591 results for defence

11 January 2019

How is the government shutdown affecting daily life in the US? Plus: how Angela Merkel’s allies are building defences against rising populism, Turkey considers its options in Syria and a wrap of the CES electronics fair.

2 January 2019

In this special edition we examine the most pressing defence and security challenges facing our top leaders. Plus: Monocle’s Megan Gibson and Monocle 24’s Markus Hippi discuss happiness in Finland and we tell you about the…

21 December 2018

We discuss what the resignation of US defence secretary James Mattis might mean for the future of Washington politics and global conflict. We get the latest on Brexit, learn why reindeer in Finland are being fitted with GPS…

21 December 2018

Why has US defence secretary James Mattis decided to leave his post? We also discuss a row between the BBC and the Kremlin over media impartiality and find out what the Monocle 24 team gets up to over Christmas.

18 December 2018

As protests continue in France, and Brexit’s future unnerves both sides of the political divide, we take a closer look at the art of protesting. Plus: how gossip tabloids have rattled Australian politics, Japan’s revised…

14 November 2018

The US presidential election might be two years away but campaigning for the Democratic nomination has already begun. We assess the contenders. Plus: details of Britain’s EU exit agreement emerge, Israel’s defence minister…

31 October 2018

As US defence secretary James Mattis calls for a UN-backed ceasefire in Yemen, our guests Samira Shackle and Victor Bulmer Thomas ask why this has taken so long. Plus: protests as Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturns the…

9 October 2018

We assess the surprise resignation of Donald Trump’s ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley. Plus: continuing US misinformation over the state of progress in North Korea, Italy’s small step to the left and Google’s retreat from…