co ... Show More

100 days in, Europe’s top leaders are facing a reality check. Ursula von der Leyen talks about a new sense of urgency — but is she leading, or just firefighting? António Costa wants to unify the bloc — but can he keep Europe together on defense? Kaja Kallas vowed to sharpen EU fo ... Show More

European leaders raced to Washington to show their support for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine as he met with President Trump on Monday.It was their first face-to-face meeting at the White House since their disastrous blowup in the Oval Office in February.Michael Schwirtz ... Show More

Pre-Order the next issue of Too Long: https://toolong.news/In today’s episode, Keir Starmer says the UK is prepared to send peacekeepers to enforce a Ukraine peace deal, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours the Middle East, and Germany’s political leaders focus their fire on t ... Show More