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…
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…
Thursday 24 September
On October 14 in the Turkish town of Bursa, a World Cup football qualifier match there could have consequences far beyond the pitch.
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…
Tuesday 30 August
What do you do when an unpopular dictator comes a-knocking? With next-door-neighbour Algeria the only country in the Maghreb yet to recognise the authority of Libya’s Transitional National Council (TNC), it really was the…
Tuesday 4 May
Add Shakira and Gloria Estefan to the list of public figures riled by Arizona’s new immigration law.
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.
We head to Namanga in Kenya for our borders series, and learn how the Eritrean community in London is making an impact on food.
Beijing’s attempts to attract more academics, the new Afghan railway opening up the country’s borders, and a look at the art of taxidermy.
The business in Johannesburg, an artist who’s filled London’s Saatchi Gallery with YouTube videos, and our borders series explores the Indochina frontier.
Monday 5 July
Gangs of teenage boys skulk on badly lit corners and outside pitifully dingy convenience stores in Mexico’s border city of Ciudad Juárez.
Chine beefs up its air force again, and India builds a strike force to ready itself for Himalayan border disputes.
We ask why China’s “shadow banks” are on the rise, hear about tensions on the US-Mexico border, and look further into Indian filmmaking behind the culture of Bollywood.
Why Ivory Coast has closed its border with Ghana, we speak to award-winning journalist James Reinl, and learn how violence in Kenya is affecting tourism.
News from Egypt’s Sinai border attacks, we look at the state of Spanish media, and have breakfast in America with Aisha Speirs.
Steve Bloomfield speaks to Sweden’s foreign minister Carl Bildt, we also learn from cartography expert Frank Jacobs how British colonial-era maps are being used by South Sudan to determine borders with Sudan.
Our frontiers series travels to Japan’s northernmost border, we learn the quickest way around São Paulo and hear music from the streets of Adelaide.
Sunday 15 November
Just over a week after Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, sent 15,000 troops to the border with Colombia and told his army to “prepare for war”, the incendiary leader has now denied that the moves were meant as a threat to…
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