http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Affairs - Programmes and ArticlesenFri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:32 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/Magazine-Articles/Making-a-killing/London's Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) exhibition is the largest arms fair in Europe, as befits the UK's post as one of the biggest defence exporters in the world.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4251http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Polyport/Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4250http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Trad-dads/The male population of Australia has the dubious honour of being the third most chivalrous in the world (behind Canada and America) according to a global dating survey.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4249http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tipping-point/As global delegates prepare to attend COP15, the climate change conference being held in Denmark in December, Pacific Island leaders are hoping for swift action. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4248http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Sun-diallers/Are Australians the new South Koreans?Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4247http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Coral-dilemma/Japan may have found a new way to claim fresh waters for fishing and oil and gas.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4246http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Just-for-show/Weddings in Delhi will soon be forced indoors as city authorities aim to protect parks from damage.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4245http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Banker-politicians/Having been a banker is not generally something to shout about these days.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4244http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mouse-trap/The Chinese government is about to help you decide if you are addicted to the internet.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4243http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Getting-over-it/Thanks to the Chinese, Angola has just opened its biggest bridge.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4238http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/All-dried-out/The massive decline in levels of the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers because of drought has added to political mismanagement and conflict that have been catastrophic for Iraq's once thriving agriculture.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4237http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Train-times/Israel is to spend $13bn (€9bn) in the next decade to build a rail network that will run the full length of the country, from the southern coastal town of Eilat to the Sea of Galilee in the north.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4236http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Learning-curve/The tiny Indian Ocean Republic of Seychelles, the smallest state in Africa, has opened its first-ever university this autumn in an effort to stop the brain drain from the archipelago.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4235http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Still-waiting/The government has been making a lot of noise about its plans to build a high-speed rail link between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo before the 2014 football World Cup.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4234http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/What-a-state/State on the up: North Dakota.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4233http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-from-Washington8/With the COP15 climate conference looming, ambassadors are becoming lobbyists. They should tread very carefully.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4232http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/All-grown-up/Decorative gardens are going vertical (see issue 27) and, if one Swedish entrepreneur has his way, so are vegetables. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4229http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Here-comes-the-braid/Bringing feminine aggression and glamour into a political life filled with dull middle-aged men, controversial prime minister Yulia ­Tymoshenko delights as many Ukrainians as she horrifies.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4228http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Islam-slam/Switzerland prides itself on its plurality - it is famously a nation of four official languages. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4227http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Leader-ship/Eighty per cent of Greenland is covered in ice, and with only 70km of asphalt in the capital Nuuk, there is no road network to speak of. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4226http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mrs-Dynamite/Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4183http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Barriers-and-barrios/Melilla, in Morocco, is one of two Spanish colonies left on the African continent. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4180http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Small-is-beautiful/In Germany, small- and medium-sized firms make up the backbone of the economy, while elsewhere steps are being taken to ease the start-up process.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4175http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Happy-now/The nation that had no TV until 10 years ago and is famous for using its Gross National Happiness index as a measure of success rather than GDP, has been a democracy for just over a year.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4171http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Life-on-the-edge/This remote north-eastern corner of Russia is an inhospitable land of fire, ice and earthquakes but the stunning scenery, hot springs and huge reserves of salmon suggest a seismic shift in fortunes could be about to happen.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4165http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Changing-the-world/This issue's theme is small businesses and why it's the time to start one.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4163http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Ship-shaping-up/The Russian Federation Navy is looking to recapitalise its amphibious forces and in late August approached Dutch and French shipyards for up to four new ships.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4252http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Rising-sons/Botswana's president, Ian Khama, is expected to win elections this month and stay in the job he has held since 2008.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4102http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Heavy-lifting/The US Air Force (USAF) has run a series of trials to ensure that the B-2 stealth bomber can carry the service's biggest conventional weapon.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4113http://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/Magazine-Articles/In-the-hot-seat/Chile's first female president, Michelle Bachelet, was tortured as a student under Pinochet's rule and lived in exile for nearly five years.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4056http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Naval-gazing/Indian Navy chief of staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta must sometimes feel like it is two steps forward and two steps back. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4112http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Best-buddies/Australia and New Zealand have joined forces to try to make air travel between the two countries as easy as a domestic trip.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4111http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Ghost-drivers/Watch out if you're behind the wheel in Samoa.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4110http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Help-search/The Pacific region receives more aid per capita than any other region. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4109http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dreaming-tracks/With a little bit of country and a little bit of rock'n'roll, young aboriginals are helping ­preserve their dying aboriginal tongues in the Australian outback with the help of Apple Mac music software Garageband. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4108http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Youth-justice/In one Chinese town children will help to supervise entrance exams for various professions from now on after they proved to be better than adults at exposing people who were cheating.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4107http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dead-clever/Conductors of autopsies in Japan are swapping scalpels for scanners.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4106http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Charm-offensive/South Korea has decided it needs to do more to prove that it is not just a hard-working country but a fun and foreigner-friendly one too.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4104http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Sow-your-own/China's urban elite is getting its hands dirty, planting fruit and vegetables in plots on their balconies and in their backyards.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4105http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Skipping-lunch/Office workers in the Middle East are spending more and more time in the office and a break for a lunchtime shawarma snack is becoming a thing of the past.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4103http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Enter-the-dragon/South Korea has unveiled plans to speed its new Sky Dragon long-range cruise missile and Red Shark torpedo into service earlier than expected in around 2012, in the latest stage of the Korean Peninsula's spiralling arms race.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4114http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Seeing-past-the-facade/Lebanon may say it will be the last Arab country to sign a peace agreement with Israel but that will not stop it restoring an historic Jewish landmark to its original glory.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4101http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Shock-and-awe/Are you looking for a bit of romance in the cradle of civilization - with a touch of dictator kitsch?Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4098http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-from-Washington7/As the US finally establishes a national tourism authority, clever cross-marketing to foreign visitors will benefit the states less travelled.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4097http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Uribes-rides/Having survived multiple attacks on his life, Colombian president Álvaro Uribe takes no chances with the security of his transport.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4094http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Susanne-Wiigh-Masak/Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4093http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Army-of-me/Many criticisms can be levelled justifiably at President Ramzan Kadyrov of the restive Russian republic of Chechnya.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4089http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fits-the-Bill/Bill Clinton heads to Haiti this month in his new capacity as a UN special envoy.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4095http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Off-the-job/Italians may be feeling the pinch these days.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4091http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Baby-boom/The fertility rate in France has reached its highest in years, securing the country's place alongside Ireland at the top of the European baby-making league.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4090http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Screen-time/It's not often schools tell their pupils to stay at home and watch television, but the French government knows it could be dealing with an unusual autumn this year.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4092http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Jock-tactics/Everyone loves a good, bad and ugly anti-hero and Canadian ice hockey commentator Don Cherry is just that.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4055http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lakeland-revival/Bujumbura has got all the substance required to turn Burundi's backwater capital into an African success story and the country's upcoming elections are a chance to create lasting peace after 15 years of civil war.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4054http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Milking-it/As wholesale milk prices fall, it's becoming more attractive for farmers to opt out of the mass market and sell directly to consumers.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4096http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/City-off/Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4057http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Force-it/As Sweden ends compulsory national service, Finland carries on.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4053http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Old-one-two/Presidential elections in Uruguay on 25 October are being contested by a 74-year-old.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4123http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Rotor-rage/France has visibly taken on a more war-like posture in Afghanistan in an attempt to show an organic ability to protect its troops there.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=4115http://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/Magazine-Articles/Tanked-up/The US and UK have embarked on programmes to develop new families of mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3970http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wheel-deal/Efforts so far (such as using fetching outfits, see picture) have failed to get Australians on their bikes.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3969http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lock-and-key/Since he was elected last November, ending nine years of Labour rule under Helen Clark, New Zealand's prime minister John Key has been quick to portray his party as thrifty and socially aware, as reflected in his relatively modest transport.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3968http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Horny-for-it/Somaliland is set to hold its much-delayed presidential election on 27 September this year.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3960http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Rich-pickings/Japan opened the door in July to wealthy Chinese tourists.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3965http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fitness-first/ A staggering 10 to 15 per cent of the Danish infanteers deployed with the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan are suffering lasting disability caused by the huge equipment and stores loads that they are expected to shoulder.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3972http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mine-boggling/In a country with one of the highest numbers of landmine victims in the world...Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3971http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/japan-votes/A general election on 30 August brings a change of leadership.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3964http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Blind-ambition/To most analysts, Yemen, with its struggling economy and rising Al-Qaeda presence, has become so lawless it has now joined the ranks of failed states.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3961http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fan-base/South Africa is planning to use the Kruger National Park to provide overflow accommodation for football fans at next year's World Cup. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3962http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Playing-the-field/In Quebec, the percentage of young single farmers has doubled in less than 40 years.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3959http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dream-machines/Overnight America's cities have been blessed with some of the finest transport systems in the world - and without a single cent of Obama's stimulus package.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3958http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-from-Washington6/Tourists from some countries find it easier to enter the US than others.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3957http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Number-crunch/The Indian government has set itself the mission of issuing each of its 1.2 billion citizens with a unique ID number that catalogues personal details and biometric data.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3966http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Alpaca-man/Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3944http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Eastern-Europe/Countries that thought their worst days were in the past have called new leaders to rescue them from the economic crisis.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3943http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Oblast-Resort/It's an isolated chip off the old Russian bloc that's surrounded by wealthier EU nations.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3909http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Worth-the-waste/This summer, one small Swedish town was celebrating.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3936http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tanks-for-nothing/There's no question of an armed conflict between Chile and Peru and yet these two countries are locked in an arms race and forking out hundreds of millions on military hardware that opponents say could be better spent on education and health care.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3950http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Thatll-cost-you/France is considering legislation to make citizens who get into scrapes in dangerous lands pay for their rescue.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3937http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bigger-than-Bjork/Presidents take his calls and children in 128 countries hang on his every word.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3908http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/First-Lady/Bahraini Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo has broken the diplomatic mould by being a young Jewish woman representing an Arab country abroad.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3907http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/All-choked-up/Hong Kong may look like a slick modern city but it is far from clean and green. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3967http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/No-need-to-shout---Global/Don't underestimate the impact of soft power in diplomacy, is the message that provides the theme for this issue of Monocle.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3903http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Contraband-aid/Children are heading back to school in the Gaza strip this autumn even though the windows are still shattered and the furniture broken in most of their classrooms.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3963http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Soft-focus/Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3904http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Vive-le-flaneur/If many modern urban planners had their way, the city would be divided into strictly designated zones for living and working with little opportunity for chance encounters, surprise and, above all, sauntering. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:53:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3781http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Talk-of-the-town/From a Beijing air-quality expert to an Italian architect, these urban planning visionaries have ideas with the potential to transform our urban world - and soon.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3794http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Full-speed-ahead/Obama is allocating $8bn for high-speed rail - but much of the expertise will come from Europe.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3792http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Secret-treasures/These outposts may not score highly on the Monocle city metrics - they're not very well connected for starters. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3791http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Make-some-noise/City streets need to be pleasant places to live but also home to small businesses, craft makers and even the odd car mechanic.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3790http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Ancient-Greeks-were-streets-ahead-/The cities of the Ancient Greeks, with their wide, straight streets and simple grid patterns, were not just the result of a desire for order but also the offspring of necessity. