Edits / Urbanism
Expo 59: Saving grace
As Burma opens up slowly and businesses trickle in, there is a growing movement to preserve the former capital’s architectural heritage.
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The Briefing, episode 276
Joseph Dana on the Gaza crisis, The Times' Richard Lloyd Parry on Obama’s trip to Rangoon, and Tom Burges Watson talks political intrigue in France.
The Menu, episode 75
We head to Rangoon to meet brothers who are busy trying to get Burma on the food map, find out about a new service in New York that allows you to share home-cooked food with complete strangers, and talk Easter cheeses with…
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Sunday 6 March
No-one’s taking the Road to Mandalay
“The Road to Mandalay”, the song that helped romanticise Burma’s one-time imperial capital, glosses over the fact the that the road in question – less poetically known as Highway Number 1 – has always been dangerously…
Affairs / Architecture
Model behaviour
Construction work continues in Burma’s new model capital, inaugurated in 2005. Its sparkling buildings are designed to consolidate the generals’ power – but with small steps towards democracy, could Aung San Suu Kyi one day…
Affairs / Government
Mynamar mirage
Huge changes have recently taken place in Burma. A glittering new capital now rises from the plains, elections have been held and the military junta formally dissolved. At least, that’s what the army generals would like the…
Edits / Society
Expo 41: The banished world
The notion of exile often evokes a more romantic era but for many leaders, a life banished from their homeland still beckons (fancy hosting a despised Tunisian president anyone?).
Affairs / Government
Power trips
This issue Monocle has visited seats of power around the globe – from the African Union’s HQ to Burma’s fledgling capital via Liechtenstein’s new parliament building. Each has a very different vision.
Affairs / Politics
Asia briefing
How China just got bigger and staying in touch with the dead in Japan.
Affairs / Urbanism
Paris: global city
From international diplomacy to setting benchmarks in urbanism, from investing in culture to protecting a rich mix of independent businesses, Paris has become a hothouse for fresh thinking. That’s why we have made it our…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Diplomacy Briefing
We meet José Luís Robaína García, Cuba's ambassador to New Zealand, for the first on our new series on diplomacy. We also look at the "diplomatic pouch", that slightly quaint method of shipping secret documents.
Affairs / Urbanism
Capital idea
Founded 32 years ago, Nigerian capital Abuja was a utopian dream. But it became marred by corruption and few could afford to live there. Today, as the cranes return, its new minister is attempting to forge a truly African…