Affairs
Dutch politics is all at sea – it’s time for leaders to chart a new course
Dutch politicians could learn something from the world’s largest maritime festival. Last weekend 10,000 vessels, including many replicas of old merchant ships, sailed through Amsterdam to mark the city’s 750th anniversary. It was a…
Opinion
Latest in Monocle Radio
Latest
How Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are laying down tracks for the future with the BTK railway
By plane, train and automobile, we take in the shifting allegiances within the Caucasus’s former-Soviet states.
Parks and recreation: The disquieting history of urbank parks built to make us factory-ready
Is green space bad? Des Fitzgerald explains how urban parks were designed to make promote industry – and why it’s not so different today.
Monocle joins Lithuania’s newest conscripts to find out how it defends Nato’s eastern flank
The plucky Baltic nation might be small but its proximity to Russia means that it is ramping up its military might.
How do America’s first responders train for the worst natural – or manmade – disasters?
Monocle visits the Federal Emergency Management Agency to observe a highly realistic (and disturbing) exercise in preparedness.
Compagnies républicaines de sécurité 8 – the mobile police unit countering urban violence
A new contingent of French riot police is armed, trained and controversial. Will they be called on when the Olympics roll into town?
Community Builders: The Colorado-based non-profit breaking down ideological polarisation
Monocle speaks to the developer trying to bridge the political divide in small-town America.
The affairs agenda: Nato’s cold-weather wargames and a seaside squabble
And Andrew Mueller looks ahead to a year of elections.
Davos: where are we going?
The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos has brought together political leaders, CEOs and scholars to discuss about how to tackle the world’s most pressing issues and move forward. Monocle Films travels to…
Editor’s letter: Andrew Tuck on when inspiration strikes
The new year has always been a time to strive for a fresh challenge. In this issue we share our suggestions for ideas with global reach that are designed to widen horizons for 2024.
Local champions
A former industrial hub that is now home to creatives is adding some civic pride into a down-at-heel neighbourhood.
