World Review from the New Statesman

2021 in review: the biggest stories of the year

The New Statesman international team look back at their most significant moments of 2021, including the 6th January storming of the US capitol, the Belarus border crisis and Cop26.  Then Emily Tamkin in Washington DC, Ido Vock in Paris and Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin make their predictions for 2022, looking ahead to elections in Hungary and France as well as what could be a challenging year for China. Further Reading: Emily Tamkin’s <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/12/seven-predictions-for-the-world-in-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">seven predictions</a> for the world in 2022. Ido Vock's four questions ahead of <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/french-election-2022/2021/12/four-questions-ahead-of-frances-2022-presidential-election" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">France's 2022 presidential election</a>. Jeremy Cliffe’s <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/12/ten-crucial-questions-about-the-world-in-2022%5d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ten crucial questions</a> about the world in 2022. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

World Review is the global affairs podcast from the New Statesman, hosted by Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington D.C. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.