Affairs / Society
Oceania Briefing
Issue 37
The latest from the Pacific islands, including a sanitation crisis in Tuvalu and the phasing of Vanuatu's handwritten passport.
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80 Affairs / Politics
Oceania briefing
Issue 80
The new tactics that might just reshape Australian voting and New Zealand's income inequality.
46 Affairs / Diplomacy
Diplomacy Briefing
Issue 46
The husband-and-wife double act at the Swiss embassy in Bangkok, plus the latest from the Sudan and US.
Affairs / Society
Learning to love criticism
Thursday 29 November
Being born in Finland is like winning the lottery. That is an old saying that every single Finn knows.
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Affairs / Government
A day to remember
Monday 1 July
An annual public holiday to celebrate elements of Hong Kong’s independence has over the years become a day of protest.
68 Affairs / Politics
High summit
Issue 68
The Arctic Council has a somewhat informal approach to politics, but the challenges it faces are very real. Monocle joins a meeting and asks two foreign ministers how they balance economic and environmental interests.
Affairs / Government
A lesson in standing your ground
Thursday 6 September
Back to school seldom involves hunger-striking but that’s what the start of the school year in Hong Kong looks like this autumn.
20 Affairs / Fashion
Africa/Middle East briefing
Issue 20
We throw the spotlight on the sartorial style of Libya's Saif al-Gaddafi and Somaliland's hi-tech elections.
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Affairs / Media
Will BBC weather forecasting change providers?
Tuesday 30 March
After almost 90 years, the BBC is talking about putting its lucrative weather forecasting contract out to tender, possibly as early as this month (April).
Affairs / Economics
Generous hosts
Sunday 14 October
After a week of meetings, seminars, press conferences and photo opportunities, the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank – the first to be held in Tokyo in 48 years – came to a close…
Affairs / Soft Power
Soft Power Survey 2013
The results are in for Monocle's annual Soft Power Survey. We have once again collaborated with the Institute for Government to come up with 30 countries who best attract favour from other nations through culture, sport, cuisine, design, diplomacy and beyond. Here are the top 10 for 2013.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Britain’s Nordic drift
Monday 17 January
Since1973, British governments have been trying, and largely failing, to persuade British people to regard the European project with sentiments other than indifference and contempt.