Andrew Mueller
Life on the edge
How has Russia's military involvement in Ukraine affected life along the Baltic borders? Monocle tours the Russian-speaking hinterlands of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for lessons in identity and nationhood.
Breaking barriers
A quarter century since the Berlin Wall fell, Central and Eastern Europe have been transformed. But democracy in the former Communist countries remains a work in progress, free of Soviet rule.
Expo 77: Hope for the best
Forged in the wake of war, Unesco stands as a bastion of peace. Monocle visited its modernist Paris HQ to discover an institution dedicated to optimism despite funding cuts and a fraught political climate.
Defence
Tension mounts in the South China Sea and why the US "peace dividend" might need redefinition.
Africa/Middle East
A revolution of the culinary kind in Cairo and why Tunisia might be set to reform
Africa/Middle East
The Somalian president's motorcade of choice, plus the imprisoned bloggers in Ethiopia.
Oceania
Australia's G20 agenda, controversy over uranium sales to India and a healthcare crisis in Niue.
Europe
King Felipe VI of Spain's dress sense, voting in Romania and interview with a Paris-based NGO's president.
Business
Drilling down into miners' accommodation, the Band-Aid gets brought into the 21st century and clean air becomes big business in China.
Africa and Middle East
The style of Egypt's military leader, an unusual Israeli settler and an election to keep an eye on in Malawi.
