Sunday 27 June
On Friday, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva announced he would miss this weekend’s G20 summit in Toronto so that he could supervise relief efforts in Brazil’s flood-stricken northeast.
Once the recipient of foreign financial handouts, the Republic of Korea has transformed itself into a manufacturing powerhouse and an aid donor. As the G20 summit opens in Seoul, Monocle asks whether it is giving enough and…
Why President Mohammed Morsi is visiting Saudi Arabia, we meet Djibouti’s finance minister, and learn why Brisbane pipped Sydney to host the G20 summit.
Saturday 12 June
In advance of hosting next week’s G20 summit in Toronto, Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper has been repeating the words “fiscal sustainability” with mantra-like regularity.
We look at China’s role at the G20 summit, hear the latest from our correspondent in Tel Aviv and found out how you report from inside Syria.
Wednesday 9 November
The open mic gaffe is a phenomenon far less interesting than the reaction to it.
Wednesday 3 November
Feeling unloved at home after a walloping in yesterday’s mid-term elections, US President Barack Obama is heading to Asia – as far from America as you can get – in search of a sympathetic audience.
Monday 31 May
As traditional news media outlets fret over their business models, there’s no shortage of upstarts hot-housing the future of journalism online.
Wednesday 9 June
New York is the ultimate “make or break” town and the next few weeks might determine if Richard Attias can indeed make the city his own.
Motorbike gangs in Melbourne, kicking the habit in Australia and an interview with Brisbane's mayor.
A look ahead at the year in politics, including the challenges facing Nicholas Sarkozy, some potential new EU members and the run-up to the US election.
The motorcade of the Greek prime minister plus reports on growing marijuana in Spain and spuds in Ireland.
They’re sunny, beautiful and safe but Portugal doesn’t seem to know what to do with them. Maybe it’s time to start recognising the potential of the Azores.
In the world of politics, September is the start of a new term in many countries, so we’ve compiled our report cards for 15 leaders. Who has gone to the top of the class and who should be doing extra homework? We give marks…
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…
Great Britain hasn’t seemed quite so great in recent years, its image damaged by unpopular wars and the banking crisis. But with the new coalition government bedded in and the Olympics on the horizon, experts from the…
Which countries get their way in the world without having to resort to military might? Who are the soft power leaders who know the value of well-placed aid or a good pop star? Over the following pages we name the top 25…
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