351 results for diplomacy

10 September 2009

If you're Germany, you have no option but to assert yourself globally with a softly, softly approach.

17 June 2009

Later this year, Barack Obama's transportation secretary Ray LaHood will begin allocating $8 billion to emerging American train systems, with another $5 billion to come over the next five years - the first time ever that…

19 September 2008

As the US presidential election draws closer, at Monocle we've been turning our attention to who we'd like to see in the Cabinet. From CEOs to hip hop moguls, we've found a team who could change America's image around the…

18 January 2016

Mikheil Saakashvili has gone from being president of Georgia to governor of Odessa in Ukraine – and taken his core principles with him. Monocle finds out he plans to use his experience to reform and revitalise the region…

8 December 2015

The world's governments would be lost without interpreters. Meet the old hands at the UN headquarters and the students who will help us understand one another in the years ahead. Without these guys, nothing gets done.

8 December 2015

At these global institutions it’s the thought that counts. We’ve been to London, Nairobi, Madrid, Hong Kong and Washington to meet the researchers and academics that fill think-tanks with ideas and policies to direct those…

15 October 2015

How the Australian media is damaging relations with Indonesia, the Pacific consequences of a new Australian PM and a leading New Zealand politician.

19 August 2015

France's consul-general to Turkey on why the countries are like a married couple, plus peace-keeping today.

13 October 2014

We shine the spotlight on the newly appointed Norwegian ambassador to France.

21 November 2013

From the boxing ring to parliament, Vitali Klitschko has not followed a conventional career path. Ukraine’s opposition politician tells us why he believes you must fight for a better future.

15 August 2013

In diplomatic schools across the globe a fresh generation of young thinkers are learning how to improve international relations from the institutions that spawned today’s political heavyweights.

17 October 2012

When representatives at the UN aren’t engaged at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, they’re relaxing at their very own swimming club. Monocle grabbed a towel and checked out this oasis of calm conversation.

16 August 2012

Monocle questions Nato’s secretary general about progress in Afghanistan, new threats, managing defence cuts and the organisation’s role in the Asia-Pacific region.

16 August 2012

An interview with the Swedish Navy defence attache in Washington, Qatar's position on Syria, and China and Japan put the spooks on each other on joint exercises.

19 January 2012

Norway’s minister of foreign affairs is a firm believer in dialogue, which includes analysing the painful massacre last July. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t prepared to send in the troops overseas if deemed necessary.