Trefor Moss
Defence
We talk to the head of the Israeli Defense Force about women, religion and recruitment and look at China and Japan's move to streamline their military decision-making.
Power trips
In 2014, diplomacy returns home, a former foe is redeemed, a military outpost is upgraded and intelligence makes its next move. Monocle tracks the political importance of these significant places.
Defence
As the Arctic becomes ice-free, its value is realised and questions of ownership spur a bigger military presence. But the ‘Arctic Five’ insist any competition will be amicable in this new geopolitical theatre.
Defence
The Israeli Defence Forces start a five-year-plan, Indonesia starts building submarines — with a little help from its friends — and the Australian navy celebrates a big one.
Liberty Belle
Deployed far from home, the USS Freedom carries more weight than its size suggests. As the apex of US naval technology, its success will decide the future of American sea power.
Defence
Whose defence spending has plunged and whose skyrocketed plus other news from the military world.
Defence
The world goes to cyber-war, Brazil prepares a new rang of submarines and we meet Washington's man in Yangon.
Defence & diplomacy
The importance of pipelines, crunch time for the US in Afghanistan, and an interview with Pakistan's representative to the UN.
