Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 4 May
Politicians and Latin divas take umbridge with Arizona
Add Shakira and Gloria Estefan to the list of public figures riled by Arizona’s new immigration law.
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Affairs / Crime
Finnish line
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…
Affairs / Politics
Tajikistan: Bridging borders
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…
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Wednesday 2 May
UK airports make you feel unwelcome
Last week I flew back to London from Bilbao on a plane that was nearly blown off the runway while landing. It was a scary experience to say the least.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 24 September
Border games
On October 14 in the Turkish town of Bursa, a World Cup football qualifier match there could have consequences far beyond the pitch.
Affairs / Travel
Monocolumn
Thursday 28 October
Azerbaijan puts the squeeze on visas
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.
Edits / Society
Expo 36: River of discontent
Within some states of the US there is an increasing sense of belligerent unrest among the right-wing – over half of polled Republicans believe the president is a Muslim who wants to diminish the nation’s sovereignty. Zed…
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Monday 5 July
The odds stacked against the street kids
Gangs of teenage boys skulk on badly lit corners and outside pitifully dingy convenience stores in Mexico’s border city of Ciudad Juárez.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 28 December
2010: Time to talk
In 2010, it will be time to start talking to the scary people: the rogue states that we’d like to ignore but can’t for fear of the mess they’d make.
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Wednesday 30 December
2010: Somalia’s forgotten civilians
A year which began with a tiny sliver of hope for Somalia has ended in yet another tragedy.
Affairs / Television
Monocolumn
Tuesday 18 January
The freeing of the press
Last night, Tunisian state television showed protesters out on the streets calling for the party of the ex-president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to be abolished and for veterans of the old regime to be excluded from the new…
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Sunday 20 December
The danger in the desert
Western Saharan activist Aminatou Haidar is finally homeward bound after a month-long hunger strike, yet her stint on the floor of Spain’s Lanzarote airport has drawn attention once again to one of the world’s most negle…
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Monday 29 April
Power in numbers
While popular political debate in the US can at times seems trite, a short journey south to Panama reveals a well-informed population
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Friday 19 November
Nato summit – making the most of hosting
Much like in the rest of Europe, the 22nd Nato summit has been dominating the news agenda in Portugal – but not just because of the alliance’s new Strategic Concept, nor the likely announcements on missile defence and…
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Thursday 22 April
The drugs don’t work
In 2005 it was voted the safest city in Latin America and shortly before that the best city in the region to do business in. But it would win some very different titles this year. The wave of drug-related violence in Mexico…
Affairs / Politics
Final frontier
The Tajik-Afghan border is one of the most dangerous in the world because of its central role in the heroin trade and potential as a smuggling route for WMDs. Can it ever be tamed? Well, the US, Iran, the EU and China are…
Business / Business Hubs
Monocolumn
Wednesday 12 January
Sun, sightseeing and checkpoints
Last year may have been terrible for Palestinian politics, but 2010 could not have been better for tourism in the area.
Affairs / Music
Monocolumn
Wednesday 16 December
Splitting headache for India
The Indian government may have got more than it bargained for when last week it agreed to the demands of the Telugu-speaking people in Andhra Pradesh to have their own state.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Thursday 9 May
Northern exposure
A visit to Seoul in South Korea reveals a nation that's comfortable in its identity and wearily mature about a nuclear threat on its doorstep.
Affairs / Defence
Iron in zion
They cost just €70 to make, but Hezbollah rockets have forced some Israeli towns to be abandoned. So Israel is building Iron Dome, an anti-missile shield. If it works, it could change the pace of diplomacy in the region and…