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3789http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Scale-watching/Why do some streets just seem wrong or shops leave us feeling uncomfortable?Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3788http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Can-African-cities-work/Faced by a failure of civic government, many African cities rely on private firms and individuals to carry out basic services such as collecting rubbish.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:59:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3787http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dirty-London-/London has once again topped an internet poll as Europe's dirtiest city, an epithet it has born since the 17th century. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:58:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3786http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Turkish-lessons-/If it ain't broke, don't fix it... Some of the best ideas for improving a neighbourhood are surprisingly old-fashioned. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:57:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3785http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dense-and-sensibility/After Israel was founded in 1948, the speed at which it built towns for the influx of refugees meant that town planning was often rushed. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:56:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3784http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Austerity-aesthetics/Last autumn's financial meltdown means there's less money available for public buildings.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:55:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3783http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Art-and-soul/When it comes to artful administration and passionate planning, museums and their directors have a lot to teach the cities they sit in. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:54:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3782http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Reclaim-the-street/What’s the future of the city?Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:52:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3779http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Old-timers/Women in Japan can now expect to live to 86, according to the latest WHO figures. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:51:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3778http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Perfect-alibi/The vast numbers of empty steel-and-glass towers on Beijing's skyline are a developer's night-mare -but a relief to owners of the remaining traditional alleyway houses in their shadows.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:50:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3777http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Happy-shoppers/In China's impoverished countryside, the route to prosperity is to head to the city, where even dangerous or menial work holds the promise of money to send home to the family.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:49:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3775http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Takashi-Kawamura/Nagoya's mayor explains his ideal quality of life.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:48:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3774http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Talking-rubbish/Would you be more likely to throw rubbish in a bin if it told you a joke as a thank you?Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:47:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3773http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Smoke-screen---/Turkey is promoting a healthier lifestyle: from 19 July, smoking will be banned in restaurants, cafés and bars.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:46:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3771http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Corine-Mauch/Corine Mauch lays down her views on quality of life in Zürich.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:45:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3769http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Benchmark-for-kids/Imagine being a kid in a world built for adults, having to sit on gigantic sofas, climb up towering staircases and open huge doors. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:44:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3768http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Lisa-Scaffidi/Lisa Scadffidi defines true quality of lifeThu, 18 Jun 2009 10:43:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3767http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Long-lunch/New Zealanders have got their priorities right.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3766http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Place-to-stay/Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand’s South Island, has decided to give itself a revamp in a bid to stop its young generation moving away. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:41:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3765http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pixel-perfect/Work begins this July on Australia’s first carbon-zero office building. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3764http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Clean-sweep/Unlike most other cities in West Africa, Ouagadougou impresses by its orderliness. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3763http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/On-the-rails/Abu Dhabi has decided it needs a public transport network.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3761http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Nir-Barkat/Jerusalem's mayor - Nir Barket tells us his plans for improving quality of life in his hometown.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:37:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3760http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mr-Motivator/Moïse Katumbi, the first democratically ­elected governor of Congo's mineral-rich Katanga province, has begun to turn the place round since he took over in 2007. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:36:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3759http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Zero-hero/A new zero-emissions car could soon be joining the ranks of Mexico City's already colourful taxi fleet.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:35:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3758http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Gilberto-Kassab-/Monocle talks to Sao Paulo's mayor on his views on quality of life.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3754http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Its-catching/How do you find out how sick a city is? Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:33:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3753http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Changing-Chattanooga/Chattanooga, Tennessee, was known in the 1960s as "the dirtiest city in America". Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:32:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3751http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Please-turn-off-the-lights/Do cities have a sell-by date? Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:31:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3749http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/25-Lisbon/Lisbon comes last but we're looking forward to seeing how plans develop.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3748http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/24-Geneva/Geneva lacks the oomph of a big city but that's also its beauty. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3747http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/23-Hamburg/Hamburg's economic and educational reforms get top marks. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3746http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/22-Kyoto/Kyoto has a sense of its own identity and a commitment to craftsmanship.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3745http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/21-Amsterdam/Amsterdam is green-thinking but may be a bit too relaxed. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:26:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3744http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/20-Auckland/Re-formed Auckland re-enters our Top 25 after a year's absence.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3742http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/19-Montreal/Quality of life is uneven in Montréal but its liberalism is admirable. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3741http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/18-Singapore/Singapore is adding a softer side to its reputation as a business city.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3740http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/17-Oslo/Oslo bursts in this year thanks to the wise use of its oil wealth. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3739http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/16-Fukuoka/Fukuoka edges ahead because of its great connections and easy living.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3738http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/15-Barcelona/So far, changes have been cosmetic and the routine is getting tired.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3737http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/14-Vancouver/Canada's sharp-looking outpost gets ready to take its Olympic bow.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3736http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/13-Sydney/Progress is a little unforthcoming but the Sydney lifestyle is enviable. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3735http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/12-Madrid/Its strength is its adaptability, which is why Madrid's risen up the ranks.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3734http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/We-can-make-it/City halls need a new focus on helping small businesses.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3733http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/11-Honolulu/Honolulu is more than a pretty face, and is our top (and only) US city.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3732http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/10-Berlin/Berlin is the home of start-ups. Shame it's not more connected.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3731http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/09-Melbourne/Melbourne holds its position but must do more about its urban sprawl.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3730http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/08-Paris/If Paris improves its suburbs, it's on its way to offering the full package. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3729http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/07-Vienna/A city with big ambitions, Vienna has high hopes for its hub status.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3728http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/06-Stockholm/Living in the European Green Capital of 2010 has its major plus pointsThu, 18 Jun 2009 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3727http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/05-Helsinki/Defying its small size, Helsinki continues to advance eastwardsThu, 18 Jun 2009 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3725http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/04-Munich/Our 2007 winner slips as others up their game. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3724http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Getting-interactive-How-will-cities-be-run-in-the-future/Increasingly, how cities are run is evolving to include grass roots organisations - particularly when elected officials fail in their civic mission. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3723http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/03-Tokyo/Tokyo runs like clockwork and its service culture beats any competitionThu, 18 Jun 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3722http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/02-Copenhagen/Our 2008 winner is pipped at the post but is a city we still admire Metropolitan life coupled with intimacy, Scandinavian welfare, low crime rates and a relaxed atmosphere - an ideal combination, right?Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3720http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/01-Munich/Zürich leaps into the winning spot with its extraordinary urban plans. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3717http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Nice-restaurants-but-/For a third year running, Italian cities failed to make our list. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3716http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Worlds-top-25-most-liveable-cities/Monocle's researchers have spent the past months putting the world's leading cities to the test to find the best places for you to make your base. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3714http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-of-the-world/We've been around the globe putting cities to the Monocle metrics test.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3712http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Prime-Minister-Andrus-Ansip/Until this year, the idea that Americans could enjoy European or Japanese-style train service was dismissed as a boutique cause of cosmopolitan columnists and futurist dreamers.Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=3833http://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/Magazine-Articles/Rule-breaker/Shahla Ata, a Kabul MP, could become Afghanistan's first ever female president. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:31:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3562http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Karachi-Cops/As the Taliban gains ground in Pakistan, the police can offer little in defence of the nation. Monocle spends a day with Karachi's police chief as he worries about kit, corruption and crime stats.Thu, 21 May 2009 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3561http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Yes-we-Khan/Mongolia is rich in raw materials and is thought to have huge oil reserves: resources that its neighbour China - with which it shares a rocky relationship - needs. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3560http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/From-Sofia-with-love/Bulgarian songstress Lili Ivanova's career began in 1963 and she soon became the country's biggest star under the communists. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3559http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pakistan-Obamas-plan-of-attack/A former British high commissioner to Pakistan asks how the world can help stabilise the country. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3558http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Arms-race/A team from US-based Boeing Integrated Defense Systems has shot down a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a laser for the first time - but not in the Star Wars way you might imagine. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:26:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3557http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Gut-feeling/Livestock produces 14 per cent of Australia's methane emissions. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3556http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pray-time/The 14,000 islanders of Rarotonga - capital of the Cook Islands - are spoiled for choice on Sundays. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3555http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tightening-the-net/Australia may soon be the only western democracy with state-filtered internet. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3553http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Election-watch---Tonga2/A look into politics in TongaThu, 21 May 2009 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3554http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Stephen-Hopper/With climate change and global food shortages, Hopper believes it is time for a major rethink about what we eat. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3552http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Jonathan-Shapiro/Monocle quizzes the infamous Shapiro on his animated viewpoints.Thu, 21 May 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3550http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Election-watch---Iran/A briefing into Iranian politicsThu, 21 May 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3551http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Payback-time/Guinea is having a clean up since a coup in December.Thu, 21 May 2009 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3549http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pilgrims-progress/Camels were the mass transit mode du jour when Muhammad led pilgrims the 450km from Medinah to Mecca almost 1,400 years ago.Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3548http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Election-watch--Indonesia/A quick re-cap on Indonesian politicsThu, 21 May 2009 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3547http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Runway-queens/China's first female fighter pilots graduated this spring.Thu, 21 May 2009 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3546http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pantsuit-of-the-people/In a nation devoted to grandeur and spectacle, to parades of immaculate marching soldiers, and immense displays of synchronised gymnastics, North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il, is the worst-dressed man in the entire country.Thu, 21 May 2009 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3545http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Sarah-Wescot-Williams/Inside the mind of Sarah Wescot-WilliamsThu, 21 May 2009 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3544http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Car-plant/Detroit is fast becoming the US’s leading example of urban farming. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3543http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Icing-on-the-cake/Alaska is celebrating a big birthday: 50 years ago, the vast Arctic territory came in from the cold and officially joined the US following a vote by Congress. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3542http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Two-way-road/Four years after crews started laying asphalt through the Amazon, construction is nearing completion on one of South America’s most ambitious - and controversial - development projects: the first continuous paved road across the breadth of the continent.Thu, 21 May 2009 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3541http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Election-watch---Honduras/A briefing on Honduras politicsThu, 21 May 2009 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3540http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Gone-downhill/You might have thought the highest ski resort in the world would be the last to melt.Thu, 21 May 2009 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3539http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-from-Washington5/The top-secret redecoration of the White House is headed by an interior designer to the stars. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3538http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Down-your-pints/In the past 12 months, approximately 2,000 British pubs have called last orders for the final time - casualties of what the British Beer & Pub Association acknowledges is an accelerating decline (1,409 pubs shut in 2007; 400 in 2006). Thu, 21 May 2009 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3537http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Election-watch/A glance into Luxembourg politicsThu, 21 May 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3536http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Green-wings/Nicolas Sarkozy is one of the most travelled of Europe's leaders, frequently flying into countries in diplomatic crisis. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3535http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Paradise-regained/The kibbutzim may have been born out of socialist ideals but for years their appeal has been fading. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3534http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Prime-time/Estonia has a brand image as a modern hi-tech nation, but today it's dealing with some old-fashioned troubling issues. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3533http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Media-face-off/On 7 June, Lebanon holds the most hotly contested general election in its history. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3532http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Field-trip/The news is full of huge stimulus packages but some smaller initiatives have gone beneath the radar. Thu, 21 May 2009 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3530http://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/Magazine-Articles/Jumping-the-gun/Switzerland is to vote on whether it's time, after over 100 years, to abolish a law that says the country's unique militia army and former army members can keep their weapons at home. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3404http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Jorma-Olilla/Finland is rethinking how it presents itself to the world for the first time in 20 years.Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3407http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Maid-in-Sweden/Hiring a maid used to be a definite no-no in Sweden, considered elitist in this country of equality.Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3406http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Just-the-ticket/Russia is attempting to bring its people closer together. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3405http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Minority-Report/As anti-Roma prejudice rises in Hungary, positive role models are more vital than ever. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3402http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fashion-Dictator/Princess, minister, businesswoman, fashion guru and pop singer - Gulnara Karimova comes in many guises.Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3401http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Holes-to-fill/Jokes about Brits with bad teeth won't make Americans smile much longer.Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3400http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Drug-Dilemma/That's why the US government's Mérida Initiative to counter narcotics trafficking and crime has recently signed agreements with several Central American and Caribbean countries to head off Mexican cartels seeking new trafficking routes. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3399http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-from-Washington4/Branding helped Obama become president, now it's selling the nation his recovery dealThu, 16 Apr 2009 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3398http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tasmanian-Angel/Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is the nearest inhabited landmass to Antarctica and that's why scientists flock to the city that is at the frontline of environmental research. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3397http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fresh-Minsk/Often referred to as the last dictatorship in Europe, Belarus has woken up to its image problem and has embarked on a PR mission. But, with its strong_armed leadership still in place, are the changes anything more than cosmetic?Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3396http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Coming-home/Thousands of Spaniards lost their citizenship as they fled Spain's Civil War and Franco. Now Spain is offering its descendents the right to be Spanish. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3422http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/High-noon-for-Sharif/The new president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has a lot to contend with: pirates, a humanitarian disaster and deadly rivals. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3421http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/New-world-order/We are living in a revolutionary age and the old order is being destroyed.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3420http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/River-God/Slovenian hero Martin Strel has swum solo the entire lengths of the Danube, Mississippi, Yangtze and Amazon, winning Guinness World Records for the first three.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3419http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/France-homes-in/France’s new military base in the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi, will open for business on 27 May. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3418http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Instant-Protection/UK-based HESCO Bastion revolutionised base protection for soldiers when it revealed its Concertainer concept in 1989, relegating the soldier’s old friend, the sandbag, to history.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3417http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Keeping-the-peace/The recent news that Iran had acquired enough low-enriched uranium to proceed to the next stage in the development of a nuclear weapon once again raised the spectre of a looming military confrontation.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3416http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wired-Australia/Australians are traditionally believed, not least by themselves, to be outdoorsy, sporting types, more comfortable wrestling crocodiles than spreadsheets. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3415http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Michel-Hajji-Georgiou/On 7 June, Lebanon has parliamentary elections with the two main political blocks offering drastically different visions for the country. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3414http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/False-Economy/US think-tank Rand Corporation's new report reveals how Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Islamic fundamentalist group, gets its funding.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3413http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Petrol-Head/Just as comfortable in a sports car as he is straddling a Harley, Joseph Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, likes to be in the driving seat. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3412http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Soaring-Seoul/The recession has hit the construction industry hard across the whole of Asia, but Seoul still seems to be reaching for the sky. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3411http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Metro-force/Bleary-eyed commuters in Tokyo were recently surprised to discover that their Yamanote line train had been taken over by the police. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3410http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lightening-Up/Asian men are the heaviest smokers in the world.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3409http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/On-track/The landlocked, mountainous nation of Laos now has its first railway. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3408http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/All-bets-are-off/From 1 July, gambling is outlawed everywhere in Russia except for four specially designated zones.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3403http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/No1-Detective---Bangkok/Forensic scientist Porntip Rojanasunan is loved by the Thai public for her fearless exposing of corruption in high places - and also for her unconventional dress sense.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3275http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Snow-Houses---Bogota/Since 2007, the Colombian government has made over €50m from the sale of property confiscated from busted drug barons. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3274http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/BHL-Express---QA---Levy/Bernard-Henri Lévy, France's leading philosopher, is no ivory-tower thinker. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3273http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mine-Field---Goma/Wars and volcanoes have made Goma a dangerous place to call home.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3271http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mission-possible/The US military is struggling to adapt to a world in which the most pressing challenges to American power come not from states that are too strong but from ones that are not strong enough. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:26:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3270http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Great-gun/Step through the doors of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) and you're transported into a parallel universe where there's no such thing as a global recession. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3268http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Outback-city/Australia's Northern Territory is to create a new city - the fourth largest after Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs (above). Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3267http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Back-in-the-game/Traditional Maori sports have faded from school timetables in New Zealand, according to Harko Brown, a Maori sports teacher and author.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3266http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Middle-of-the-road/Prime minister of Australia Kevin Rudd travels widely but in deliberately low-key style.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3265http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Profit-of-Peace---Gaza/The Palestinians have unique assets and the potential to build a strong economy. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3264http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Delay-train/Almost 40 years after the idea was conceived, Algiers Metro, linking 10 stations along a 9km route in the Algerian capital, is finally set to open in August. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3263http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bad-breath/Drinking and driving in Kenya is not a crime.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3262http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Close-enemies/Somalia's new president, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed - a 44-year-old former teacher - took a leaf from Obama's book and brought a man from a rival clan into his team.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3261http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dubai-Syndrome/The Mediterranean might be getting a new island.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3260http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Population-drive/In a bid to rev up Korea's stalling birth rate, Hyundai Motor Co and Seoul City Hall joined forces in February to offer discounts on cars for people who have more children. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3259http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Half-portions/Japan's diminishing birth rate is being reflected in its TV cook show "Kyo no Ryori" (Today's Cooking).Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3258http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Gho-getter/Last year, at the age of 28, Jigme Khesar ­Namgyel Wangchuck was crowned king of Bhutan in a lavish celebration in the capital Thimphu. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3257http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bang-for-buck/A recent influx of new hotels, high-end shops and even an express train from Manhattan, suggests Atlantic City hopes to revive its glamorous gambling resort-town past. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3256http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Natures-way/As of May 2010, Costa Rica will inject colour into its dreary banknotes to symbolise its six ecosystems.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3255http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/In-a-spin/Currently, the Google Maps website identifies a small collection of islands in the South Atlantic as the "Falklands (Islas Malvinas)" (see our cover story, Issue 21). Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3254http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wool-rich/Peru appears to be failing to protect one of its most valuable assets: the vicuña (a relative of the llama). Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3253http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bum-deal/Mexicans are slimming down. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3252http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-from-Washington3/Later this spring, Barack Obama will start to replace the 170 or so US ambassadors around the world and observers anticipate new diversity in the people representing the US abroad.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3251http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Q--A---Per-Berthelsen/After voting for greater independence from Denmark last year, Greenland will take control of its natural resources in June. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3250http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Little-chefs/Is your six-year-old a whizz with a wok? Your child a maestro with the mixer? Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3249http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Last-stand/One of Europe's poorest countries, Moldova, will vote in parliamentary elections on 5 April that could see Europe's last communist government swept out of power.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3248http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Energy-opportunists/Following last August's war in South Ossetia, Russia is battling a rise in violence across the Caucasus.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3247http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Little-Big-Bucs/Native American tribes in the US and Canada have become powerful business and political forces and have learnt how to get Obama and Ottawa on their side.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3246http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Happy-new-world2/In the wake of bank bail-outs and car industry rescue plans, retail giants could find themselves standing next in line with begging bowls in hand. But it's a re-think that's really needed to keep the high street healthy.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3363http://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/Show-the-world/Our new series, national icons, is about people who rise above politics to become symbols of a country's strengths. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3173http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lord-of-the-Skies/In 2007, the Brazilian government launched a crack down on the drug gangs in Rio's slums and thousands were killed.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3169http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Touch-Pacific---Fiji/Fiji is cruising towards political isolation in the Pacific region as its defiant military leader Frank Bainimarama - who took power over two years ago - refuses to call an election.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3151http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Good-job---Australia/If you're a construction worker, Australia might be the place to head.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3152http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Devil-in-disguise---Papua-New-Guinea/Sorcery is part of daily life Papua New Guinea.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3150http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Head-over-heels---Sydney/Falling into a lover's arms might literally be easier in Sydney with the establishment of a Single's Circus Night.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:56:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3149http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mane-line---Africa/Kenya and Uganda are to spend €2.7bn on a revamp of the railway line that links landlocked central African countries to the coast.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:55:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3148http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lights-out---Japan2/A fitness centre in Iraq? Entrepreneurial folly or viable business adventure?Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3147http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Hair-apparent---Chantal-Biya-Cameroon/Chantal Biya looked a bit different before she became Cameroon's first lady. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:36:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3146http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lights-out---Japan/Love hotels, yakuza gangsters, hostess bars - the neon-lit district of Kabukicho has long revelled in its status as the colourful underbelly of Tokyo. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:35:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3145http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Boom-river---Malaysia/Malaysia is planning to spend $14bn on a 10-year project to clean up the Klang river which flows through the capital, Kuala Lumpur, but is more of a domestic and chemical waste dump than a waterway.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3144http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Man-the-riggings---North-Korea/Asia's most popular leader is expected to be returned to power with another resounding majority on 8 March when the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea goes to the polls.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3142http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wake-up-call---Japan/Wake-ari - literally "as is" - is the new catchphrase for thrifty Japanese shoppers.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3143http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Chicken-magnates---USA/To save on food shopping, a growing number of US urbanites have taken up a new hobby: poultry farming. Started as a grass-roots movement to promote homegrown, free-range eggs, the fad has taken off in today’s worsening economy.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3141http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Gold-meddle---El-Salvador/Fed up with delays, a Canadian company is threatening to sue El Salvador for denying a mining permit.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3140http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mystery-caller---Canada/Canada's telecom regulator is forcing the mobile phone industry to undergo a major update of its 911 emergency system. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3139http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Cow-cops/The Brazilian government is creating a special task force to target the growing issue of cattle rustling. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3138http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pimp-my-ride---USA/Joseph Prichard is trying to turn Los Angeles into a cycling city, one block at a time. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3137http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Relative-values/This year is the 200th anniversary of Finland and Sweden becoming separate countries. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3135http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Around-the-block---Italy/Billionaire businessman and prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been criticised for his luxurious travel arrangements but you can’t fault him on style; he has been spotted in a vintage Lancia Flaminia and uses the same airbase as the Pope. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3134http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-from-Washington2/Change may have come to the White House, but it's no tech revolution.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3136http://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/Magazine-Articles/Little-Britain---Falklands/For the first in a new series on outposts of opportunity we visit Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, the British territory best known for sheep and its 1982 war with Argentina. Now oil and tourists are making this outcrop a place to watch.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3132http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Happy-new-world/As Monocle notches up two years, we take a look back at where we started and unveil some subtle tweaks to our brand for volume 03.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3131http://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/Wealth-and-safety---Sao-Paulo2/In 1974 residents started moving to AlphaVille, Sao Paulo's first gated community.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3066http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wealth-and-safety---Sao-Paulo/Is this the start of a Pacific arms race?Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3065http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Conflict-managers---Washington/The Iraq war has been big business for US military contractors (AKA mercenaries). Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3064http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Its-a-breeze---New-Zealand/Not even warzones are capable of scaring off eco-crazed New Zealanders. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:26:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3063http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Keeping-afloat---Australia/Australia's driest region, South Australia, has become so dry it has had to resort to buying in water from neighbouring regions for the first time.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3062http://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/Mosques-a-la-mode---Australia/Australia's Muslims are getting a mosque to match their open-minded image. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3060http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Like-it-or-hump-it---Dubai/Lebanon has announced that it will give the Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) offices in Beirut embassy status. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3059http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/House-keeping---Lebanon/Lebanon has announced that it will give the Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) offices in Beirut embassy status. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3058http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wage-war---Saudi-Arabia/If you are a teacher in Saudi Arabia, one of the richest countries in the world, chances are your salary is miserably low. