Business / Economics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 21 August
Unfortunate acronyms
Jim O’Neil, the chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has ALTAF. In case you’re wondering what ALTAF means, let me spell it out. ALTAF: a lot to answer for.
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Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Sunday 29 April
The challenges of corruption in Indonesia
Not many countries have an acronym for corruption. Indonesia does. KKN or korupsi, kolusi, nepotisme is the term used for what has become a phenomenon here.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 31 October
The gentlemen’s club that is the Commonwealth
It is easy to deride the Commonwealth as an irrelevance and an anachronism, which is doubtless why so many do.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 10 February
UN Women – catchy name, shame about the budget
The UN’s new agency – UN Women – is slowly cranking into gear. But while it has a shiny new logo, it still lacks proper funding.
Business / Economics
Monocolumn
Saturday 18 December
Forecast 2011: India’s chance to smooth choppy waters
Half the world’s container ships and two-thirds of its oil shipments make their way across the Indian Ocean – a vital link in global trade.
Affairs / Travel
Monocolumn
Monday 7 January
The freedom to choose has no comparison
In 2011 I travelled to China for the first time in 10 years. As soon as I stepped off the plane in Shanghai it was hard to ignore the sense of possibility. Here was a nation on the rise despite all of its complexities, its…
Edits / Society
Monocolumn
Saturday 5 November
Beyond the beaches and the barbies
“It’s so far away.” I’m in Australia for the first time and this was all most people could muster in response back in the UK when I told them about my impending trip.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 23 October
Clock changes are a time to enjoy
It’s that time of year again. That time when one is forced to think about – time.
Affairs / Society
Force for good
Haiti is picking up the pieces – but sooner or later another natural disaster will strike. Here, Monocle looks at the best nations to call in a crisis and tools you need for the job.
Design / Fashion
Fashion Briefing
Monocle trawls the fashion world for the latest brands, trends and industry movements, including jewellery from New York, southern European-influenced clothes from Munich and everything in-between.
Affairs / Crime
On the hook
The world’s shipping is being held to ransom by a band of Somali pirates in battered launches. As yet another new president tries to take control of the failed state, perhaps it’s time we stopped playing nice and took…
Design / Fashion
Fashion briefing
Boy's clothes for girls from BD Baggies, a new collaboration from Barbour, Burlington's transformation and the latest collection from Boglioli, Monocle also talks to the founder of Osano, whose new jewellery brand Ecojewel…
Affairs / Innovation
Africa/Middle East Briefing
Our column from Pretoria looks at how South Africa is manoeuvering itself into a world-power position. Plus elections in Seychelles, educating ultra-orthodox children in Israel and demanding change in Lebanon.
Design / Environment
Natural by design
Those wishing to follow the growing global trend for simple, ecologically sound living could have no better example than Professor Yoshifumi Nakamura and his weekend haven, tucked away in the hills of Japan’s Nagano region…
Affairs / Defence
Reach for the spy
As technology becomes more prevalent in the world of espionage, the idea of an undercover agent in a trench coat might seem old-fashioned. But the human touch is still very much in demand.
Business / Education
Speaking volumes
In the past three years, Swedish language-teaching company EF has tripled in size and has left its competitors speechless. We profile the family firm that is transforming the industry.
Business / Industry
Making scents
A centre of perfume making for centuries, the town of Grasse in the South of France is holding on to its reputation as fragrance capital of the world by developing new technology alongside time-honoured traditions.
Affairs / Politics
So long, Serbia
On 17 February the Assembly of Kosovo declared independence and the war-torn state became free from Serbian rule. Monocle was there as the people hit the streets. Also, overleaf, Nader Mousafizadeh, former special assistant…
Business / CEOs
Safety net
An epidemic is threatening 1.2 billion people. Let’s be grateful then for people like Kimmo Alkio, CEO and president of F-Secure, who aims to stamp out the modern-day blight of spam email and also comes to the rescue when…