October 9, 2026 — In this week’s episode of Around the World, Ben Judah, Visiting Fellow in the UK in the World Programme at Chatham House, joins hosts Dhruva Jaishankar and Rachel Rizzo to break down common misconceptions about the UK-Mauritius deal over the Chagos Islands and what the negotiations reveal about Britain’s dependence on the United States. They then discuss the prospects for closer UK-EU relations post-Brexit and what European policymakers tend to get wrong about China. The hosts also recap the recent student-led protests sweeping France and the latest round of Brazil’s presidential election between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro.
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