We assess president Donald Trump’s attempted halt of federal funding, pop into the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø and assess Thailand’s image crisis as large numbers of tourists from mainland China cancel trips for this week’s Chinese New Year. Then: Pew’s latest survey on religion and politics across 36 countries. Plus: Monocle’s chairman, Tyler Brûlé, joins the show.

<p dir="ltr">We assess president Donald Trump&rsquo;s attempted halt of federal funding, pop into the Arctic Frontiers conference in Troms&oslash; and assess Thailand&rsquo;s image crisis as large numbers of tourists from mainland China cancel trips for this week&rsquo;s Chinese New Year. Then: Pew&rsquo;s latest survey on religion and politics across 36 countries. Plus: Monocle&rsquo;s chairman, Tyler Br&ucirc;l&eacute;, joins the show.</p>

Monocle’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards. 

<p>Monocle’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards. </p>