Edits / Sport
Expo. 18: Sumo
The ancient art of sumo has been under threat in recent years from the dwindling numbers of homegrown wrestlers, match-fixing allegations, bullying and doping scandals. But fresh leadership in the Japan Sumo Association…
- 164 results for leadership
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 27 September
The most secure job in South Africa
South African president Jacob Zuma was reportedly so worried about a rumoured challenge to his leadership at his party’s National General Council that he opted to spend last week with 4,000 party delegates on Durban’s so…
Edits / Food & Drink
My last meal: Taste of change
While in Dubai for the UAE’s first Arab Women Leadership Forum, 34-year-old TV-show host Muna Abu Sulayman met with Monocle for her ‘last meal’. The Saudi citizen chose Saladicious, a restaurant in the Jumeirah district.
The Globalist, episode 359
As Unicef warns of a lost generation of children in Syria we look at the situation two years after the crisis began. Plus, what leadership style might Pope Francis bring to St Peter’s? And we ask how political global hot…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 27 December
Forecast 2011: Britain’s political rollercoaster set to continue
How do you match 2010? For British politics it was the most tumultuous and turbulent year in living memory, defying all manner of clichés and conventional wisdom.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Tuesday 7 August
Diplomatic crowd-pleasers
First there was Crosby, Stills and Nash. Then there was Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Perhaps, it’s time for a new supergroup. A diplomatic supergroup. Please welcome to the stage Bildt, Davutoglu and Patriota.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Tuesday 13 September
UN Palestine vote – Creating a state of discontent
It should be a moment of celebration.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 19 August
Better the devil you know – sort of?
When the UK got its first female prime minister she was in power for 11 years; now that Australia has followed suit with Julia Gillard 21 years later, her reign may only last a meagre two months.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 9 August
Bilawal bungle
It was not merely the rain that dampened Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari’s rally this weekend in Birmingham, England.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 1 February
Nigeria’s government must make tough choices
It’s a tough time to be in power in Nigeria.
Affairs / Soft Power
Monocolumn
Tuesday 19 January
Energy required at head of renewables club
In the seven-starred splendour of Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace hotel, Hélène Pelosse manages to look both exhausted and pleased as punch.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 19 December
The Great Un-Known
Will the world be a safer place without North Korean leader Kim Jong-il?
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 12 November
New challenges for China’s new leader
You can’t take enough precautionary security measures when the current and future leaders of the world’s most populous country gather to swap government posts and swear-in the generation of people who will rule for the next…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 1 April
Businesses in Hong Kong should think political
Ten days ago, Hong Kong went to the polls to elect its next leader.
Business / Economics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 23 September
Crisis? What crisis?
The somewhat odd celebrations on the first birthday of the financial crisis offered much remorse and only dim rays of hope.
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Tuesday 26 March
Fabric of the nation
A wool manufacturer in the mountains of northern Italy shows there's businesses and innovative leaders ready to revive its struggling economy.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Thursday 9 August
The options open to a retired leader
When Nicolas Sarkozy lost his May reelection bid in dramatic fashion, he announced his retirement plans to the world.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 13 November
Political parallels
Republicans are not the only politicians desperately trying to work out what Barack Obama’s re-election means for their future electoral prospects: party leaders across Europe are also searching for clues and nowhere is…