Diplomacy
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Q&A Antonio Patriota
Monocle sits down with Brazil’s foreign minister Antonio Patriota in London to ask what he’s doing to take his country’s brand beyond its image of sun and soccer.
Talk it out
In a quiet Lisbon palace, a tiny, underfunded body of eight Portuguese-speaking nations nurtures outsized ambitions — from shared visas to pensions across continents.
That’ll be the dane
Monocle questions Nato’s secretary general about progress in Afghanistan, new threats, managing defence cuts and the organisation’s role in the Asia-Pacific region.
Europe
Why the Chinese premier is eyeing up Reykjavik as an Arctic foothold, and what the Spanish Ministry of Defence's Centre for Gender has to teach the world.
Peace by piece
Stockholm-based SIPRI is one of the world’s leading military thinktanks, advising governments all over the world. Yet behind its success is a uniquely Swedish approach.
Diplomacy
An interview with the Swedish Navy defence attache in Washington, Qatar's position on Syria, and China and Japan put the spooks on each other on joint exercises.
Diplomacy
We meet Argentina's man in Paris and bring you a round-up of happenings in the world of diplomacy.
Asia
A new multipurpose "port complex" in South Korea, an election in Mongolia and new divorce laws in India.
Born Again
Long aligned with the US, Colombia is now looking to its Latin neighbours. Part of a growing regional integration movement, the nation is set to take centre stage in Latin America.
Close to home
With China refusing to recognise Tibetan self-determination claims, the Himalayan nation’s government is forced to sit over the border in northern India. Monocle speaks to its newly installed prime minister-in-exile.
