Affairs / Government
Federal Foreign Office
If you're Germany, you have no option but to assert yourself globally with a softly, softly approach.
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Edits / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Saturday 30 October
The Foreign Ministry’s wine stash discovery
The Japanese sure don’t shy away from a shandy – yet when the Japanese Foreign Ministry recently conducted an audit of its embassies, consulates and government offices abroad, even they found the stocks sobering.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 21 December
2010: Trouble in the heart of Europe
As diplomatic notes go, it wasn’t exactly full of diplomacy. Nine embassies, including those of Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan and Switzerland issued a statement condemning the lack of transparency in tenders…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 5 May
UK elections: What the foreign correspondent saw
Three weeks ago, the ascent of the Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats seemed like the relief Britain needed from a tiresome tug-of-war between the Conservative’s David Cameron and the Labour prime minister Gordon Brown. But as…
Business / Industry
Flag flyers
Poland’s cluster of aviation companies balances local expertise with heavy foreign investment. Monocle flew in to see the collaboration.
Business / Economics
Hello from Belo
Brazil’s third-largest city is well below the international radar compared with Rio and São Paulo. But things are changing in Belo Horizonte, as the economic boom continues to attract major national and foreign investment…
Edits / Food & Drink
My Last Meal: War and peas
When he’s covering the world’s most dangerous conflict zones, from Afghanistan to Iraq and back again, celebrated war correspondent and author John Simpson frequently daydreams about fish and chips. He chooses London’s J…
Culture / Media
Monocolumn
Wednesday 5 December
Journalism: put the tarring brush away
“Have you ever been shot?” The question was asked in all innocence. He meant no harm. He was genuinely interested in the answer. And yet, underneath, there was a sense of scepticism. Perhaps an understandable sense of…
Affairs / Government
Power shift
Hungary’s foreign affairs minister discusses the challenges facing his country’s EU presidency, the importance of an increased role for central Europe and his government’s reputation for media bashing.
Affairs / Politics
Pole position
His cosmopolitan background and bullish enthusiasm for the EU have made Poland’s foreign minister a key voice in European politics. Now Radek Sikorski is urging Europe to learn the hard lessons of its own history.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Battle hardened
Norway’s minister of foreign affairs is a firm believer in dialogue, which includes analysing the painful massacre last July. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t prepared to send in the troops overseas if deemed necessary.
Affairs / Soft Power
Soft focus
If you’re Germany, you have no option but to assert yourself globally with a softly, softly approach. Since the fall of the Wall, Germany’s foreign office has become master of gently promoting ‘Brand Germany’, with Berlin…
Edits / Travel
La Candelaria
Even though La Candelaria is in Bogotá’s city centre parts of it feel like a remote Andean village. With its colonial mansions, bohemian atmosphere and plans for regeneration afoot, foreign property buyers are investing in…
Affairs / Politics
Outside influence
US voters are perceived as being oblivious to the world outside their country. But war, immigration and an increasingly globalised economy mean that foreign affairs will play a bigger part in the 2008 election than they…
Affairs / Politics
Americas briefing
Our new column from Washington on President Obama's administration, plus baseball-mania in Nicaragua and the Dane who is making NYC more cycle-friendly.
Affairs / Urbanism
The road ahead
Waking from the nightmare of war, occupation and civil unrest, Iraq has ambitious plans for the renovation and remodelling of its cities and infrastructure. The rebuiliding isn’t purely a physical process – a new mindset…
Culture / Books
Monocolumn
Wednesday 20 January
Rewriting Jaipur Literature Festival
For generations, India has intrigued foreign and local writers lured by its rich culture, diversity and multitude of stories to be told.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Friday 8 January
Bother on the Bahn
Deutsche Bahn is much admired by foreign travellers and internationally renowned for its comfort and reliability.
Affairs / Politics
Europe briefing
Taser guns get the go-ahead in France, and Swedish prisoners get a style makeover.
Business / Emerging Markets
Surfing safari
Rwanda’s capital Kigali is fast becoming East Africa’s communications hub. Foreign investment and a culture of anti-corruption are behind the boom. Monocle watches a city log on.