geopolitics
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Ordnance survey
From laser technology and missile deployment to regional rivalry, these are the military developments set to shape how nations make foreign policy over the coming year.
Past tense
Near the beach bars of a holiday hotspot, a stretch of no-man’s land is forever 1974. It marks the frontier policed by the UN’s longest-established peacekeeping force, where success is non-events.
Defence
Sweden's mission to Mali, a missile test of loyalty for Turkey and an interview with Nato's cyber-defence chief.
Defence
Russia makes military moves on the Arctic and we meet the Islamic adviser to the UK Ministry of Defence.
Oceania
An Antarctic programme under the spotlight, New Zealand's parliamentary election and how a Vietnamese refugee has become the governor of South Australia.
x10 essay
As we leave one year behind and head into the next, 10 writers and academics ponder the issues that have pre-occupied us in 2013 and the ones that will crop up in 2014.
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.
Oblast resort
An isolated chip off the old Russian bloc surrounded by EU nations, Kaliningrad’s future is anyone’s guess. Military outpost or beach resort? With wise investment, its remoteness could work.
Future lab
Global leaders may be lacking in ambition but that hasn’t stopped us doing the heavy lifting for them. Monocle presents 10 grand projects that would make a big difference.
