Live from Abu Dhabi Connect the World takes you on a journey across continents, investigating the stories that are changing our world.
President Obama's West Point foreign policy address was the very definition of a speech heard around the world. But how has it been received around the world? Jim Clancy hears the thoughts of The National's Faisal al-Yafai in Abu Dhabi and The Henry Jackson Society's Alan Mendoza in London.
There's a lot of expectation on the shoulders of Narendra Modi as he is sworn in as Prime Minister of India this Monday. Becky Anderson was in New Delhi as the extent of his election victory was revealed. Here she examines the traits and policies that propelled Modi to the top job – and the criteria by which he'll be judged as he assumes the role.
Pope Francis has arrived in the Middle East on a whirlwind tour and Connect the World with Becky Anderson is following the pontiff every step of the way. What does he hope to achieve from his travels and how is he going about it? Becky brings you the answers as the head of the Catholic Church receives a rapturous welcome in Amman, Jordan.
Lumphini Park is Bangkok's answer to New York's Central Park. Until recently it was best known as an unlikely haven for urban wildlife. Now that wildlife shares the park with a steadfast anti-government protest group that has created a tented city within a city. Nicol Nicolson looks at the transformation.
India's ruling Congress party has conceded that it is headed for defeat to Narendra Modi and the BJP. CNN's Becky Anderson visits a New Delhi market, where she speaks to former Editor-in-Chief of "The Hindu" Siddharth Varadarajan about what comes next after the biggest election the world has ever seen.