Andrew Mueller
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.
Defence
Kosovo wants its own army, India wants to build its own weapons and the countries considering joining Nato.
Written authority
Ismail Kadare battled autocracy throughout his 60-year career to become a world-renowned author and Man Booker prizewinner. Monocle headed to Paris to meet Albania’s celebrated literary hero.
