http://www.monocle.com/Primary-Keywords/Geopolitics/Geopolitics - PrimaryKeywordsenFri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:33 GMTMonocle 200960EPiServer 4.61info@monocle.cominfo@monocle.comhttp://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Melilla/Melilla, in Morocco, is one of two Spanish colonies left on the African continent. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=4288http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Burundi/Bujumbura has got all the substance - and architecture - required to turn Burundi's backwater capital into an African success story.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=4127http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/The-Lusophone-Games/While the Jogos da Lusofonia may not have the same draw as the Commonwealth Games, the gathering of the old Portuguese empire showed that, no matter how tenuous the links to Lisbon, there's plenty of strength in numbers.Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=4027http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Berlin-FFO/Since the fall of the Wall, Germany's foreign office has become master of gently promoting 'Brand Germany', with Berlin as the jewel in its decidely understated crown.Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=4013http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Andrus-Ansip/In his private offices in Stenbock House in Tallinn, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip talks to editor Andrew Tuck about having Russia as a neighbour, sending troops to Afghanistan and how to save the economy.Thu, 21 May 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=3680http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Danish-Navy/Like latter-day Vikings, the Danish Navy tours the treacherous Gulf of Aden hunting for Somali pirates.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=3519http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Idex/IDEX arms fair in Abu Dhabi is where armed forces and security services from nations all over the world go to see the latest in tanks and guns and put in their orders. Andrew Tuck reports.Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=3354http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Stanley-Falkland-Islands/For the first in a new series on outposts of opportunity, Monocle visits Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands.Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=3223http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Premier-league/As Copenhagen gears up to host the United Nations Climate Change conference COP15 later this year, Monocle meets Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and talks about Denmark's identity, global security and the impact of the 'cartoon crisis'.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3133http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Rasmussen/"Save the world" is just one of the items on the "to do" list of Denmark's prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, this year. And he might just do it.Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=3127http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/New-iron-lady---Georgia/After last summer's disastrous war against Russia, Georgia's opposition leaders felt that patriotism should come before any attack on their president, Mikheil Saakashvili. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3067http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Doctors-ordered---Solomon-Islands/The Pacific Islands are chronically short of health workers and Cuba is increasingly helping to fill the gap.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3061http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Finger-on-the-pulse---Somaliland/The son of Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is not only good at creating an image of himself as a westernised prince but has also helped to brush up the image of his country.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3055http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Prince-charming---Libya/The son of Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is not only good at creating an image of himself as a westernised prince but has also helped to brush up the image of his country.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3054http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Latin-primer---Latin-America/Latin Americans know the region won't be Barack Obama's top priority. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3051http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Team-building---Nicaragua/In the aftermath of Nicaragua's hotly disputed municipal elections last November, President Daniel Ortega's problems have ballooned.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3050http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-from-Washington/Obama promised shortly after his victory to establish the White House's first Office of Urban Policy, but he had already begun to win over US urbanists with his personal real-estate decisions. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3049http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wave-goodbye---Maldives/Before the century is out, the Maldives could be washed off the map by rising seas.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3046http://www.monocle.com/sections/culture/Magazine-Articles/Watch-word/Traditional media brands have been infected by the web's 'publish now, worry about the facts later' ethic and as their standards slip, readers vanish. But now there's a crop of journalists who can mix old-school standards with high-tech reporting methods.Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2890http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Crossing-the-line---The-world/They might not make headlines, but there are numerous border disputes that could spark a crisis at any time (although we hope Canada and the US would avoid war over their quarrel regarding lobster-rich waters).Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2945http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Power-play---Global/West's foes face ballot box.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2944http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Following-the-leader---South-Africa/What would a Jacob Zuma presidency mean for South Africa? Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2942http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-usual-suspects---Global/Where the UN will focus in 2009.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2940http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Tham-Khai-Meng/Worldwide creative director, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, SingaporeFri, 17 Oct 2008 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2938http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Emission-commander---Denmark/How do we control CO2 emissions, when the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012?Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2937http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/2009-defence-forecast---Global/The developments and deals to trackFri, 17 Oct 2008 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2936http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Jagdish-Bhagwati/Economist, Columbia UniversityFri, 17 Oct 2008 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2934http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Low-expectations---Czech-Republic/As prime minister of the Czech Republic, the richer half of the former Czechoslovakia, Mirek Topolanek knows more about break-ups than reunions.