Alexis Self
Opinion
At the Munich Security Conference, amid polite applause and private panic, the western alliance eats itself
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Europe’s century of humiliation is just beginning. What will it take to reassert itself?
Following 12 months of buffeting and befuddlement, some commentators are now predicting a coming century of humiliation for Europe. In the interests of avoiding such a humbling, there are several things that the vieux…
Trump’s blundering smartphone diplomacy is pushing US allies into the arms of Beijing
At what point does short-term gain become long-term disadvantage? It’s an important question for both individuals and nations to ask themselves, and one that I’ve been thinking about since returning a week ago from…
Greenland in focus: Monocle’s trip to Nuuk in pictures
Our team arrived in Nuuk on 19 January, as tensions between the US and its Nato allies reached seismic levels. Here’s a selection of images from their five days in the Greenland capital.
‘Greenland chooses the Greenland we know today, as part of the Kingdom of Denmark.’ The country’s PM responds to Trump
Greenland’s 34-year-old prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has had a crash course in international diplomacy and media relations, emerging from it a little battered but with his head held high.
‘I would feel safer to stay with Denmark’: Has the Greenland crisis brought the territory closer to Copenhagen?
On the streets of Nuuk, talk of independence has been tempered by Trump’s ongoing threats.
What does Trump want with Greenland? Nothing short of full annexation
Maduro who? It has been a little over (checks calendar) two weeks since Donald Trump’s raid on Venezuela and yet you would be forgiven for struggling to remember the full details of the US’s…
What other countries can learn from Finland’s world-beating media literacy
Finland claiming the top spot in the Open Society Foundations’ annual Media Literacy Index has become an inevitability. The Nordic nation has placed first every year since 2017, when the list – which compares…
Monocle’s 2025 Soft Power Survey – who is quietly gaining or losing influence in a multipolar world
Which country’s cultural influence grew and whose slumped in the past 12 months? We take a look at six nations.
The commute: Step out onto the street with Josefa González-Blanco
We join Mexico’s ambassador to the UK and her furry companion Tiny Dancer on their daily stride from Belgravia to Mayfair.