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3057http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/She-sells-sea-flip-flops---Kenya/Tens of thousands of flip-flops wash up on Kenya's pristine, white sand beaches every year. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3056http://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/Crossing-the-line---USA/With construction of the US-Mexico border wall in Eagle Pass, Texas (500 out of 670 miles is complete), several landowners are suing the federal government. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3053http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Whats-the-beef---Argentina/The era of the great Argentine steak may be coming to an end. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3052http://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/Civil-liberties---USA/New York City has hired Danish urban planner Jan Gehl - famous for helping to transform Melbourne, Copenhagen and other cities - to make the streets more pedestrian and cyclist-friendly.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3048http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Road-to-ruin---Costa-Rica/Bad drivers of Costa Rica beware. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3047http://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/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Seoul-food---South-Korea/Once the domain of rural backwaters, farming in Japan is undergoing an urban makeover. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3045http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Garden-city---Japan/Once the domain of rural backwaters, farming in Japan is undergoing an urban makeover. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3044http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Sharia-on-fire---Sweden/Sweden now offers a Sharia-compliant pension fund as its Muslim population has soared (it was 1,000 in 1970 - today it's between 250,000 and 400,000). Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3042http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bamboo-route---Cambodia/After decades of civil war, Cambodia's neglected rail network is about to get a complete overhaul. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3043http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Let-there-be-light---Vatican-City/The Vatican has become the latest convert in the battle against climate change. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3041http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Building-bust---Russia/As Russia surfed its oil wave over the past few years, nothing symbolised the country's new found confidence more than Moscow's construction boom. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3040http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Commercial-waste---Ukraine/Ukraine is on a drive to improve its image and bring in visitors. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3039http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Grey-days-ahead---Europe/Unemployment may be on the rise in Europe, but with its growing pensioner population and shrinking birth rate, now is not a good time for European countries to close the doors to immigrants. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3038http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Low-ki---Finland/Finland's president, Tarja Halonen, must be one of the world's most transport-light leaders. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3037http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dark-horizons---Iceland/The collapse of Iceland's banks is sending shock waves through the nation.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3036http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Frozen-assets---Iceland/Only a year ago, savers from Europe were pouring money into Icelandic banks, looking to capitalise on high interest rates.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3035http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/The-Monocle-Review-2nd-edition/Editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé presents the second edition of the Monocle Review.Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2980http://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/New-wave---South-Africa/A new generation of black surfers is emerging from South African townships to tackle the mighty ocean and the status quo.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2943http://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/QA---Ritt-Bjerregaard/Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, DenmarkFri, 17 Oct 2008 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2941http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Host-story---Denmark/The dream of every city hosting a major international congress is to derive brand benefit. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2939http://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/Game-on---Global/In October 2009 four cities around the world will hear if they are to host the Olympic Games in 2016. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2935http://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/Building-divisions---Istanbul/It's 70 years since the death of Atatuerk, founder of the Turkish Republic. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2830http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/On-the-edge---Khabarovsk/Five years ago, one of Khabarovsk's main exports was its women, who went to work as prostitutes in Japan. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2829http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Good-migrations---Pacific-Islands/From November, the Australian government is allowing short-term visas for Pacific islanders to help cope with a massive shortage of farm workers.Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2828http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/A-fish-called-wonder---Australia/Until recently, buying and ordering fish in Australia was a complicated task. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2827http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Green-wing---New-Zealand/New Zealand's national carrier is doing its bit to make the country one of the world's greenest nations with a Boeing 747 flight due to take off from Auckland by the end of this year, flying partly on bio-fuel.Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2826http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Youre-hired---Australia/Car-share schemes have become so successful in Sydney that companies - not just families - are using them to replace their fleets. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2825http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Police-camera-action---Lebanon/Lebanon's dashing new interior minister, Ziad Baroud, has announced that driving regulations, which have long been ignored, will be enforced from now on. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2824http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Jambo-jambo---Africa/The era of painfully high international and roaming calls may be coming to an end. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2823http://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/Blog-busters---Malaysia/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 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2819http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Singhs-wings---India/In our regular series on how world leaders travel, we look at Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2818http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Streetcar-desire---USA/In Los Angeles, where the car is king, an unlikely mode of public transport is making a comeback.Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2817http://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/On-the-rocks---Finland/This autumn, Finland's government is to debate whether to raise taxes on alcohol, the number one cause of death for 15- to 64-year-olds (let's hope guns will jump up the agenda first).Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2814http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Criminal-fashion---Sweden/Committing a serious crime is likely to result in a prison sentence. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2813http://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/Stunning-move---France/Since September, France's 20,000 municipal police officers have been able to carry Taser stun guns - an add-on to a decree passed in 2000 that allowed municipal police to carry firearms. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2811http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pipe-dreams---Canada/In the far north of Canada the frontier lifestyle is still alive and kicking - and nowhere more so than in Yellowknife. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2810http://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/Web-Articles/Abuja/Founded 32 years ago, Nigerian capital Abuja was a utopian dream.Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2748http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Dream-Team/As the US presidential election draws 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 17:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2722http://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/Upwardly-mobile---Homeland-property-boom2/Founded 32 years ago, Nigerian capital Abuja was a utopian dream. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2704http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Upwardly-mobile---Homeland-property-boom/Amid concerns over rising anti-Semitism around the world, wealthy Jewish people are investing in luxury boltholes in Israel. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2703http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tanked-up---Iraqs-military-shopping-list/Iraq is looking to equip itself with western military arms to fill the looming power vacuum that will be left as the US-led coalition withdraws over the next three years. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2701http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fighting-talk---Army-manoeuvres/Army manoeuvresFri, 19 Sep 2008 14:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2702http://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/Spreading-its-wings---Timor-Leste/Timor-Leste is to have its own national airline, six years after becoming an independent country. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2699http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Uneasy-listening---New-Zealand/The council of the New Zealand town of Hamilton has discovered that the dulcet tones of American crooner Andy Williams are the answer to anti-social behaviour.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2698http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Treasure-island---Vanuatu/Australian Federal Police have targeted a number of tax havens around the world, from the Cayman Islands to Vanuatu, in "Operation Wickenby" to recover many millions of dollars in lost tax revenue being hidden by wealthy Australians.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2697http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Boar-wars---Algeria/Algeria's effort to crack down on terrorism has had an unexpected side effect: the wild boar population has soared. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2696http://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/Brand-new-nation---The-Olympics-and-Chinas-image/The Games may have gone off without a hitch, but it will take a lot more to turn around China's less than shiny image. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2693http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Heres-looking-at-Hu---China/Chinese president Hu Jintao is a stranger and sartorial extravagance or elegant eccentricity, sticking to outfits as conservative as his leadership style.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2692http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Car-not-decide---USA/Just as electrical transport is gaining a foothold among Americans, some states are pulling the plug. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2691http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Guns-down---El-Salvador/El Salvador may be changing its violent reputation. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2690http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Silva-jet---Brazil/When establishing Brazil's Workers' Party in the 1980s, now president 'Lula' traversed the vast country by car and bus. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2689http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Underground-books---Sweden/Ever thought of going to the library to borrow a book, but given up because it's such a hassle getting there? Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2687http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mass-appeal---Finland/Finland has a special fondness for progressive priests who engage in such activities as hosting charity galas and writing cook books.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2688http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Death-by-numbers---Italy/Italy has put troops on the streets to calm a panic over crime.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2686http://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/Dream-team---USA/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 14:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2684http://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/Med-school/Palestinians and Israelis are among the first intake at the new Euro-Mediterranean University.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2634http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Failing-state-03---Belgium/In one municipality there's a hotline to call if you spot a café with French rather than Dutch menus.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2633http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Failing-state-02---Italy/It has the most UNESCO-protected sites in the world and it's home to the finest textile, footwear and furniture makers, but Italy is still in the dark ages where business is concerned, says a leading writer on the Italian state.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:26:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2632http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Failing-state-01---United-Kingdom/Britain scores high in the life expectancy, education and GDP stakes but it's also a country beset by failing schools, Europe's highest rates of teenage pregnancy and festering community relations.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2631http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Marching-orders/Parade of military might.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2630http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fellow-submarines/This May, units from more than a dozen navies assembled off southern Norway to practise rescuing sailors from a disabled submarine stranded on the seabed. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2629http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Which-way-for-west/It is proving a long, hot summer in the global village.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2628http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/In-a-flap/Fruit bats get a lot of column inches in the Australian media.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2627http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Ore-inspiring/The mineral boom in Western Australia continues apace - one in five people in the state now works in mining or associated industries. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2626http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Home-or-away/Australia is worried that the flow of Asian students to its universities may soon turn into a trickle as students increasingly find they can get the higher education they need at home. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2625http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Rock-on-a-roll/It is not all economic gloom in the French Republic - boom time has come to New Caledonia. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2624http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/An-elephant-bouquet/A wine industry-funded scheme, Project Laduma, is to teach 2,010 people from South Africa's poorest communities to be wine stewards in time for the 2010 World Cup. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2623http://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/Souks-you-madam/The first lady of Syria, Asma al-Assad, has pushed for economic liberation in her country and encouraged women to go out to work.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2621http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Claw-back/A tale of factory workers rising up against evil capitalist oppressors is enjoying a renaissance in Japan, 79 years after it was first published.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2620http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Higher-love/Among the millions of Chinese students going to university this autumn, 57 will be starting classes at the new Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL) on the university's Shenzhen campus. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2619http://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/Circle-of-life/Not long ago, upwardly mobile Asians sneered at bicycles.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2617http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Driven-ambition/Monocle brings you a new series on how world leaders travel, from their choice of car to their fleet of private aircraft.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2616http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/University-challenge/Budapest was chosen this summer as the headquarters of the new European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), Europe's answer to America's MIT.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2615http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Repackage-tour/Italy's appeal as a travel destination has taken a hit of late thanks to images of uncollected rubbish in Naples.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2614http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Finnishing-school/Finland's standard education is held up as an international benchmark of quality, but its universities rarely make it to the top of global rankings.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2613http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Military-intelligence/The Turkish military is fighting a war with Kurdish militants outside the country and the ruling AK Party (AKP) within it - in July senior military figures were charged with trying to stage what would have been the country's fourth coup.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2612http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Back-on-track/Until now, the US has shunned train travel in favour of open roads and frequent-flyer miles. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2611http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Hanging-out/Fresh campaigns will begin this autumn for Americans' right to dry their clothes outside.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2610http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Shooting-range/At his nondescript clothes shop in Bogotá, Miguel Caballero has shot most of his employees. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2609http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/New-lesson-plan/Locke High School, in Los Angeles, is a portrait of what's wrong with state schools in the US. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2608http://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/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Thinking-cities---The-world/Alain de Botton, Richard Florida, Jonathan Raban, Ricky Burdett, Roope Mokka and Richard Alston - six leading writers, thinkers and academics give their view on the state of today's cities, and their vision of the urban future.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:42:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2500http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Perth-control---Australia/Western Australia is redeveloping Perth's waterfront.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2518http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Burial-plot---Australia/"Sustainable Sydney 2030" is the first serious overhaul of Sydney's planning future in decades. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2517http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Poly-filler---New-Zealand/Times were when no one in their right mind chose to live in Invercargill, which hangs off the end of New Zealand's South Island.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2515http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Campbell-Newman---Lord-Mayor-Brisbane/Which city has mastered quality of life?Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2516http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Colonel-of-truth---Libya/Gaddafi once said: "Libya must destroy in order to rebuild." Slowly, that seems to be happening.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2514http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Helen-Zille---Mayor-of-Cape-Town/Which city has mastered quality of life?Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2513http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Second-class-citizens---UAE/One more year to go before Dubai launches its latest mega project.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2512http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Project-runway---Kenya/It may only be Kenya's third largest town but Eldoret has the country's most modern international airport (even if it is hardly used) with a gleaming terminal and long, smooth runway.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2511http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Gerald-Tremblay---Mayor-of-Montreal-Canada/Which city has mastered the concept of quality of life?Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2503http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Sink-estates---Indonesia/A pair of wellingtons might soon be de rigeur for some Asian capitals.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2510http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Houses-with-Seoul/If you are looking for a cosy home in a bustling city, Seoul might not immediately spring to mind. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2509http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Courtesy-cars---Japan/While other mass transit systems have to contend with petty crime and verbal and physical assaults on staff, the Tokyo subway rarely faces such problems. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2508http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Hiroshi-Nakada---Yokohama-Japan/Which city has mastered quality of life?Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2507http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pedal-pushing---USA/As US metropolises struggle with traffic congestion, an increasing numbers of US mayors are giving their cities a bike-friendly makeover.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:37:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2501http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Rock-classics---Colombia/Medellín was once the home of one of Colombia's most notorious drug cartels. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:37:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2505http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Going-with-the-flow---USA/Off-limits for decades because of pollution, New York's rivers are again becoming a vital part of city life. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:37:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2506http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Streets-behind---Italy/Milan's Corso Buenos Aires avenue is an example of how Italian high streets are losing their way.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:36:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2502http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bjarke-Ingels---Architect/Which city has mastered quality of life?Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:35:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2504http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Street-of-shame---Sweden/Sweden is known for its natural beauty, welfare benefits, tolerance and equality.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2499http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Finnish-beginning---Finland/Commuting is a growing phenomenon in Finland.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:33:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2497http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Arresting-development---Spain/Is there hope for Spain's over-built coastline?Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:32:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2496http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tunnel-vision---Italy--Germany/As more metropolises promote high-speed rail for short-haul travel, architects are being called in to design elaborate terminuses in city centres already short on space.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:31:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2494http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Born-to-run---Caracas/Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez faces a new challenge - a charismatic opposition politician who believes he will soon be mayor of Caracas.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2498http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/City-vacant---France/Already this year the youthful members of Jeudi Noir (Black Thursday) have occupied two vacant apartment blocks in central Paris, but these "citizen commandeers" want nothing to do with the image of graffiti-spraying squatters.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2493http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Gate-keepers---Russia/During the Soviet era, only Russia's rural poor lived in houses; everyone else, from rank-and-file workers to top party functionaries, lived in apartment blocks.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2492http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Paris---Global-city/From international diplomacy to setting benchmarks in urbanism, from investing in culture to protecting a rich mix of independent businesses, Paris has become a hothouse for fresh thinking.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2490http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Winning-losers---The-world/Whether it's due to poor infrastructure, inherent inefficiency or the occasional war, these five cities have not made the Top 25 list - but that doesn't mean they're not great places to live.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2486http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---25-Portland/Portland skis into our good books, but needs better connectionsThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:26:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2485http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---24-Lisbon/Don't tell the mallrats, but Lisbon is becoming an Iberian cultural hubThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2484http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---23-Geneva/Geneva is lovely but a little staid: the canton could afford a few changesThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2483http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---22-Singapore/High futurism is being met by more civic freedom in Singapore – at lastThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2482http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---21-Hamburg/Germany's liberal publishing hub has to work harder to keep the talentThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2481http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---20-Kyoto/Green and arty Kyoto has been setting the agenda for centuriesThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2480http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---19-Minneapolis/A rustbelt revival is attracting young art, new money - and old problemsThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2479http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---18-Amsterdam/Tolerance and innovation are key to the Dutch city's appeal Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2478http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---17-Fukuoka/Japan's quality-of-life and shopping capital lives up to its sizeable hypeThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2477http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---16-Montreal/Canada's French capital steals our hearts, but leaves us less than greenThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2476http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---15-Barcelona/Instead of pandering to tourists, the city is putting residents firstThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2475http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---14-Berlin/A thirst for radical ideas makes Berlin our culture leaderThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2474http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---13-Madrid/State regeneration on a huge scale is making Madrid more appealingThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2473http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---12-Honolulu/Sun and surf make up for the 50th state’s occasional problemsThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2472http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---11-Sydney/It has its problems, but changes are promised for the harbour cityThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2471http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---10-Paris/Paris has picked itself up, ready to reclaim its place as a global cityThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2470http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---09-Melbourne/Vibrant, art-loving Melbourne is booming - and sprawlingThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2469http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---08-Vancouver/Culturally diverse Vancouver is gearing up for a greener GamesThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2468http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---07-Stockholm/Stockholm has stopped resting on its laurels and is booming once moreThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2467http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---06-Vienna/Rooted in a rich but dark history, today's Vienna is looking forward Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2466http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---05-Zurich/Waterside revival, civic pride and a view to Asia bode well for the cityThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2465http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---04-Zurich/Our continental European seat still impresses but occasionally irritatesThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2464http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---03-Tokyo/Behind the fast-fwd stereotype lies a big city getting the basics rightThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2463http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---02-Munich/Pipped to the post this year, 2007's champ still charms us every timeThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2461http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-worlds-top-25-most-liveable-cities---2008/Months of good-natured, frequently late-night and occasionally jetlagged debate have resulted in this: our definitive (and a little subjective) guide to the world's most liveable cities.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2459http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-25-liveable-cities---01-Copenhagen/Copenhageners rejoice: your city (and its design) has our gold medalThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2460http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Alain-de-Botton/Author Alain de Botton talks to Monocle's Tyler Brûlé about London's latest shopping mall folly and the cities that are getting urban development right - and wrong.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2414http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/QoL-Trailer/Months of good-natured, frequently late-night and jetlagged debate have produced Monocle's definitive (and just a little subjective) guide to the world's most liveable cities.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2403http://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/Bourne-supremacy---Australia/Melbourne has a case of urban indigestion as 1,200 new residents arrive each week.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2366http://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/Do-not-press-delete---Australia/Australia's National Library is on a crusade to save the country's internet browser history.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2363http://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/Renaissance-sculpture---Senegal/At the top of a hill in Senegal, work has begun on a 50m-tall statue - Africa's answer to the Statue of Liberty.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2360http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lethal-TV-hits---Lebanon/While Lebanon's politicians have been arguing over the election of a new president, trigger-happy citizens have reverted to their old, war-like ways. Thu, 15 May 2008 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2359http://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/New-China-town---Laos/The sun always shines in the workers’ paradise of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2357http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Death-2-track-record---Japan/Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world - more than 30,000 people kill themselves every year.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2356http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Death-1-dead-ringers---Japan/Bar codes are popping up in the most unusual of places in Japan - namely, on tombstones.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2355http://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/Dash-for-cash---Curacao/Tourism on the Caribbean island of Curaçao is getting an unintended boost from Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2352http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mane-street---La-Paz/Bolivia's administrative capital La Paz has just 70,000 vehicles on its roads but they have 14,000 accidents a year.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2351http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lets-join-lands---Germany/If Arne Weber has his way, Germany is about to overcome another great historical division.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2350http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Coughing-up---Russia/More than half of Russian men and over a third of women smoke, which contributes to the low life expectancy (under 59 for men) in the country.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2349http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tower-struggles---Sweden/Stockholm markets itself as the capital of Scandinavia, but when it comes to architecture, it is getting tough competition from Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2348http://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/Cyprus-heal---Nicosia/After decades of Greek-Turkish conflict and division, could the island of Cyprus be nearing a reunification settlement?Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2258http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Train-of-thought---Australia/Any commuter can tell you that Sydney's trains are a wreck (it is why the city lost points in Monocle's Most Liveable Cities Index, see issue 5).Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2257http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mauls-for-its-money---Australia--New-Zealand/Australian rugby is leading a southern hemisphere charge into the lucrative Asian market.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2256http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Sun-city---Australia--New-Zealand/Cloncurry is small, but has big ambitions.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2255http://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/Trading-place---Africa/Rwanda has launched its first stock exchange, the Rwanda Capital Market, a sign of the growing economy post-genocide (see Monocle issue 07).Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2253http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Out-of-space---Kenya/Nairobi is full to bursting. Its slums, such as Kibera and Mathare, have grown uncontrollably as hundreds of thousands of people leave their rural homes for a new life in the capital. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2252http://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/Uphill-struggle---Sochi/Sochi, a Black Sea beach resort popular with Putin and Siberian retirees, was the surprise choice to host the 2014 Winter Olympics - it lacks proper sewers for a start.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2250http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Current-affairs---Finland/Something has happened in Finland, a country where the press used to keep a respectful distance to power and treat news about a president's illness or a minister's extra-marital affair as a private matter.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2249http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Furs-lady---Svetlana-Medvedev/The wife of new Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has got people talking like no first lady since Raisa Gorbachev.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2248http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Put-out-the-light---Sweden/Swedes are known for their healthy lifestyle - a lifestyle that now has a surprising, new recipe. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2247http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Art-attack---France/Not even a year into his presidency and Nicolas Sarkozy is already making his bid to create a lasting cultural legacy.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2246http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Faith-dealing---USA/The Bossert Hotel, once considered the Waldorf Astoria of Brooklyn, is the latest property to be sold off by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society - the business arm of the Jehovah's Witnesses.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2245http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Cable-vision---Colombia/Cable cars are normally used by skiers and tourists, but in Colombia they are used to transport the masses.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2244http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Primary-concerns---Puerto-Rico/As presidential primaries go, this year's Democratic contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has been as unpredictable as it has been historic.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2243http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Question-time---Japan/In Japan, there have long been question marks over the uncomfortably close ties between journalists and the establishment, but things could be about to change.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2242http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Michelin-tired---Japan/No sooner had the Michelin Guide awarded Tokyo more stars than any other city in the world than the backlash began.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2241http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Toon-army---China/No longer can Chinese adolescents watch global animated superstars such as SpongeBob Squarepants or Pokémon after school. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2240http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bang-on-track---Thailand/You might want to avoid Bangkok until at least 2012, as builders will be tearing the city apart to install 404km of mass transit. Work will begin on six lines this year and three more in 2009, vowed the finance minister, Surapong Suebwonglee, who overseesThu, 17 Apr 2008 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2239http://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/Street-talker---France/Her parents are from Algeria and she has spent her life working for radical campaign groups, but now Fadela Amara is at the heart of government in France.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2155http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Cape-crusader---Praia/Nato, the EU, the Chinese, the US, property developers and private jet owners looking to refuel: it seems suddenly everyone wants to be Cape Verde's friend.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2153http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Rising-sons---Uganda/So, you're a president with rather shaky democratic credentials. Eventually you know you'll have to give up power. The question is: who should be your hand-picked successor?Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2138http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mine-games---Central-African-Republic/Three countries in Africa - Niger, Namibia and South Africa - produce around 6,500 tonnes of uranium a year.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2136http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Net-profits---Tanzania/Africa's first large-scale factory for mosquito nets is about to begin production in the town of Arusha.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2134http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Cuban-healing---Miami/Cuban exiles and their offspring in Miami are drawing up a comprehensive blueprint to redevelop Havana.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2133http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Touchy-subject---Mexico-City/Mexican women say it is impossible to avoid groping, verbal abuse and lewd looks on Mexico City's overcrowded public transport network.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2132http://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/So-long-Serbia---Pristina/On 17 February the Assembly of Kosovo declared independence and the war-torn state became free from Serbian rule.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2129http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Seed-of-change---Denmark/The Danes have become one of the world's most successful exporters of human sperm.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2127http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Trail-blazer---Germany/Since becoming chancellor of Germany in 2005, the once dowdy Angela Merkel has realised the importance of image and undergone a controlled makeover.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2128http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Canal-plus---Panama/Attracting everyone from US retirees to multinationals, Panama is emerging as Latin America's most vibrant and strategic centre.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2126http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Schools-out---Japan/In its heyday, more than 1,000 children thronged the playground. Today, the corridors of the Yotsuya Hiroba school in central Tokyo are empty.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2139http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Re-enter-the-dragon---Seoul/Imagine if New York's Central Park had been occupied by a foreign army for the past century.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2140http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/National-expression---The-world/There are many ways for a nation to make a name for itself and build international brand equity, but the results are not always guaranteed.