Affairs
The Globalist: Asia, 37
Tuesday 21 May
This one-hour show airs at 20.00 London time and focuses on the news agenda in Asia and Oceania, including a review of the region’s front pages.
Affairs / Politics
Asia Briefing
Issue 63
South Korea's first female president and her motorcade, why pakistan and Turkey are getting together, and who's the favourite in the Philippines polls.
Affairs
The Briefing, 404
Tuesday 21 May
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 / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Tuesday 21 May
The winter collection
A visit to the Arctic Council meeting in Kiruna during last week showed that international diplomacy can be cool, sort of.When politicians try to look relaxed they often end up looking like idiots. Picture the starch-stiff US presidential candidate trying to enjoy a beer, the British opposition leader flying down a rollercoaster wearing a…
Affairs
Midori House, 405
Tuesday 21 May
Dr James D Boys looks at the ongoing travails of Barack Obama and David Cameron, we assess the situation on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, and get the latest from the 100th Chelsea Flower Show with director of shows, Stephen…
Affairs
The Globalist, 407
Tuesday 21 May
We discuss The New York Times’ plan to open a new operation in the Arab region, continue our Iraq series by talking art, and check in with Tyler Brûlé as part of Monocle’s APAC tour.
Affairs
The Monocle Daily, 406
Monday 20 May
We ask if Iraq is on the verge of imploding all over again, take a look at the chances of former US congressman Anthony Weiner becoming the next New York mayor, and call the Marshall Islands to find out some far-flung news…
Affairs
The Globalist: Asia, 36
Monday 20 May
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus speaks to us on the future of the micro-lending system he pioneered in Bangladesh and as two car bombs rock the Russian satellite state of Dagestan, is a new chapter of instability…
Affairs
The Briefing, 403
Monday 20 May
As China’s premier travels to Delhi on his first official foreign trip we ask can trade talks overcome a raging border dispute? We also find out how concerned Tunisia’s moderate government should be about the rise of Isl…
Affairs
Midori House, 404
Monday 20 May
We set the day’s agenda with ABC News’s London correspondent Jeffrey Kofman, talk press freedom in Liberia, business news from Turkey, and assess how Nobel Peace Prize winners have juggled their international and domestic…
Affairs
The Globalist, 406
Monday 20 May
We discuss Qatar’s influential role in the Syria crisis, find out about claims that the Islamisation of Turkey is taking place, and we begin our Iraq series by looking at the leading independent newspaper in Iraqi Kurdistan…
Affairs
The Monocle Weekly, 202
Sunday 19 May
Andrew Tuck and Sophie Grove meet geneticist Professor Steve Jones to talk religion, learn about impulse actions with Dr David Lewis, and hear about a village on the edge of desertion with film director Sarah Gavron.
Affairs / Politics
Americas briefing
Issue 63
The runners in the US mayors election get off the blocks and Los Angeles gets off its trolley.
Affairs
The Curator, 83
Saturday 18 May
Monocle's news editor Tom Edwards hosts a collection of highlights from this week's programming – including a visit to the Frieze Art Fair in New York, and in celebration of the weird and the wonderful, we visit the Euro…
Affairs / Urbanism
Desert Operation
Issue 63
It’s twice as big in area as Tel Aviv but it has only 200,000 residents – and a reputation for being dusty and dreary. Be’er-Sheva’s mayor, however, plans to change that. But the makeover leaves little space for the local…