Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 21 February
Stakes are high in battle for UN presidency
A rare battle for the UN presidency is gaining momentum between two Asian nations whose situations couldn’t be further apart.
- 107 results for un+election
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Friday 12 April
The Finnish inquisition
After failing to be elected to the UN Security Council, Finland is looking in on itself and isn't very happy about what it sees.
The Briefing, episode 298
As vote-counting continues we get the latest on South Korea’s election, discuss François Hollande’s visit to Algeria, we find out why the UN just shuttered its polio vaccine programme in Pakistan.
The Globalist, episode 355
We review African coverage of the Kenyan election with James Schneider from Think Africa Press, discuss how the capture of 20 UN Peacekeepers by Syrian rebels will affect the conflict, and one member of Monocle 24 sees if…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 3 January
Forecast 2011: Congo’s fate hangs in the balance
The Democratic Republic of Congo may discover in 2011 whether it’s getting better or worse.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 18 August
Stab at diplomacy in bid to answer the Israel-Palestine question
While the Arab Spring has garnered acres of news coverage since the start of the year, events in the Middle East’s most volatile and seemingly intractable conflict have gone all but unnoticed.
Affairs / Fashion
Monocolumn
Tuesday 7 September
Imelda Marcos, mark 2
Imelda Marcos, the former Philippine first lady and the stuff of shoemakers’ dreams, has a new vocation.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Saturday 12 December
Abkhazia: a de facto province of Russia
The campaign posters have long been up on every billboard and lamppost, the candidates have been giving impassioned press conferences and trading accusations, and now the motley crew of “international” election observers…
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Friday 12 August
Meanwhile, in Syria… Assad refuses to budge
Some members of Syria’s opposition movement give their president less than a month before he falls.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 22 August
Libya – Tripoli’s fall bolsters Syrian rebels
There was no coverage of Libya’s rebel forces taking over great parts of Tripoli in the Monday edition of Syria’s Tishreen, the national daily.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 31 October
The politics of disaster
Natural disasters are supposed to be apolitical. Campaigning ceases, adverts are pared back, the daily round of polls disappears. Yet with just a few days to go until a presidential election, nothing is apolitical.
Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Tuesday 28 December
Forecast 2011: Flashing the cash seen as the path to success
They may not yet have flat roads, regular electricity or a constant water supply, but work on Timor-Leste’s first mall is almost complete.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Friday 2 April
Life after being an African president
When Kenneth Kaunda stepped down as president of Zambia in 1991 he did something no other African head of state had ever done before.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Friday 19 November
Nato summit – making the most of hosting
Much like in the rest of Europe, the 22nd Nato summit has been dominating the news agenda in Portugal – but not just because of the alliance’s new Strategic Concept, nor the likely announcements on missile defence and…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 10 June
Shaking off the Borat legacy
Kazakhstan is far from most people’s geopolitical radars, and outside oil and gas circles is still known mainly for the fictional journalist, Borat.
Affairs / Transport
Africa/Middle East briefing
The lavish motorcade of Kenya's president, the new jet-set of Nigeria, and an old banknote for West Africa returns.
Affairs / Politics
Cyprus heal
After decades of Greek-Turkish conflict and division, could the island of Cyprus be nearing a reunification settlement? Mehmet Ali Talat, president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognised only by Turkey, is…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 4 April
The African Union’s existential crisis
Absolutely Useless. Always Underperforming. Autocrats United. The AU (African Union) has taken a bit of a hammering over the past couple of weeks.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 1 March
Washington: Maghreb focus: Why Republicans are saying nothing
For nearly two years, there have been nearly unanimous verdicts among Republicans on virtually every aspect of Barack Obama’s policymaking.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 4 October
Switzerland’s right-wing targets Italians
The right-wing Swiss People’s Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP) seems to spark controversy every time it puts up a political poster.