From research to law, Hong Kong is a vital centre that draws some of the brightest from around the world. Its professionals are valued for their expertise, experience and judgement. We meet a few to learn about their work…
New Zealanders' blasé attitude to living on top of a massive fault line, plus how Fiji's leader has dealt with his ex-convict brother-in-law - by appointing him to a top rugby position.
To the alarm of Brussels, Poland’s right-wing government is forcing out many of the country’s Supreme Court judges – but one of them, Supreme Court president Malgorzata Gersdorf, is determined to stay put. She tells us…
The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration, aka the Peace Palace, houses a crack team striving to resolve international disputes and bring about world peace. It may sound idealistic, but its services are increasingly in…
The rise and rise of a new opposition leader in Spain has given voters an alternative voice to engage with. His clear strategies and bold vision for the future may yet win them over.
Taiwan’s tussle with China for Pacific island allies may have calmed but that hasn’t stopped the push for soft power in the region. Monocle visits Taipei’s embassy hub to discover there’s more than money at the heart of…
Outsourcing has a bad name – a way of cutting labour costs by employing people in India and China (over three million US jobs will be lost to this trend by 2015). But there’s also a growing move for nations to outsource…
The Monocle election watch looks to the Dominican Republic, Mexican Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán, the world's new most-wanted man, and a Q&A with Claudia Paz y Paz, Attorney general of Guatemala.
His rivals refused to accept his election victory – so he went back to the polls and won again. Now Istanbul’s new mayor is ready to change the city and get rid of a web of corruption.