Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Saturday 5 February
How to do dictatorship
The 2011 edition of Dictatorship For Dummies will tell two cautionary tales of how, and how not, to cling to power.
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Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Friday 25 March
Speaking for Gaddafi – the tribulations of a spin-doctor
The situation in Libya has escalated from protest to insurrection to civil war to international conflict
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 21 August
Libya – Why the real struggle has only just begun
It’s not over yet. After the rebels’ jubilation in Tripoli’s Green Square last night, Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fought back this morning – tanks emerged from Bab al-Aziziya, the regime’s main command centre, firing at rebels…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 22 August
Libya – Tripoli’s fall bolsters Syrian rebels
There was no coverage of Libya’s rebel forces taking over great parts of Tripoli in the Monday edition of Syria’s Tishreen, the national daily.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 7 October
Doing away with democracy
Rumours are sweeping Kazakhstan that President Nursultan Nazarbayev is gearing up to make himself President for Life.
Midori House, episode 211
We learn how to plan for failing dictatorships, discuss a Hungarian who stayed at a US embassy for 15 years, and talk book businesses.
Affairs / Emerging Markets
Fresh Minsk
Often referred to as the last dictatorship in Europe, Belarus has woken up to its image problem and has embarked on a PR mission. But, with its strong-armed leadership still in place, are the changes anything more than…
The Monocle Daily, episode 202
We discuss why dictatorships end, get lie detection tips from an ex-CIA spy, and find out how Grenada celebrates after its first Olympic gold medal.
Affairs / Government
Sink or swim
After suffering exile and imprisonment under the previous dictatorship, President Mohamed Nasheed brought democracy to the Maldives in 2008. But can this British-educated leader keep his nation afloat?
Culture / Music
Keep on playing
Ethio-jazz was the thrilling sound of Ethiopia in the 1960s and ’70s, blending traditional music with funk and soul. James Brown impersonators yelped and pelvic-thrusted their way around stages before a communist dictato…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 21 February
Stakes are high in battle for UN presidency
A rare battle for the UN presidency is gaining momentum between two Asian nations whose situations couldn’t be further apart.
Affairs / Emerging Markets
Monocolumn
Wednesday 11 May
Former colonies come to Portugal’s rescue
It is a special kind of relationship, and one that could prove crucial to Portugal’s recovery. In a reversal of history, the Iberian nation is now relying on the trade and financial support of its former colonies to help…
Business / CEOs
Monocolumn
Saturday 22 May
The dark side of PR
On 8 April, I spoke by phone to Vugar Khalilov, a former BBC journalist who ran Kyrgyzstan’s first professional PR agency.
Design / Architecture
Show of force
The largest city to be created in the past 100 years is Brazil’s capital. That bold, modernist ideal extends to its military departments, shaped in swathes of creative concrete by architectural icon, Oscar Niemeyer.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 8 August
South America’s unsung political hero
Contrary to popular belief, the best leader in the world is not Barack Obama. Sorry to break it to the Germans but it’s not Angela Merkel either. François Hollande? Not a chance.
Edits / Travel
Atlantic wings
From running mercy flights for volcano survivors in the 1950s to transporting today’s Portuguese football stars, the Azores’ airline SATA has soared above its island birthplace.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 29 June
It’s all about the Mothers in Argentina’s election
With their distinctive white headscarves, the elderly women who march around Buenos Aires’ central plaza every week – doggedly appealing for information about their children who were “disappeared” by the former military…
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Thursday 24 February
North Korea’s army adds gloss to capital
Nuclear armed, highly motivated and a potentially destabilising force in Northeast Asia, the North Korean People’s Army, or KPA, is one of the most feared fighting forces on the planet.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Thursday 21 April
That Friday feeling
A popular joke going around in Arab countries goes like this. A genie comes out of his bottle and asks the head of government (usually going through a rough patch) to make a wish. The politician pauses to think a second,…
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 19 July
Back to old-school agitprop
Russian television has been airing some unusual programmes over the past week.