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2122http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Gulf-champions---Doha/Qatar may be small, but with a GDP of €46bn it has the money to pull off minor miracles. Its latest plan is to become one of the world's leading sports nations and to host the 2016 Olympic Games.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2137http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Shiny-new-Penny---Australia/When Labor swept Australia's conservative Liberal Party from power last November, they did it on a promise of "new leadership" and generational change for the country.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2142http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/A-bridge-too-far---Hong-Kong/A 36km bridge from Hong Kong to Macau and Zhuhai may tender in the coming months.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2141http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/View-finding---Australia/It is aqua-therapy of sorts.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2143http://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/Web-Articles/Yubari-Ghost-town/Monocle reports from Yubari, the Japanese coal city deserted by 90 per cent of its residents after its mines closed.Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2058http://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/The-Flight-Watch--UK/Monocle reports from Gatwick on the very local response to the global terror threat.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:35:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2022http://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/Boeing-home---Australia/Boeing is to establish a branch of its Phantom Works advanced research and development unit in Australia, only the third outside the US.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:26:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2019http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Remaking-Sydney-2----Australia/Sydney really only does two types of bar - top-end, or barn-like pubs stuffed with gaming machines. Forget about small, intimate bars for a drink.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2018http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Remaking-Sydney-1---Australia/Sydney is choking. So says the Danish urban planner Jan Gehl, who has been enlisted by Sydney to turn the city's downtown area into a better place.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2017http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Eastern-promises---Africa/Japan is aiming to rival China in buying influence in Africa.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2016http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bards-in-their-eyes---UAE/Dr Ghassan Hassan is the toughest nut to crack on the judging panel of Abu Dhabi TV's adaptation of Pop Idol, Million's Poet, which captures the hearts of 17 million Emirateans during its weekly two-hour live transmission.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2015http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dont-bank-on-it---West-Africa/When the "winds of change" swept through Africa in the late 1950s and early 1960s, France was less willing than other European colonisers to relinquish its grip.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2014http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/No-flour-no-power--Pakistan/Despite healthy economic growth, two thirds of Pakistanis earn under $2 a day, 60 per cent of adults are illiterate, and the country is in the grip of a food and fuel crisis.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2012http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mobile-masters---Japan/Plans to launch mobile phone "sommeliers" have been unveiled in Japan in a bid to guide customers through the baffling maze of technology on offer when choosing a new handset.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2011http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fortune-kooky---China/It was once banned as an evil capitalist distraction by the communists, but now lottery fever is gripping China as this state-sanctioned game, the only gambling allowed in the country, grows apace.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2010http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Haunted-houses---Bangkok/Since Thailand's economy crashed in the 1997 Asian economic crisis, its capital has been dotted with the decaying shells of over 500 unfinished high-rise buildings.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2009http://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/Watch-blogs---USA/Fudging facts isn't new in politics but the rise of accuracy monitoring websites is.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2007http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Identity-crisis---US-Republican-candidates/With the most unpopular president in a generation set to leave office in January 2009, and global media attention focused on the Democrat frontrunners, Republican candidates have had a hard time projecting a winning image.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2006http://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/Robe-state---Paraguay/Fernando Lugo, known as "the bishop of the poor", renounced his priesthood to run for president of Paraguay.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1999http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Captive-market---Colombia/Since 1996, more than 23,000 people have been kidnapped in Colombia.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1998http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mayor-of-the-moment---France/Bertrand Delanoë could teach President Sarkozy a thing or two about "breaking with the past".Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1997http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Follow-the-bear---Russia/With Dmitry Medvedev set to become president after the 2 March elections, companies are figuring out ways to cash in on the name of Putin's successor.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1996http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Monaco-goes-maxi---Monaco/Geographically challenged the principality of Monaco has decided to follow the example of Singapore and Dubai and expand its footprint into the Mediterranean.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1995http://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/Magazine-Articles/Save-our-skintones---The-world/Take a really good look at yourself in your latest party pictures shot on your 10-megapixel digi, you might not be quite so keen to ditch the 35mm.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1992http://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/Web-Articles/Istanbul-to-Van/Saul Taylor took the TransAsya Express from Istanbul to Van in the Kurdish corner of the country.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1891http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Power-struggle---Sakhalin/Despite its proximity to Japan, Sakhalin has seen little investment from Japanese business or the spoils of its own huge reserves of oil and gas.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1899http://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/Election-watch---Tonga/The forthcoming 2008 elections in Tonga.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1894http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Clash-of-the-Kiwis---New-Zealand/New Zealanders are bracing themselves for a year of political blood sport. An election must be held no later than mid-November.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1888http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Animal-magnate---Australia/Australia recently gave farmers an extension until 2017 to continue the ugly practice of keeping pregnant sows confined to cramped metal stalls.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1895http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Magic-numbers---UAE/In the United Arab Emirates, an Abu Dhabi businessman set a world record in 2007 when he paid Dh25m (€4.6m) for a vehicle registration plate.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1887http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Election-watch---Cote-dIvoire/The 2008 Côte d'Ivoire elections.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1885http://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/Election-watch---Taiwan/The forthcoming 2008 Taiwan elections.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1880http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Park-life---Hong-Kong/On a patch of rural land in northeast Hong Kong, construction workers are breaking ground on the city's first housing development targeted at environmentally conscious home buyers.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:55:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1879http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Trying-times---Japan/Imagine walking into a room bursting with not-yet-released products, from bath oils and bottled water to exercise machines and lipsticks. Now imagine being told to help yourself.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:45:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1878http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Energy-boost---Brazil/Brazilian president Luis Inácio Lula de Silva begins 2008 contemplating an embarrassment of riches.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1877http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tee-zone---USA/The Black Dog Tavern camouflage T-shirts.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1875http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Clothes-call---US-Democrat-candidates/More than ever, the appearance of the 2008 Democratic Party candidates is being dissected by an image-obsessed media and public.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1873http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Sound-affects---Georgia/Leaders anxious to disperse their revolting citizens - without actually killing them - have a new weapon in their armoury: LRADs or Long Range Acoustic Devices.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1872http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Election-watch---Spain/The forthcoming election in Spain.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1871http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Enter-the-Dragon---Sweden/For the past three years, people travelling on the E4 motorway from Helsingborg to Haparanda have been following the construction of Dragon Gate with wonder.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:45:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1870http://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/Straight-to-Hell---France/In France, all the naughty books go to Hell.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1867http://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/Magazine-Articles/States-of-play---Global-links/The states are starting to realise that the key to prosperity lies beyond their national borders.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1863http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Outside-influence---USA/War, immigration and an increasingly globalised economy mean that foreign affairs will play a bigger part in the 2008 US election than they have in any other.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:45:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1860http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Changing-track---Global/The world's major train-building nations (France, Canada and Japan) are finding there's a quick route to winning global influence while helping their own economies: send in your sleekest, sexiest trains.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1857http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/The-Monocle-Review/Editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé presents the first edition of The Monocle Review.Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:42:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1797http://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/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/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/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/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/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/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---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/Iron-in-Zion---Tel-Aviv/Israel is building Iron Dome, an anti-missile shield. If it works, it could change the pace of diplomacy in the region and beyond.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1704http://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---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-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---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-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/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-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-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/Up-for-adoption--Global/Ministers and mayors hoping for re-election in 2008 should study these public policy initiatives with care.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1710http://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/Fighting-talk---The-military/We've called on our team and leading thinkers to take a view on the forces, people and policies that will shape 2008.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1753http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Uniform-approach---The-world/There's a growing move for nations to outsource everything from their military to postal services that, properly harnessed, could raise standards and redefine what makes a country. This is who we would employ.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1696http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/A-very-civil-service---Nation-states/What would a modern state look like if it put all of its ministries out to tender, employing the best foreign governments and private companies to run them? This is Monocle's cabinet reshuffle.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1754http://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/High-energy--Murmansk/Following the break-up of the USSR, Murmansk and its strategic naval base went into decline. But the promise of Arctic riches is reviving the city once again.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1609http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Sent-to-try-us---New-Zealand/Heaven has shifted hemispheres. At least, that's the way it looks from New Zealand, where religious fanaticism begins and ends on the rugby field.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1607http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Liquid-investment---Australia/Sean Hegarty's 3,000-litre water-collecting device in the front yard of his Melbourne home advertises his water credentials to passers-by.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1606http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/2008-US-presidential-election-watch---Cuban-heal-USA/How Cubans became an election issue.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1605http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/My-morning-media-menu---Noah-Feldman-Cambridge-MA/Noah Feldman, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Cambridge, MA, gives us his morning media menu.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1603http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bog-standards---Colombia/As residents head to the polls in the hardest-fought mayoral election in decades, there's concern that Bogota's revival may be losing steam.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1600http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Out-of-the-ashes---Chile/Last year a fire in Santiago gutted the Edificio Diego Portales, the landmark building designed by Juan Echeñique and Miguel Lawner and completed in 1972.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1599http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/My-morning-media-menu---Kashiwa-Sato-Japan/Award-winning art director Kashiwa Sato gives us his morning media menu.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1598http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Route-canal-work---Korea/Even its biggest fans would struggle to argue that Seoul is one of the world's most attractive capitals, but there are plans to further beautify the city.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1597http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/My-morning-media-menu---Verity-Firth-Sydney-Australia/Verity Firth, State parliamentarian; Minister for Women and for Science and Medical Research, gives us her morning media menu.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1608http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/It-is-rocket-science---Taiwan/Taiwan is developing its surface-to-surface missile programme.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1596http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Stars-in-their-eyes---Japan/Although shrouded in secrecy, this much is known about Michelin's first-ever Tokyo guide, due to hit Japanese bookstores on 22 November: it will say that in terms of three-star restaurants, Tokyo is second only to Paris.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1595http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Monarch-of-the-glam---Jordan/In our regular series on decoding power dressing in the world of politics, we look at the attitude - and accessories - of Queen Rania of Jordan.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:55:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1593http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/My-morning-media-menu---Esther-Passaris-Kenya/Esther Passaris, the founder of Adopt-a-Light and one of East Africa’s most prominent businesswomen, gives us her morning media menu.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:50:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1592http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Short-hall---Ethiopia/Smart venues built for one-off events can become white elephants, gathering dust as city officials struggle to find a use for them. In Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, they have no such problems.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1590http://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/My-morning-media-menu---Beppe-Grillo-Italy/The Italian comedian and blogger tells us his morning media menu.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1586http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Next-Brit-thing---Bulgaria/The British trend for buying Bulgarian holiday homes has spawned unexpected offspring: Britons heading there to stay.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:57:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1585http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pardon-my-Spanish---Spain/The most popular dictionary in Spain has just had a "lifting" to bring it up-to-date with the immense changes that have taken place in the country over the past decade.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1584http://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/Magazine-Articles/The-inside-scoop---the-newsstand/Print media might be faced with some serious challenges but it's time to stop calling its relevance into question - that goes for newspapers too.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1578http://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/Longest-serving-leaders-Europe/The continent's longest-serving head of government, Alexander Lukashenko, appears to have designs on a reign of similar length to Queen Elizabeth II.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1413http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Cleopatras-needles---Cairo/In a region where outward declarations of love or individuality are unbecoming, women have found another way of striking out - tattoos.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1422http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Water-mess---Baltic-Sea/Some scientists claim it is already too late to remove blue-green algae from the Baltic Sea, but Finn Kari Homanen disagrees.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1412http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Longest-serving-leaders-Oceania---John-Howard-Australia/Our short series on the world's longest-serving leaders continues with Oceania and John Howard, Australia, who has been In power since 1996.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1446http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Longest-serving-leaders-Omar-Bongo-Gabon/Our short series on the world's longest-serving leaders continues with Africa/Middle East, and Omar Bongo, Gabon, who has been in power since 1967.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1420http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Keep-of-the-grass---Oslo/Is donating 100 sculptures to Oslo a wonderful gift or just a way of imposing bad taste on the public?Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1415http://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/Political-tastes---Belgium/Steadily eating its way to popular affection since publication at the end of last year, Le Goût des Belges is a vision of a country united by nothing but its tastes at the dining table.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1417http://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/Price-gulf---Dubai/The most expensive city in the Middle East after Tel Aviv and one of the 50 most expensive places to live in the world, Dubai isn't getting cheaper any time soon.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1419http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Talking-about-Kevin---Australia/We need to talk about Kevin. Not that he's done anything yet. He's still the new boy on the block. But people are getting restless.