Ever since the accidental opening of the Berlin Wall, the need for national fortified borders has been up for debate. Are barbed wire and watchtowers required to keep a country safe – or are our leaders going a step too far…
Despite being heavily patrolled, business across the US-Mexican border is more fluid than it appears. Monocle visits companies making all the right waves.
Warsaw is to hold a referendum to decide whether or not the Polish capital should expand its borders and gobble up neighbourhoods currently outside its limits. If a majority votes “yes” Warsaw will gain more than 2,000 sq…
Angela Merkel’s attempts to take a lead on the debate surrounding refugees from Syria and elsewhere have come up against several obstacles this week. On Tuesday, Donald Tusk, the European Council’s president, told members…
The Russia-Finland border was once the focus of Cold War hostility. Now the Finns and Russians are working together to stop people and drug traffickers opening up new smuggling routes. Monocle goes on patrol with the Fin…
The Tajik-Afghan border is one of the most dangerous in the world because of its central role in the heroin trade. EU- and US-backed agencies are stepping in to help control the borders and initiate projects to stimulate…
As Paolo Vitelli prepares to hand the reins of his world-dominating luxury-yacht business to his daughter, it seems unlikely that he will be heading into retirement quietly.
Goodbye summer; goodbye blockbusters and beach reads. Autumn is the time for more contemplative films, series and novels, and we’ve found the best of the season. And when it’s time to give the screen a rest, we’ve got you…
They might not make headlines, but there are numerous border disputes that could spark a crisis at any time (although we hope Canada and the US would avoid war over their quarrel regarding lobster-rich waters). Monocle…
On the Turkish border with Syria, an international Nato force sits quietly awaiting a conflict that may never come. But the heavy-duty weaponry on show says half the battle is about coming prepared.
With Nato handing control of its airfields to Afghanistan and the impoverished nation seeking foreign investment, is the Afghan economy about to take off?