The Global Briefings series looks across 2012 to deliver Monocle’s forecast for sectors from politics to culture with a worldwide perspective.

| # | Date | Duration | Duration | Download | |
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| Play | 10 | 30/12/2011 | 00:53:17 | Africa: Steve Bloomfield plus guests Katrina Manson, Jamie Drummond and Joel Kibazo discuss the year ahead in Africa. | Download |
| Play | 9 | 29/12/2011 | 00:53:20 | The Americas: Steve Bloomfield plus guests Jeffrey Kofman, Kathleen Burk and Aisha Speirs discuss the year ahead in the Americas. | Download |
| Play | 8 | 28/12/2011 | 00:53:39 | Asia: Steve Bloomfield plus guests Xenia Dormandy and Daniella Peled discuss the year ahead in Asia. | Download |
| Play | 7 | 27/12/2011 | 00:53:39 | Europe: Steve Bloomfield plus guests Christine Ockrent, Mark Leonard and Henning Meyer discuss the year ahead in Europe. | Download |
| Play | 6 | 26/12/2011 | 00:53:39 | The Middle East: Foreign editor Steve Bloomfield plus guests Tim Marshall, Shashank Joshi and Baria Alamuddin discuss the year ahead in the Middle East. | Download |
| Play | 5 | 23/12/2011 | 00:53:39 | Santiago Tarditi looks ahead in the travel and food worlds for 2012, with industry figures including restaurateur Martin Morales and Kuoni CEO Peter Rothwell. | Download |
| Play | 4 | 22/12/2011 | 00:53:39 | Hugo Macdonald focuses on design and architecture for 2012, with industry leaders Vicky Richardson and Marcus Fairs. | Download |
| Play | 3 | 21/12/2011 | 00:45:12 | Culture editor Robert Bound sits in his metaphorical pub to reflect on what film, music and books have made his 2011. | Download |
| Play | 2 | 20/12/2011 | 00:51:13 | Jonathan Openshaw looks ahead in business and retail for 2012, with industry experts Lord Digby Jones, Sagra Maceira de Rosen and Ben Page. | Download |
| Play | 1 | 19/12/2011 | 00:53:39 | Steve Bloomfield plus guests Swedish Ambassador Nicola Clase, the FCO’s Karen Pierce and Monocle’s Sophie Grove discuss the future of diplomacy | Download |