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1445http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Longest-serving-leaders-Asia---King-Bhumibol-Adulyadej/Our short series on the world's longest-serving leaders continues with Asia, and King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, who has reigned since 1946.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1424http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Not-for-hire---Alaska/Alaska's youngest governor, Sarah Palin, is taking US politics by storm.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1455http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Cape-of-good-hope---Afghanistan/In our regular series decoding the power dressing of the political elite, we examine the style and substance of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1443http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Longest-serving-leaders-Americas---Fidel-Castro-Cuba/Our short series on the world's longest-serving leaders continues with the Americas, and Fidel Castro, who has been in power in Cuba since 1959.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1453http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Just-the-ticket---Vietnam/Vietnam is finalising a €17.5bn plan for high-speed trains for the Hanoi-Saigon run, which could cut the journey time from 33 hours to 10.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1425http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Korea-opportunity---USA/Korean is establishing itself as one of the key secondary languages in the US, a fact reflected in the booming US-based Korean-language media.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1452http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Capital-punishment---Bolivia/Bolivia's two main cities La Paz and Sucre each want to be the country's sole seat of government, setting up a showdown at a critical time.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1447http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mod-converts---USA/Once the province of couriers and Jean-Paul Belmondo wannabes, scooters are experiencing a surge of popularity in the US.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1448http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Art-imitating-strife---China/Chinese contemporary artist Yue Minjun may command millions for his paintings overseas but at home he is dogged by a growing trade in cheap copies of his work.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1423http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Milking-it---New-Zealand/Soaring prices for "white gold", or milk, are returning dreamy profits to dairy farmers around the world but especially in New Zealand.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1444http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Reds-hawk---France/The PCF (Le Parti communiste français), the last remaining European communist party worthy of the name, is down to hawking its heirlooms.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1411http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Power-dressing---Russia/Aware of its PR failings, the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency has launched a hunt to find the nuclear industry’s most beautiful employee. But can Miss Atom overturn her industry’s ugly reputation?Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1407http://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/affairs/Web-Articles/Abkhazia-Breakaway-state/Monocle reports from Abkhazia, a former tourist paradise still marked by the scars of war.Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:31:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1380http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Brand-Issues---Paula-Scher-on-Brand-America/Pentagram's Paula Scher on overhauling America's brand promise.Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:59:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=1342http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Finn-blue-line---Aland/Åland, an archipelago in Scandinavia, is hailed as a model for how to create a harmonious "nation", without giving it full independence.Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1294http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Charm-offensive---Tokyo/Tokyo may be peaceful and calm but its governor is certainly not. Here he explains why his city has bad traffic (the Communists), what he thinks of modern Tokyo (vomit) and why kamikaze pilots were not suicide bombers.Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1261http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Slow-zone---New-Zealand/With an eye on the big opportunity, ambitious New Zealanders are discovering that what once was seen as a national handicap - the country's old laid-back pace of life - is now a marketing tool with international appeal.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1260http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Roots-manoeuvres---Austrlia/Aboriginal activist Noel Pearson is a powerful orator and his refusal to tolerate oppression is sparking a revolution.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1259http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA-John-Wardle---Founder-of-John-Wardle-Architects---Melbourne-Australia/John Wardle, founder of John Wardle Architects in Melbourne, answers our nation building questions.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1258http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA-Jeremy-Sampson---Chief-executive-of-Interbrand-Sampson---Johannesburg/Jeremy Sampson, Chief executive of Interbrand Sampson in Johannesburg, answers our nation-building questions.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1257http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Lonely-game---Chad/Does this troubled country have the world's best game reserve for elephants?Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1256http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Peoples-army---Lebanon/Recent events have earned the Lebanese army the love of a disillusioned populace, shaken by the bloody events of the past three years.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1255http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Quality-time---Kenya/Buying a watch from Al Safa, a small jewellery shop in the centre of Nairobi, is not straightforward.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1254http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA-Yuichi-Miyashi---Art-director-of-Tycoon-Graphics---Tokyo-Japan/Yuichi Miyashi, art director of Tycoon Graphics in Tokyo, answers our nation-building questions.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1253http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Modern-Confucian---China/As China's new rich stand accused of being ill-mannered and brash and the gap between rich and poor grows ever wider, the ethical teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucius are gaining a new relevance.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1251http://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/Contact-bridge---China/It took nine years to design, but the Hangzhou Bay Bridge - the world's longest sea bridge - will be completed this autumn.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1250http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA-Rick-Jacobs---Monigle-Associates---Colorado/Rick Jacobs, Principal at brand builders Monigle Associates, answers our nation-building questions.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1249http://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/Victor-parade---Ukraine/"Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics," says Victor Pinchuk as he dabs a bead of sweat from his brow while sitting in the sun-drenched café of his new gallery in Kiev.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1204http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Prodigal-president---Chile/Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori may be heading home soon, if Chile's Supreme Court decides to extradite him back to Peru to stand trial for corruption and sanctioning death squads during his 1990 to 2000 presidency.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1205http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA-Valon-A-Syla---Deputy-editor-in-chief-on-the-Gazeta-Express/The Deputy editor-in-chief on the "Gazeta Express" answers our nation branding questions.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1201http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Engine-of-change---Sweden/Problems cloud the success of a recent "green car" initiative.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1200http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA-Michael-Johnson/The Creative Director of Johnson Banks answers our nation building questions.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1199http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Blue-lake-thinking---Sweden/Monocle attended the Tällberg Forum, a sort of Scandinavian Davos, where politicians, heavyweight intellectuals and business leaders gather in the search for a sustainable future.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1198http://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/Magazine-Articles/Country-codes---London/Brand pioneer Wally Olins gives an insight into how nation branding works and why every country should have a creative director.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1196http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Future-states---Mabel-van-Oranje--Mark-Leonard---Small-countries-big-stick/Mabel van Oranje of the Open Society Institute and Mark Leonard of the European Council on Foreign Relations, argue that, united, Europe's smallest countries can challenge the world order.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1195http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Future-states---Simon-Anholt---Africa-needs-brand-aid---Africa/Simon Anholt, a pioneer of nation branding, reveals why brand Africa is a disaster.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1194http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Future-States---Paula-Scher---USA/Paula Scher looks at how to rebrand the US.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1193http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bank-of-the-Nile---Khartoum/With the help of Arab cash and expertise, Khartoum plans to become the Dubai of Africa. This is how you build a nation without friends in the West.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1188http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Model-Nation---Costazzurra/Monocle does a bit of nation branding. Welcome to Costazzurra - the hub of the Mediterranean.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1185http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Bids-for-freedom---The-world/This is the current crop of nations in waiting, states eager for independence - coming soon to a checkpoint near you.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1183http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Young-rebels---Abkhazia/13 years after declaring independence from former Soviet Georgia, Abkhazia's de facto government is determined to put it on the map.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1179http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/But-who-are-you---The-World/With corporate brands more powerful than country brands, there's a lot of work out there for agencies keen to rethink a nation's identity. Monocle looks at the construction of countries.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1178http://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/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/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/Magazine-Articles/The-Ritt-parade---Copenhagen/As mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregaard wants everyone to enjoy the good life.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:57:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=907http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Teresa-Sapey-Madrid/Madrileño architect Sapey answers our quality of life questions.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:51:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=906http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/William-Menking---Welcome-to-New-York-2030/Architecture professor William Menking writes about New York in 2030.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:47:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=905http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Julia-Peyton-Jones---Art-delivers-every-time/Director of the Serpentine Gallery Julia Peyton-Jones reveals how art can deliver quality of life in our cities.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:42:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=904http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Edward-Tuttle-Paris/The Paris-based architect and designer answers our questions.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:37:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=903http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Ezio-Manzini-Milan/Ezio Manzini, Professor of industrial design at Milan Polytechnic and pioneer of slow design, answers our quality of life questions.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:33:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=902http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Ole-Scheeren---Judge-Beijing-by-its-skyline/Architect Ole Scheeren writes about the future of Beijing.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=901http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Charles-Landry---How-to-build-a-metropolis/Urban strategist Charles Landry helps cities to change their thinking and look at their potential imaginatively.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=900http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Steve-Hanson--Todd-Kohli-San-Francisco/Hanson and Kohli of EDAW answer our quality of life questions.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=899http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Terunobu-Fujimori-Tokyo/The architect and professor at Tokyo University answers our quality of life questions.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=898http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Professor-Richard-Sennett-London/Professor of sociology and chair of the Cities Programme at the London School of Economics answers our quality of life questions.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=897http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Jonathan-Raban---Security-is-killing-our-cities/Novelist Jonathan Raban looks at why security risks threaten the city's traditional great promise: the chance of anonymity.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:35:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=895http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Rocky-Anderson-Salt-Lake-City/The Mayor of Salt Lake City answers our quality of life questions.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=892http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Motown-to-hoe-town---USA/Urban farms grow food 'Made in Detroit'Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=972http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Chopper-change---USA/Each G8 leader's choice of aircraft broadcasts the occupant's power, taste and politics.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=891http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Making-a-killing---Caribbean/The island of Mayaguana is on the up, yet the Caribbean suffers the world's highest murder rate.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=890http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Village-people---Australia/Australian shoppers are turning to their local "village" stores as they seek more than just a good price on their produce.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=889http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tasmanian-rebel---Australia/Bob Brown's 35-year career as the trailblazer of green politics in Australia has been edgy and probably lonely.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:19:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=888http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---John-So-Melbourne/The Mayor of Melbourne answers our quality of life questions.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=887http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Drop-ov---Tajikistan/Tajikistan found itself with a new president recently - even though the same man is still in charge.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=886http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Green-route---China/China is now employing some old-fashioned revolutionary fervour in order to boost its environmental credentials.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:13:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=885http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/On-the-rails---Malaysia--Singapore/It's been talked about for over a decade, but now plans for a high-speed rail link between Malaysia and Singapore are gathering speed once again.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=884http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Courtly-love---Japan/A curious Japanese tribe called the "trial observation maniacs" reports on the slowly grinding wheels of Japanese justice.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=883http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Eastern-promises---Singapore/Across Singapore, apartment blocks are being replaced with taller towers by developers eager for prime plots.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=882http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Kengo-Kuma-Tokyo/Architect Kengo Kuma answers our quality of life questions.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:52:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=881http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Bernard-Khoury-Beirut/Bernard Khoury, architect, answers our quality of life questions.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:49:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=880http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Stormy-waters---Somalia/Somalia's 3,000km coastline - the longest in Africa - has become one of the world's most dangerous waterways.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:44:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=879http://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/Vitorias-secrets---Spain/Vitoria-Gasteiz was named the most sustainable city in Spain.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:43:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=877http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/QA---Klaus-Wowereit-Mayor-of-Berlin/The Mayor of Berlin answers our quality of life questions.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=875http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Vive-les-bloggeurs---France/To blog, or not to blog?Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=874http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---20-Geneva/It may have a Latin beat but what really makes Geneva tick is cash.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:48:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=873http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---19-Paris/It rains, dogs foul the street, there's little green space, but the city works.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:44:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=871http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---18-Hamburg/The ship's come in for this port city with ambitious growth plans.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=870http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---17-Singapore/It's still conservative, but this city state is enjoying a cultural boom.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:34:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=869http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---16-Auckland/Great setting, Polynesian culture and an improved transport system.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:26:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=868http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---15-Vancouver/Well-connected and wealthy - just make sure you like talking sport.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=866http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---14-Kyoto/Low-rise, high style: the city mixes the best of modernity and tradition.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=865http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---13-Barcelona/Cradled by the sea and mountains and rocked by crime and grime.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=864http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---12-Montreal/A laid-back bilingual city where the good life comes at a bargain price.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:30:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=863http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---11-Melbourne/The city scores every time for sport and culture. Just pack an umbrella.Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:09:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=859http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---10-Madrid/Red tape and poor infrastructure are counterbalanced by cultural vibrancy and a 24-hour lifestyle.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:51:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=856http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---09-Honolulu/The city has the luxury of sitting on Asia's doorstep. This is great news but it needs to put it to use.