Diplomacy
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Blue-sky thinking
When representatives at the UN aren’t engaged at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, they’re relaxing at their very own swimming club. Monocle grabbed a towel and checked out this oasis of calm conversation.
Dressed to impress
As this issue hits news-stands, the UN General Assembly will be sitting for its 67th session. For those diplomats unsure of how to cut a dash, our fashion editor offers some tips…
Toeing the party line
Capricia Marshall, Barack Obama’s chief of protocol, is the public face of the White House to visiting diplomats. She tells Monocle how she cements her legacy between black-tie dinners.
Diplomacy
We meet Timor-Leste's man in Australia and bring you more dispatches from the diplomatic world.
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.
