Friday Focus: Iran flexes its leverage and Ukraine goes on the attack
Janice and Rudyard unpack another wild week in global affairs, beginning with news of heavy Israeli strikes overnight on Hezbollah in Lebano...
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Munk Dialogue with Janice Gross Stein: $300 Billion for Iran and and a huge leap of faith
Janice and Rudyard unpack the latest details of the emerging memorandum of understanding between Iran and Israel, examining its proposed $30...
Friday Focus: Trump abandons his red lines for a deal with Iran
This is now the 38th time President Trump has proclaimed a “great deal” with Iran. Is this one finally real? And if so, does it vindicate hi...
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: are we in a recession - or a growth trap?
Recent economic data suggests Canada is in a technical recession. Andrew argues that while political parties continue to sell the fiction th...
Friday Focus: America's security guarantee is tested, while Canada's AI strategy comes up short
Iran and the U.S. remain locked in a dangerous standoff over the Strait of Hormuz that could drag on for weeks. How does this end? What pres...
Friday Focus: The hidden cost of a deal with Iran — and the Pope sounds the alarm on AI
We may be on the cusp of a deal between Iran and the U.S., as both sides appear to be losing interest in keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed...
Munk Debate on Foreign Wars: opening statements
On this special podcast episode, we are sharing the opening statements from the Munk Debate on Foreign Wars, which took place this past Wedn...
Bonus Episode: behind the scenes at The Munk Debate on Foreign Wars
Munk Debates Chair Rudyard Griffiths and Managing Director Ricki Gurwitz pull back the curtain on how they chose the four debaters who took...
Friday Focus: America and Iran inch toward a deal as Trump’s corruption hits new depths
Another strange ping-pong week in America's conflict with Iran — and irresponsible reporting has given us so many mixed messages. Are...
Friday Focus: No winners in the Middle East — and Xi warns Trump against falling into the Thucydides Trap
Tickets to our May 20th Munk Debate on Foreign Wars taking place in Toronto and featuring Mike Pompeo, Victoria Nuland, John Mearsheimer and...
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: A weakened President needs China's help and a debate over the new Governor General
As the Strait of Hormuz grinds to a halt, gas prices soar, and inflation threatens to spike, Trump arrives at his meeting with Xi Jinping lo...
Friday Focus: Trump faces pressure from Gulf States, Britain's populist parties get a boost, and Canada's new GG is plucked from the Laurentian elite
Tickets to our May 20th Munk Debate on Foreign Wars taking place in Toronto and featuring Mike Pompeo, Victoria Nuland, John Mearsheimer and...
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: America and Iran inch closer to war, Ukraine proves itself worthy of NATO, and Canada moves closer to Europe
The U.S. edges back toward war with Iran just as food and gas prices are poised to surge. Could there be a role for China to play in getting...
Friday Focus: Iran's window of maximum leverage and a new AI model puts financial systems at risk
The U.S. and Iran are locked in a long-term stalemate over the Strait of Hormuz. With the midterms looming, the Iranians view the next few w...
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney's new sovereign wealth fund is a solution in search of a problem down
Mark Carney has proposed a "Canada Strong Fund" which will launch with a C$25 billion endowment focused on domestic infrastructure, part of...
Friday Focus: Munk Debate on Foreign Wars, a shaky ceasefire with Iran, and Carney braces for tough trade talks
Rudyard and Janice open the show with news of the Spring 2026 Munk mainstage debate: Be it resolved, don't go hunting monsters . A timely de...
Friday Focus: A landmark Israel–Lebanon ceasefire and the erosion of party loyalty in Canada
The historic Israel-Lebanon ceasefire announced this week is the result of a direct conversation between the President of Lebanon and the Pr...
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority
Thanks to recent floor crossings and last night's by-election, the Liberal Party now has a majority government and a 15 point favourability...
Friday Focus: A historic week in geopolitics signals the unravelling of America's global dominance
Janice and Rudyard believe this war was a strategic defeat for the U.S. with Iran now in control of a chokepoint through which 25% of the wo...
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the end of Pax Americana and the Liberals are one seat closer to a majority government
Can the fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran hold? In the span of twenty-four hours Trump went from threatening to end their civiliza...