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On the edge

17 October 2008

Five years ago, one of Khabarovsk’s main exports was its women, who went to work as prostitutes in Japan. Today, the Russian city is booming, thanks to its natural resources. But can this city, closer to Beijing than Moscow…

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Observation

17 March 2009

How can a nation get its voice heard on the world stage and encourage trade and tourism? If you don’t have resources and the weight of numbers on your side, then maybe it’s time to wield some ‘soft power’. By Tyler Brûlé…

Film

Tällberg: Jacqueline McGlade

31 July 2007

Professor Jacqueline McGlade became executive director of the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen in 2003. She is on leave from her post as Professor in Environmental Informatics in the Department of Mathematics at…

Film

Tällberg: Johan Rockström

31 July 2007

Johan Rockström, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Management, is executive director of the Stockholm Environmental Institute. His experiences include 12 years of research and development work in developing countries…

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Tender is the might

17 November 2011

Conceived of only 21 years ago, already most nations want a “soft power” strategy – a way of winning the world over without resorting to military-industrial might. Monocle has indexed the top 30 soft power nations, which…

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People power

20 January 2011

With bleak job prospects facing its population, the Philippines has turned the search for work into an export success story by encouraging its most valuable resource -its people - to train abroad.

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The big thaw

17 September 2007

In the second part of our series looking at the scramble for resources and power in the Arctic, Monocle travels to Greenland. Despite the melting ice threatening traditional Inuit life, some of its people are also surpri…

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Asia

21 February 2011

China finds itself left behind in the race to develop Mongolian resources, but its home-grown film industry will get to double in size.

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Oceania

17 October 2012

We land in Tuvalu for our Flight Path series, report on dwindling natural resources in Papua New Guinea, and find out why Aussie rules football is going to China.

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Asia

17 October 2013

"Resource diplomacy" in Japan, getting Mao for your money in China and why Singapore is looking north.

Radio

Monocle on Design - Design by any means

9 August 2016

We celebrate resourcefulness and turn our attention to people who are making the most of what they’ve got.

Radio

The Late Edition, episode 214

23 August 2012

We analyse Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s upcoming trial in Libya, ask whether Australia’s resources are sustainable, and take a yodelling tour of the Austrian Alps.

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Trying to save the world from itself

28 November 2015

Former European Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard and Jennifer Morgan from the World Resources Institute discuss the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The last time world leaders gathered to try to…

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Finn blue line

17 October 2013

Icebreaking is in the DNA of Finns, whose shipping heritage and expertise put it in good stead to face the changes ahead, from foreign competition to climate change and a race for the Arctic’s resources.

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Balance of power

19 March 2020

As foreign goverments and corporations circle Senegal’s newfound energy resources, its stable and progressive capital, Dakar, is learning how to best channel its influence and growth.

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Turning the page

25 January 2024

A bookish small town in Washington state banded together to build a new library as a resource that every member of its community can feel invested in.