Affairs
The Briefing, 425
Wednesday 19 June
This one-hour show airs at 12 noon London time and includes analysis of the day’s news in Europe. This is also our drivetime show for the US East Coast.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 19 June
Progress isn’t always smooth
Protests that have rocked Brazil over the past week show a nation with a healthily vocal population.The current wave of protests in Brazil against the rise in bus fares caught me by surprise. Though of course, as we all know now, that is not the only reason the protests are happening.
Affairs
Midori House, 426
Wednesday 19 June
Our agenda setter tells us why Hong Kongers’ sense of Chinese identity is at an all-time low, we ask how long Julian Assange will stay at London’s Ecuadorian embassy, and film critic Tim Robey helps us understand why sup…
Affairs
The Globalist, 428
Wednesday 19 June
Gideon Rachman of the FT explains the winners and losers at the G8 Summit, we ask if Turkey’s Kurdish region is fast becoming a new Gaza Strip, and Monocle’s editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé speaks with transport editor Tristan…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Diplomacy briefing
Issue 64
Meet the decidedly unstuffy Panamanian ambassador in London and the US's man in Moscow.
Affairs
The Monocle Daily, 427
Tuesday 18 June
A look at the future of Afghanistan, we hear from London and Buenos Aires as expat-Brazilians raise their voices overseas, and speak to the statistician who is mapping every public library in the US.
Affairs
The Globalist: Asia, 57
Tuesday 18 June
We ask how to track foreign aid from the EU or the US, analyse the Czech prime minister’s resignation, and stroll through the streets of Tokyo – the fourth-placed city in Monocle’s Quality of Life survey.
Affairs
The Briefing, 424
Tuesday 18 June
Robert Fox reflects on the future of Afghan security now the international handover is complete, Oscar-winning filmmaker Eva Orner joins us to discuss her new film about Afghanistan's first independent TV station, and we…
Affairs
Midori House, 425
Tuesday 18 June
Lord Sainsbury talks with Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield about a vision to revamp capitalism and Constantine Buhayer analyses the state of Greece's public broadcaster, ERT. Plus, award-winning writer Rachel Shabi sets the day's…
Affairs
The Globalist, 427
Tuesday 18 June
This one-hour show airs at 06.00 London time and looks ahead to events that will shape the day in Europe, and beyond, with a special focus on Turkey and the Gulf.
Affairs
The Globalist, 426
Monday 17 June
Charlotte McDonald-Gibson previews day two of the G8 summit, our man in Melbourne asks if Kevin Rudd is due for a political comeback? And Monocle’s correspondents in Tokyo explain why their city deserves its high ranking…
Affairs
The Globalist: Asia, 56
Monday 17 June
We ask if Syria’s civil war could spill over into Lebanon, look at Norway’s decision to draft women into the military, and discuss whether Turkey and Brazil’s booming economies are leaving many individuals behind.
Affairs / Politics
Asia Briefing
Issue 64
Japan's dapper finance minister is style leader this issue. Plus elections in Cambodia and cruising around Asia.
Affairs
The Briefing, 423
Monday 17 June
Fawaz Gerges profiles new Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani, we look at the potential of a UN role in Congo, and our transport editor reports on the Paris Air Show.
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Monday 17 June
Smart cities aren't always pretty
With the results in for Monocle's annual Quality of Life survey, our editor reflects on what makes a city liveable. Can a tech hub trump a cobbled courtyard?All cities are not born equal. Painful for some to acknowledge this but it’s true. The city you are reading this from may not be as successful as London, Monocle’s HQ. Or perhaps you live in one of those well-run Nordic…