Global forecasting requires an expert view, so we called on four leading thinkers for a considered analysis of the future: Michael Axworthy, former head of the Iran section at the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office,…
The diplomatic spat bubbling away in the South China Sea dominated headlines in the lead-up to US secretary of state John Kerry’s visit to China. However, as Kerry heads into the second of a two-day stay in Beijing today…
President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to meet “at an early date” following today's swearing-in ceremony in Washington. The political realities of China’s biggest consumer attempting to strike…
Trump brings the fight to mayors, how India tested China’s resolve with a road, Germany learns from medical evacuations and the evolving role of landscaping.
Conceived of only 21 years ago, already most nations want a “soft power” strategy – a way of winning the world over without resorting to military-industrial might. Monocle has indexed the top 30 soft power nations, which…
Germany's Federal Intelligence Service's, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), relocation to central Berlin, Iceland's debate over membership in the EU, and New Zealand's cuts to its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.