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:43:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=855http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---08-Stockholm/An eye for detail, good street style and strong public services make this a pleasant place to build a nest.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:29:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=853http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---07-Sydney/The city has some environmental issues and an antiquated transport system. But then there's the beach...Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=851http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---06-Helsinki/The fastest flying times from Europe to Asia's hubs make Helsinki more than Nokia-town.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=850http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---05-Vienna/Vienna is back at the heart of Europe - its well-connected airline helped put it in fifth place.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=845http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---04-Tokyo/Integrated transport, breathtaking technology, great service and the best bars make this our top big city.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:12:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=843http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities---03-Zurich/In Zürich, small and perfectly formed has turned out to be both a blessing and a curse.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=844http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities-02-Copenhagen/There's no shame coming second.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:35:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=842http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Top-20-liveable-cities-01-Munich/Munich emerged as Monocle's most liveable city in the world.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=841http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Urban-manifesto---The-world/Urban life can be perfect: here's howMon, 02 Jul 2007 14:52:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=837http://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/Missing-persons---Soria/Across Europe, villages and towns are being abandoned as people move to the cities - or other richer countries.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=758http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pipe-dreams---Australia/Nimbin locals fear their world could go up in smoke, due to acquisitive developers from nearby Byron Bay.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:51:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=755http://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/Dirty-secrets---Australia/As Australia grinds through its sixth year of drought, a dry wind of change is blowing across its car culture and providing opportunities for entrepreneurs.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=750http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wi-Fi-first-city/Málaga, in sleepy Andalucía, is about to become the most Wi-Fied city in the world - for the moment at least.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=748http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Critical-biomass---Sweden/Växjö has a programme that would make even Al Gore proud.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:56:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=746http://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/Putting-up-the-Ritz---Russia/On 1 June, the Ritz-Carlton Moscow will open its doors after months of delay.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:57:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=744http://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/Altered-states---USA/South Caroline and Massachusetts are two US states with wildly varying prospects.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=741http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Jewel-of-the-north---Canada/Iqaluit, on the southern end of Baffin Island, is one of Canada's fastest-growing communities.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=739http://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/Battle-of-the-hubs---Saudi-Arabia/The inquiry into the car bomb attack that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri and 21 others has grown into one of the most contentious issues in the Middle East.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:59:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=737http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Storm-in-a-teacup---China/Gu Degang has been sued for endorsing a weight-loss tea that seems to have no effect.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:45:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=736http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Status-symbol---Kazakhstan/Kazakhstan's national bank held a competition to come up with a symbol for the tenge, and the winning design was unveiled at a ceremony in late March 2007.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:53:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=735http://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/Drugs-guns-and-nice-sofas---Herat/On millionaires' row in Herat, elaborate palaces are being built by businessmen who have made fortunes from exploiting the needs of the new Afghanistan - or selling heroin.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=732http://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/Two-wheels-good---Groningen/The small Dutch city of Groningen is now seen as a living manifesto for how to get people in the saddle.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=648http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Winner-takes-all---South-Korea/South Korea's sports tsars are currently scrabbling to bring home three major international sporting events.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:22:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=644http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wheel-of-fortune---Singapore/Singapore's plans to rebrand itself as Asia's capital of fun are finally moving off the drawing board with the Singapore Flyer, a 42-storey-tall ferris wheel.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:07:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=643http://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/Make-or-break---Australia/The break off Queensland's Gold Coast is worth about AU$20m (€12m) a year.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:54:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=639http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/All-change---Congo--Chad/Across Africa, in countries that would still be classed as "least developed", street moneychangers offer the best rate of return. But soon they may have competition - the ATM.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:51:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=637http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mugabes-millionaires---Zimbabwe/Most Zimbabweans live with food shortages and power cuts, but for shady dealers and friends of the President, the country is booming.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:36:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=633http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Loud-and-proud---Argentina/In the third of our series decoding power dressing, we look at the style of Argentina's First Lady and potential presidential candidate, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=631http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Green-gold---Brazil/Brazil is already the world leader when it comes to producing ethanol from sugar cane, but the country's ambitious biodiesel programme is only just beginning to capture the outside world's attention.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=628http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Letter-from-Tallinn---Estonia/In 1991, impoverished Estonia broke free from the old Soviet Union. Today it is Europe's fastest-growing economy. But can it last?Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=627http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Something-fishy---Russia/Muscovites are grappling with chopsticks and trying to develop a taste for wasabi as sushi becomes the city's most fashionable meal.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=624http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Game-of-the-name---Sweden/Immigrants to Sweden are now changing their names to get around discrimination.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=623http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Build-me-Hong-Kong---South-Korea/Do South Korea's plans to build new cities to rival Hong Kong and Singapore add up?Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=622http://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/Naked-ambition---Catalonia/Politician Albert Rivera believes that Catalan nationalism has gone too far and now threatens to isolate the miracle region fuelled by Barcelona. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:47:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=527http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Friends-in-the-north---Canada/Canada now has a higher military profile than at any time since the Korean war.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:17:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=522http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Get-on-the-right-trak---USA/What to do with Amtrak?Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=520http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wooly-thinking---Australia/Michael Kiely set up adoptasheep.com.au in response to the situation on his farm in New South Wales.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:59:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=519http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/She-wears-the-trousers---New-Zealand/In the second of our series decoding power dressing, we look at New Zealand's Prime Minister, Helen Clark.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=518http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/All-for-kicks---China/Brawling, abandoned matches, corrupt referees - in China, the beautiful game has a few personality problems.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=515http://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/Feminine-wheels---Saudi-Arabia/Despite a ban on driving, Saudi women are a key market for car dealers.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=513http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-Gay-vote---Israel/Billionaire businessman Arcadi Gaydamak has suddenly emerged as Israel's most unlikely political heavyweight.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=512http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Votes-please---Nigeria--Mali/Forthcoming elections in Nigeria & MaliFri, 22 Jun 2007 11:14:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=510http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Drink-war-2-coffee/Starbucks finally made it to Egypt two months ago with two cafés in Cairo and one in Alexandria. But its arrival has not been as smooth as its lattes.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:59:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=509http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Drink-war-1-Coke/On Somalia's official Coca-Cola franchise.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=506http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Letter-from-Samara---Russia/Moscow and St Petersburg grab the headlines but it is cities such as Samara that are the silent powerhouses of the Russian economy.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:58:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=505http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-contender---Bulgaria/Boyko Borisov, mayor of Sofia, is widely tipped to become the country's new leader when national elections are held in 2009.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=499http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Old-boats-home---Europe/Across Europe there are growing numbers of old warships awaiting disposal.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=496http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/In-hot-water---Germany/Munich and its hinterland have become the new frontier for deep-seated geothermal energy, the latest trend in sustainable power.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:56:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=495http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/The-C40-Climate-Summit/The C40 group of the world's leading cities met in New York recently to discuss how cities could address the issues raised by climate change.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:49:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=840http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Call-of-the-wild---Sweden/This summer the Swedish government enacts a new law allowing hunters and the owners of domestic animals to kill wolves.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:48:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=492http://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/Magazine-Articles/On-the-money/Monocle interviews Andrés Velasco, Chilean Finance Minister.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:31:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=320http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Chinese-cheques/Monocle travels across Africa to witness the impact of China's recent investment and diaspora.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:56:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=317http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Platinum-passports/The passport gold rush due to a new border law between the US and Canada.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:45:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=316http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Michigan-Governor-Jennifer-Granholm/Michigan's high-punching governor, Jennifer Granholm, is talking up the future, and insists her state is open for business.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:28:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=314http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Women-in-arms/Guadalupe Larriva was part of a growing cadre of South American women chosen to lead formerly macho-dominated defence ministries.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:21:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=313http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Oh-give-me-a-home/Investors, second-home buyers and outdoorsy types attracted to North Dakota's austere beauty are on the rise.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:10:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=312http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Hugos-there/President Hugo Chávez has played host to some unusual guests.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=311http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Green-sky-thinking/Downtown LA’s first eco-neighbourhood is ready to move into.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:49:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=310http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/The-reconciliation-of-Daniel-Ortega/After a surprise election victory, Daniel Ortega is back in power as President of Nicaragua. Yet people are sceptical.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:32:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=309http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Watch-this-space/Dr Alice Gorman is calling on the United Nations this month to create a protected "heritage list" of space debris.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:25:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=308http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Plenty-worries/Jeff Kennett is chairman of beyondblue (beyondblue.org.au), a pioneering depression initiative. Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:15:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=307http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pedal-power/Determined North Korean businessmen are side-stepping trade sanctions to import second-hand bicycles.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=306http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Banking-on-it/Korn Chatikavanij is odds-on to become Thailand's next finance minister.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=305http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Mall-talk/The emergence of shopping malls in India.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:50:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=304http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dire-straits/Despite popular opinion to the contrary, piracy on the high seas is still alive - even if the number of attacks is in decline.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=303http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Flak-Jacket/We look at the semiotics of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's man of the people look.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:16:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=302http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Fast-track-travel/There are vast transport projects underway all over East Asia.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:02:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=300http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Ripe-manga/Kyoto Seika University has opened the Kyoto International Manga Museum.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:45:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=298http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Failed-state-watch/Welcome to Guinea: the west-African nation that most Africa-watchers fear is set to become the next Somalia.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:38:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=297http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Hut-property/After the civil war, Juba is in the midst of an economic boom.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:31:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=296http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Would-Sir-like-a-gun/Hotels in Mogadishu.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:24:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=295http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pink-is-for-safety/Dubai's pale pink taxis are something of a coup for the Emirate.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:18:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=294http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Knickers-in-a-twist/Shopping for lingerie in Saudi Arabia.Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=293http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Votes-please/Estonia and Finland go to the polls in March 2007.Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:46:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=272http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Poles-apart/As a result of the exodus since Poland's EU accession, several new Polish consulates are expected to open during 2007.Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:11:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=270http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Blue-Danube/Gábor Demszky promises to make revitalising the Danube the priority of his last term.Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:01:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=268http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Flying-Finns/What to do if you have a country with lots of empty space, both on the ground and in the air? Turn it into a business.Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:40:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=265http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Narcotecture-in-Afghanistan/Monocle looks at the building boom in the western Afghan city of Herat, where gaudy palaces are wiping out the face of the medieval city.Fri, 18 May 2007 14:20:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=988http://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=54http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tunnel-Vision/The new Gotthard Base Tunnel is being dug more than 600m below the old one, through nearly 58km of Massif stone.Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:27:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=264http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Drive-a-hard-bargain/Having teased locals from behind scaffolding and billboards for two years, Citroën will open its revamped €11m, 1,200 sq m flagship showroom this spring.Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:39:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=261http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Turn-up-the-base/After lobbying for US bases on its territory and signing an agreement for three, Bulgaria expects troops to start arriving this year.Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:08:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=262http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Naval-Gazing---Etajima-Hachinohe--Ominato/Under its post-war constitution, Japan is not allowed a navy, only a Self Defence Force. With unique access to the fleet, we examine the nation's maritime and military future.Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:04:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=156http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Japanee-Maritime-Self-Defence/Fiona Wilson reports on the changing role of the Maritime Self Defence Force in Japan.Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:05:00 GMThttp://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=88Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:00:31 GMT