Diplomacy
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Old style
Inside the UN Headquarters, a chamber designed by Danish architect Finn Juhl is being bravely restored to its original 1953 state, reviving a piece of retro diplomatic glory.
Oceania
Tuvalu's internet cash-in, NZ reviews its carbon-trading scheme, and Fiji's growing isolationism.
Power shift
Hungary’s foreign affairs minister discusses the challenges facing his country’s EU presidency, the importance of an increased role for central Europe and his government’s reputation for media bashing.
Defence
The latest military shenanigans, including China's reassurances to the US and a Korean-led jet project.
Diplomacy
The husband-and-wife double act at the Swiss embassy in Bangkok, plus the latest from the Sudan and US.
Two is company
In the latest in our ambassadors series, Monocle talks to the husband-and-wife team trying out the ultimate diplomatic job share scheme in the Thai capital.
Diplomacy
An interview with the Geneva-based, football-playing Brazilian permanent representative to the WTO.
Special relations
The African Union’s gleaming new HQ in Addis Ababa, a gift from China, is proof of the Asian giant’s growing clout. But the Germans are in on the act too.
Diplomacy
We meet Georgia’s ambassador to Germany and take a dip at the UN swimming club in Geneva.
Respect the elders
The Avengers be damned. A group of 10 global leaders known as The Elders, formed by Nelson Mandela and led by Desmond Tutu, are taking on the world’s most complex problems.
