Affairs / Economics
The summer of discontent
Wednesday 17 August
It started with an ordinarily looking Facebook page, advocating a boycott of a common Israeli cottage cheese for its costly price (£1.50 for 250g).
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Affairs / Travel
Azerbaijan puts the squeeze on visas
Thursday 28 October
A couple of months back, when your correspondent visited Azerbaijan on assignment for Monocle, entry procedures at Baku’s Heydar Aliyev airport were somewhat bizarre.
Affairs / Technology
Serbia, Libya and internet gossip
Wednesday 6 April
Serbian pilots are “dive bombing” Libyan protesters and Serbian mercenaries are being paid tens of thousands of dollars to fight for Gaddafi. You have to have to pity the poor Serbs here.
11 Affairs / Defence
The flight watch
When it comes to protecting the world's travel hubs, police are increasingly relying on some unlikely weapons; Matthew the plane-spotter and Graham the farmer. Monocle reports from Gatwick on the very local response to te…
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Affairs / Environment
Tällberg: Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Management, is executive director of the Stockholm Environmental Institute. His experiences include 12 years of research and development work in developing countries, with more than 40 scientific publications in areas of water resource management, agricultural development, environmental management, systems research and resilience research. In this interview Johan Rockström talks about the precarious state of the ecosystem and the challenges and opportunities the current situation presents.
Affairs / Media
Robots versus journalists
Sunday 23 September
Content provider is one of the uglier terms to have slipped into everyday vocabulary.
Affairs / Media
Women in the public eye turn private scandals around
Thursday 19 January
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF’s errant and erstwhile chief, has been trumped by his wife.
Affairs / Society
Lexicon artists
Friday 16 November
Forget about last week and its focus on mega-elections – president of America, Archbishop of Canterbury, Coptic Christian pope, run-up to the new boss of China, etc – forget all that because this week is the week that has…
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34 Affairs / Government
Sink or swim
After suffering exile and imprisonment under the previous dictatorship, President Mohamed Nasheed brought democracy to the Maldives in 2008. But can this British-educated leader keep his nation afloat?
Affairs / Politics
The prisoner that could hold the key
Saturday 28 November
Let’s start at the end: if the most famous Palestinian prisoner, Marwan Barghouti, is included in the looming swap deal between Israel and Hamas, the politics surrounding the regional conflict here will change dramatically…
5 Affairs / Environment
01 - Munich
After much tyre-kicking, data-sifting and deliberation, Munich emerged as Monocle’s most liveable city in the world. A winning combination of investment in infrastructure, high-quality housing, low crime, liberal politics…
10 Affairs / Society
The show goes on
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.