Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 7 December
COP15 warms up
It’s our last hope, all or nothing, do or die, the Final Countdown, and the Danes are thrilled that it will take place in their capital.
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Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 3 November
Obama looks for friends in the East
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.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 11 October
Maintaining the Obama charm
The local politicos who awaited Barack Obama’s arrival to a northwest Philadelphia schoolyard on Sunday afternoon all seemed to have the same unanswered question: what was Joe Biden doing there?
Affairs / Politics
Hope, still
Barack Obama may not yet have brought about as much change as promised, but he himself has certainly changed. He has learnt that he will have to fight dirty to get things done – and this means his first year in office can…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Wednesday 17 March
Great expectations for Obama’s visit
The excitement has been building over the last few weeks. Children from the two schools he attended in Jakarta have been learning American songs and traditional dances in the hope they will get to perform for him.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 1 August
Obama, king of compromise
At some point before midnight, Barack Obama will likely put his name to an austerity plan passed last night by Congress, with just hours to spare before the United States reaches its borrowing limit, a deadline that would…
Affairs / Politics
Briefing Americas
Why Americas need new gum control laws and the drugs cartels looking for new homes. Plus, our Washington column looks at how branding is selling the recovery package.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Wednesday 9 December
Obama’s self-reliance
If nothing else, the first week of the COP15 conference will be remembered as a demonstration that it is possible to get the world’s most opinionated people to agree on something – as long as the issue is climate change,…
Affairs / Soft Power
Monocolumn
Wednesday 25 May
Obama’s road trip – the UK, Ireland, France… and Poland?
Barbecues and ping-pong: President Barack Obama’s week-long European trip has hardly been a standard one, not least for the choice of destinations.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 31 December
2010: America’s war policy
If 2009 was the year that liberal Democrats realised that President Barack Obama was more hawkish than the man they thought they had elected, 2010 will bring a bigger political adjustment.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 3 May
The pitfalls of political chest-puffing
In the ancient poem Beowulf, the eponymous hero went about the Scandinavian countryside battling dragons and beasts and sharing his bold exploits with all who would listen.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 9 November
Small talk, big deal
The open mic gaffe is a phenomenon far less interesting than the reaction to it.
End Point / Politics
Observation
As we enter the New Year, we have a new president heading for the Oval Office, and a chance to reflect on the meaning of happiness and wealth in 2009 and beyond. And there are developments at Monocle HQ: an audio show and…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Sunday 10 January
Newspaper in ‘solid journalism’ shocker
Barack Obama had just taken office, but the right-wing media gathered at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference a year ago felt pretty good about the state of their industry.
Edits / Society
Expo 36: River of discontent
Within some states of the US there is an increasing sense of belligerent unrest among the right-wing – over half of polled Republicans believe the president is a Muslim who wants to diminish the nation’s sovereignty. Zed…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Friday 9 November
Divine democracy
It’s been a big week for elections political and ecclesiastical, and a week where chance has been seen as the enemy of the ballot box – except in one time-honoured rite where blind luck rules.
Culture / Politics
Writing history
Leading up to the US elections, Monocle spoke to reporters from around the globe based in America about their take on the proceedings for our series ‘From their own correspondent’. With Obama storming to victory, they tell…
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…
Business / Government
Toeing the party line
As Barack Obama’s chief of protocol, Capricia Marshall is the public face of the White House when ambassadors and diplomats are in town. Keen to cement her legacy, she tells us how she gets things done in between the black…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 6 March
The expiration of Hugo Chavez
With Venezuela's divisive president having succumbed to long-term illness, implications and opportunities are brought to life.