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2933http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Heres-to-the-future---Global/There's a real sense that we are entering a new era, with a fresh, sharp president in the White House and an economy in flux. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2932http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Try-this-at-home---Global/The most brilliantly effective ideas are usually the most simple.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2931http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Be-here-next-year---Global/From a southern African state that has gone from hungry nation to food exporter, to a vast new port in Mexico and a sea of trouble in Europe, we pinpoint the places that will make the headlines - for good and bad reasons - in 2009.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2930http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Infamous-five---Global/For every politician who thinks before speaking, there are more who charge ahead regardless.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2929http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/New-heroes---Worldwide/Monocle has drawn up a shortlist of 20 people - from politics, business, music and design - who we want to hear more of in 2009.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2928http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Yes-they-can---USA/Aside from helping to elect Barack Obama, voters in California passed historic legislation to approve the nation's first high-speed rail network.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2927http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Press-for-change---El-Salvador/Mauricio Funes has given up his career as a TV journalist in a bid to become president of El Salvador. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2831http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Running-dry---Ghana/Policing polling stations during Ghana's elections (7 December) will be thirsty work. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2822http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Holy-orders---Morocco/Morocco is worried about the growing threat of extremism among the more than three million Moroccans who live abroad. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2821http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Proper-gander---North-Korea/Bloggers in Malaysia have broken the state's control of politics, much to the chagrin of the government and its lapdog press. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2820http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Seeing-red---Venezuela/Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez addresses his people at every opportunity, including on his live chat show, with lively rhetoric on social reform. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2816http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/To-russia-with-love---Abkhazia/Following this summer's Georgian war, breakaway territory Abkhazia has been recognised as independent by Russia and Nicaragua.Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2815http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Minsk-condition---Belarus/Belarus, the "last dictatorship in Europe", will continue its slow realignment away from Russia and towards the West in the next few months. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2812http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bastions-of-taste---Global/Embassies should be places of fun, a chance for people to meet, and cultural hubs. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2808http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/War-on-truth---Georgia/During the conflict in South Ossetia, western media were given free access by the Georgian government, while on the Russian side, foreign journalists were being either arrested or herded around by the military. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2705http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA-Richard-Yoweni---West-Papua/West Papua was annexed by Indonesia in 1963, but its people are still struggling for independence, a fight that has claimed around 100,000 lives.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2700http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Green-light---Lebanon/Lebanon's Green Party has a new president at its helm - Philippe Skaff, CEO of Grey Advertising (pictured) in the Middle East - and is making its first serious foray into politics ahead of the parliamentary elections that are scheduled for next year.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2695http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Power-hungry---Different-coup-same-problems/Postcard from MauritaniaFri, 19 Sep 2008 14:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2694http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Election-watch---Europe/As the US presidential elections draw closer, at Monocle we've been turning our attention to who we'd like to see in the Cabinet. From CEOs to hip hop moguls, we've found a team who could change America's image around the world. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2685http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/A-cold-summer---Russia/A war erupted in Europe and nobody was ready for it.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2683http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Turkmenistan/When Turkmenistan's President Niyazov died in 2006, it was the end of an eccentric personality cult. His successor promised to open the state up but today the gas-rich nation is still an enigma.Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2650http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Summer-of-the-siege/Two years after the war with Israel, another battle was raging in Lebanon among its own people.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2635http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Know-thine-enemy/More than 100 Palestinian students at Al-Quds University in east Jerusalem have enrolled on a two year masters degree in Israeli Studies. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2622http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Spreading-the-net/In spite of predictions that it would happen in 2009, China has already outstripped the US and now has more people on the internet than any other country in the world (253 million as of June). Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2618http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Shifting-sands/When Turkmenistan’s President Niyazov died in 2006, it was the end of an eccentric personality cult. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2607http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Power-cut/Many developed nations are entering the last term of the year seated somewhere towards the back of the class.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2606http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Pleasant-posting---The-world/A posting in an emerging market needn't mean a five-year hardship assignment.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2491http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Building-brands---The-world/Whether it's building a whole city or putting up a modest bungalow, the chances are that quite a few of these companies will be there in the background. It's time you knew your Holcim from your Asahi.