Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Sunday 10 October
Democracy comes to Kyrgyzstan
The plaques bolted to each of its five bulky printing units say it all: “Property of the United States Government Department of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor”.
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The Monocle Daily, episode 143
A look at whether nations benefit from truth commissions, what unites the state and church, and coverage of Bucharest’s Black Sea Defense and Aerospace exhibition.
The Briefing, episode 75
Korea’s joint industrial zone helps unite both southern and northern states, why Vladimir Putin is attracting church voters and our weekly luxury brand check in.
Edits / Technology
The man of modem
It creates the ultimate communications equipment that allows everyone from troops in Afghanistan to sailors in the Atlantic to be constantly a call away. And now Thrane & Thrane is finding that information junkies and…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 19 November
Texas scramble for secession
Last week signs emerged that America’s much-loved democracy might be beginning to turn on itself.
Affairs / Music
Monocolumn
Wednesday 16 December
Splitting headache for India
The Indian government may have got more than it bargained for when last week it agreed to the demands of the Telugu-speaking people in Andhra Pradesh to have their own state.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 21 August
Libya – Why the real struggle has only just begun
It’s not over yet. After the rebels’ jubilation in Tripoli’s Green Square last night, Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fought back this morning – tanks emerged from Bab al-Aziziya, the regime’s main command centre, firing at rebels…
Affairs / Government
A Little Push
The Behavioural Insights Team – otherwise known as the Nudge Unit – is improving public services in the UK via clever tweaks of policy and subtle changes to the delivery of information. Monocle investigates the art of…
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 11 October
India’s domestic flights reunite the nation
Had anybody from Guwahati in Assam wished to travel to Delhi 15 years ago, they would have had only two affordable options: take a 27-hour train, or stay at home.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 10 February
UN Women – catchy name, shame about the budget
The UN’s new agency – UN Women – is slowly cranking into gear. But while it has a shiny new logo, it still lacks proper funding.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 27 April
Royal wedding – let the class wars begin
In Britain, significant royal events – births, deaths, marriages, jubilees – feel like an extra Christmas.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 4 November
Israeli police on a mission to Haiti
Few countries have a more conflicted relationship with the United Nations than Israel.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 7 January
Russia’s holiday hell
I’m writing this from a hot and sweaty Mumbai because, like pretty much everyone else in Russia who can afford a plane ticket, I saw little point in being in the country for the first 10 days of the New Year.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 1 June
Weekend agenda, 2/3 June
This weekend’s highlights include the DVD release of Lena Dunham’s indie flick Tiny Furniture, a retrospective of pop art from Tom Wesselman and the ever-entertaining Primavera Sound music festival in Barcelona.
Affairs / Investments
Monocolumn
Wednesday 21 October
Iraq opens for business
American troops are leaving Iraq, but the engineers, hotel architects and database managers are heading in.
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
Saturday 26 December
2010: Is Britain finally on the path to metrication?
From 1 January, EU legislation will come in to force essentially making the UK measurement the “acre” forbidden in all official literature.
Business / Small Business
Monocolumn
Sunday 7 February
Fancy a brew?
In June 1998, Ichiri Fujiura headed to Baltimore, Maryland, with a handful of beers that he’d made in his kitchen.
Edits / Travel
Atlantic wings
From running mercy flights for volcano survivors in the 1950s to transporting today’s Portuguese football stars, the Azores’ airline SATA has soared above its island birthplace.
Affairs / Innovation
Past life
The West Bengali city is at a crossroads. On the one hand Kolkata wants to re-establish the look and feel of its Raj glory days. On the other, it wants to brand itself as a contemporary culture and business gateway open to…