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2489http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Prized-fighters---Folkestone/From Afghanistan to Angola, if you want the best person to protect your troops or your game reserve, you get a Gurkha.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2368http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wave-power---Hawaii/On the island of O'ahu in Hawaii, members of a local independence movement have succeeded in winning back land claimed by the US in 1893.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2367http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Asias-mix-masters---New-Zealand/Highly educated Asian migrants are changing the face of New Zealand.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2365http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Rating-Rudd---Australia/A Security Council bid, meetings with US presidential hopefuls, a rebuke for China over human rights:Thu, 15 May 2008 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2364http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/In-the-pipelines---Kurdistan/It is one of the world's most dangerous places, but the lure of taking control of Iraq's untapped oil reserves is pulling in a band of risk-happy prospectors such as Norwegian Magne Normann, aka the General.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2362http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wanted-man---Somalia/As a former radio journalist, Ahmed Abdisalam Adan has faced death threats and seen colleagues killed.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2361http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fashion-dictator---Colonel-Muammar-al-Gaddafi/His rule over Libya may have been constant for nearly 40 years but Colonel Gaddafi's wardrobe has evolved - from military uniform to Arabian hybrid.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2358http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pushing-boundaries---China/China will be redrawing its borders again this year after regaining control of half of Heixiazi, a 327 sq km river island opposite Khabarovsk, from Russia.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2354http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Hard-bitten---USA/It's not the hurricane season that Americans will be dreading this summer - it's mosquito season.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2353http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Body-adrift---A-new-world/Is it time to pull down the shutters on the UN?Thu, 15 May 2008 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2347http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Divided-we-stand---United-Nations/Its role in Darfur is seen as a failure. It has almost no role in the Middle East.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2346http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Foreign-bodies---Global/As the Gulf develops a taste for German bedside manners, the UN might need to check itself into a clinic for an overhaul or follow the brand-building happening at Asia's answer to MIT.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2345http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Lady-Yvonne-Cochrane/Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé talks to Lady Yvonne Cochrane in Beirut about urban planning, architecture and the future of her country.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2296http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Above-the-water---Italy/In the second part of our series on Europe's borders, we report from the Italian island of Lampedusa.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2261http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Theatre-of-war---Nevada/Since the War in Afghanistan began in 2001, Nato, US and Afghan troops have attempted to restore order in the country.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2260http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Chilling-statistics---Iran/According to Amnesty International figures, Iran hanged 298 people in 2007, compared to 177 in 2006.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2254http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Border-games---Benin-and-Burkina-Faso/Colonial borders between African countries have caused dozens of conflicts over the past 50 years.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2251http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Faroe-tales---Torshavn/The Faroe Islands, an autonomous Danish province with barely 50,000 locals, is known for hunting, homophobia and knitwear.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2238http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Get-it-together---Beirut--Nicosia/In the Mediterranean two cities are having very different political debates.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2237http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tense-trade-off---Canada/China is not happy with Canada.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2131http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/New-state-symbol---Kosovo/Kosovo's extra-UN recognition symbolises the shift to a new world order where global authority is dispersed among multiple centres of power.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2130http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Island-breaks---Pacific/Australia's reputation and influence in the Pacific islands is set for a revival following prime minister Kevin Rudd's renewed interest in the welfare of the region.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2144http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Man-in-the-middle---Kabul/It's been a bad start to the year for Afghanistan. One person finds himself in the middle of all this, trying to balance the conflicting expectations: Said Jawad, the Afghan ambassador to Washington.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2025http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Out-of-Africa---Guangzhou/A quiet phenomenon is the steady stream of African businessmen moving into China, 10,000 of them now live in Guangzhou.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2020http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lets-make-a-deal---Venezuela/President Chávez has developed a global bartering network where he swaps oil for everything from nutmeg to doctors.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2008http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/New-life-in-New-Jersey---USA/As Burma continues the brutal repression of its people, many are heading for sanctuary in New Jersey.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2001http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Space-invaders---Norway/Dutch entrepreneur Gert Rietman saw Norway's emptiness and recognised a business opportunity.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1994http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/finnish-line---Nuijamaa/Finns and Russians are now working together to stop people and drug traffickers opening up new smuggling routes. Monocle goes on patrol with the Finnish border guards.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1993http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Zimbabwe-State-of-despair/Monocle's Africa correspondent Steve Bloomfield and photographer Frédéric Courbet risked imprisonment to go undercover in troubled Zimbabwe.Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1892http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-show-goes-on---Lebanon/Despite being targeted by a bomb attack in which she lost an arm and leg, political TV journalist May Chidiac, a staunch critic of Syria, remains defiant and is back presenting for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1897http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/French-connection---Mayotte/Quick quiz question. Which part of France has the highest birth rate?Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1884http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Name-game---Macedonia/At some point in 2008, it is likely that Nato will invite the tiny, landlocked Balkan state of Macedonia to become its newest member.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1869http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Letter-from-Udine---Italy/Many observers believe there's a problem with the EU's top-down management style.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1866http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/State-of-despair---Zimbabwe/Life expectancy in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe is 34 for women and 37 for men. Inflation is out of control; food, water and fuel are in short supply and corruption is rife. Elections are planned for March, but no one thinks they will change much.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:45:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1865http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Slovenia/In January, Slovenia will take on the rotating EU presidency. It is a massive challenge for a country of just two million inhabitants. Tobias Grey toured the country on the eve of its grand mission.Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1763http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-long-view---Simon-Anholt---London-UK/Simon Anholt, Government adviser.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1747http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Way-Ahead---Peter-Reid---US-peace-offerings/Peter Reid, vice-president for communications at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, predicts a more liberal approach to foreign relations in a future Clinton White House.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1720http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-long-view---Mark-Leonard---London-UK/Mark Leonard, European Council on Foreign Relations.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1751http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-long-view---Hanna-Anbar---Lebanon/Hanna Anbar, editor of Lebanon's 'The Daily Star'.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1750http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Long-View---Colin-I-Bradford-Jr---Washington-DC-USA/Colin I Bradford Jr, non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institute.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1721http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Shaking-it-up---The-world/Monocle profiles three leaders whose influence will continue to grow and grooms two necessary leaders of its own.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1697http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Way-Ahead---Malcolm-Cook---China-power-games/Malcolm Cook, programme director for the Asia Pacific region at the Lowy Institute, outlines the dilemmas China will face as it embraces superpower status.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1719http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-long-view---Ilkka-Kanerva---Helsinki-Finland/Ilkka Kanerva, Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1746http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-long-view---Paula-Scher---New-York-USA/Paula Scher, Principal at Pentagram.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1748http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Way-Ahead---Michael-Axworthy---Iran-talk-is-cheap/Michael Axworthy, academic, author and former head of the Iran section at the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, looks at how the diplomatic turmoil surrounding that country might play out.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1717http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-long-view---Jonathan-Raban-Novelist-and-travel-writer-Seattle-USA/Jonathan Raban, novelist and travel writer.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1701http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Early-warning---The-world/Monocle takes a look at the organisations, countries and people who are destined to hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2008.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1707http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Way-Ahead---Michael-Shifter---Latin-America-trading-places/Michael Shifter, vice-president for policy at the Inter-American Dialogue, foresees a Latin America free from US dependence.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1718http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Long-View---Raul-Abreu-Lastra---Mexico-City/Raúl Abreu Lastra, director of social policy initiatives at think-tank Fundación Idea.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1702http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-long-view---Surin-Pitsuwan---Bangkok-Thailand/Surin Pitsuwan, former foreign minister of Thailand, now ASEAN secretary-general.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1749http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Five-alive--New-regions/Which territories and nations are due their turn in the international spotlight?Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1700http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Ferruccio-de-Bortoli-Editor-in-chief-Il-Sole-24-Ore-Milan-Italy/Ferruccio de Bortoli, editor-in-chief of Il Sole 24 Ore, takes the long view.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1703http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Murmansk/Many Russian cities might seem like they are at the end of the world, but Murmansk really is. Our correspondent Shaun Walker reports.Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1655http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-verdict---Paris/On 6 November it will be six months since Nicolas Sarkozy was elected French President. We asked one of France's most celebrated commentators to rate his performance both at home and abroad.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1611http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Throw-the-book-at-him---Mali/In July, President Sarkozy described Africa as being "in the margin of history, immobile".Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1588http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Clean-and-serene---Vaduz/Liechtenstein's population is under 35,000 people, yet it is the registered home of 70,000 companies and 15 boutique banks.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:45:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1581http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Horn-of-plenty---Djibouti/It is a tiny Muslim nation in one of the world's most politically hostile regions. And yet the US army has been welcomed in Djibouti.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1579http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Tajikistan/The Tajik-Afghan border is one of the most dangerous in the world. Daria Vaisman reports from Nizhny Pyanj, on Tajikistan's southwest border.Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1522http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Final-frontier---Nizhny-Pyanj/The Tajik-Afghan border is one of the most dangerous in the world because of its central role in the heroin trade and potential as a smuggling route for WMDs. Can it ever be tamed?Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1457http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Carte-blanche---France/The Institut Géographique National in Paris has created (with government support) Géoportail, a rival to Google Maps.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1416http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Big-Thaw---Greenland/In the second part of our series looking at the scramble for resources and power in the Arctic, Monocle travels to Greenland.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1406http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-of-the-world---High-North/Monocle continues its tour of the High North with a stop in Greenland and reflects on a lost opportunity by the Canadians.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1494http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/The-heat-is-on---Resolute-Bay/Canada's far north used to be too cold and inhospitable for anyone to survive there except the Inuit people. But global warming is clearing the snows and luring in a generation of ambitious speculators.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:35:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1288http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Charter-fight---Southeast-Asia/This October representatives of Southeast Asia's juntas, communists, plutocracies and democracies will meet in Singapore, intent on approving a charter first mooted in 1976.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1252http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Ambassadors-rejection---Latin-America/The tit-for-tat competition between rivals China and Taiwan for international allies is being played out these days in the streets of San José, Santo Domingo and Managua.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1206http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Standing-tall---France/Our series decoding power dressing continues with French President Nikolas Sarkozy.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1197http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Tallberg-Forum/Each summer philosophical thinkers in politics, economics, ecology and the arts meet at the Tällberg Forum in Sweden to try to come up with new initiatives to tackle the ecological problems facing the planet.Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1066http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Shereen-El-Feki/Shereen Ell Feki is a presenter with the global news channel Al Jazeera International.Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1063http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Jan-Eliasson/Jan Eliasson is the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy to Darfur, Sudan.Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1057http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Christine-Loh/Christine Loh is the CEO of Civic Exchange, Hong Kong.Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1062http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Johan-Rockstrom/Johan Rockström is executive director of the Stockholm Environmental Institute.Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1064http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Jacqueline-McGlade/Jacqueline McGlade is the executive director of the European Environment Agency.Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1065http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Ghost-town---Lebanon/In Lebanon, you can never predict what will happen next.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:55:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=878http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Long-Game---Moscow/Led by chess master Garry Kasparov, advised by activist Marina Litvinovich, can the Russian opposition call the Kremlin into check?Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:49:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=760http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Treasure-islands---The-Pacific/After years - some would say decades - of neglect, the US is embarking on a diplomatic offensive to highlight the strategic nature of its western flank in the vast Pacific.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:54:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=752http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Youth-parliament---Georgia/When Mikheil Saakashvili assumed Georgia's presidency he brought with him a young team, many in their late twenties.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=745http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fresh-mints---Bolivia/Bolivian President Evo Morales wants the South American Union of Nations to mint its own currency and suggests calling it Pacha.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:46:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=743http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/What-a-spectacle---Zimbabwe/This month in our regular series decoding the power dressing of the political elite we look at Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=738http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lessons-in-diplomacy---Baku/To fill its new embassies - 16 so far this year alone - Azerbaijan needs a new generation of officials.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=734http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Its-fear-that-will-unite-us---Singapore/Interview with George Yeo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, SingaporeMon, 25 Jun 2007 02:26:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=649http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Happy-for-a-fight---Vanuatu/The South Pacific nation of Vanuatu was under a state of emergency in March following a tribal clash between Ambrym and Tannese islanders in the capital Port Vila.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=641http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Accidental-empire---Solomen-Islands--Papua-New-Guinea/Not since the Second World War have the islands of the Pacific been fought over so hotly. But as Australia pours in aid, some accuse Canberra of meddling.Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=620http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Banana-Republic---Ecuador/Despite oil and banana wealth, Ecuador's new government faces a perilous future.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:47:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=524http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Stamp-of-approval---Taiwan/A sign of Taiwanese self-assertion - not in the realm of politics or the military, but in the world of postage stamps.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:49:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=514http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Frozen-Assets---Norway/The world's third-biggest oil producer is also blessed with vast reserves of gas, fresh water and fish. But prosperity is creating its own worrying problems.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=487http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/HRH-Crown-Prince-Haakon/Tyler Brûlé talks to HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=54Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:00:31 GMT