As diplomatic efforts to avert conflict in Ukraine continue, we discuss new US intelligence suggesting that Russia is planning an attack. Plus: Turkey’s clampdown on foreign media and a Winter Olympics round-up.
Category Archives: Politics
Sunday Morning: News From Zurich, London, Copenhagen & Tokyo
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé and panellists Rob Cox and Chandra Kurt cover the weekend’s biggest stories. Plus: we’ll check in with our friends and contributors in London, Copenhagen and Tokyo.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend. Simon Brooke reviews the day’s international newspapers; Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck is back with his weekend column; and Andrew Mueller rounds up the past week for us.
Preview: The Economist Magazine – February 12
Morning News: Ukraine-Russia Tensions, Marine Le Pen Campaign, ‘Flee’ Film
As Russia ratchets up tensions in Ukraine, we discuss Moscow’s joint military drills with Belarus. Plus: Marine Le Pen’s campaign to become France’s president and an interview with the director of the Oscar-nominated film, ‘Flee’.
Morning News: Elections In India, Selling Oil & Gas Assets, Democracy Index
The state-legislature poll in Uttar Pradesh is in effect a vote on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s increasingly stringent Hindu-national agenda—and will hint at his party’s chances in 2024.
Oil majors are getting points for selling off their dirtiest oil-and-gas operations; we ask who is buying them. And which countries are up and which are down in our annual Democracy Index.
Morning News: Australia & U.S. Meeting, Hong Kong Zero-Covid Policy, Oscars
We discuss US secretary of state Antony Blinken’s trip to Australia and weigh up Hong Kong’s zero-Covid policy. Plus: the latest business news and a run-down of the Oscar nominations.
Morning News: Germany’s New Foreign Diplomacy, Philippine Election, Iran
Germany’s Annalena Baerbock heads to Ukraine and election campaigning begins in the Philippines. Plus: can progress be made as Iran nuclear talks resume?
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – February 14
Morning News: Nuclear Talks In Iran, Sanctions On Bangladesh, Aging Japan
After protracted negotiations, at last a conclusion appears nigh—but depending on whom you ask, a breakthrough is as likely as a breakdown.
The regime in Bangladesh has been growing more brutal, yet some American sanctions seem to have had a swift and surprising effect. And Japan focuses on healthier, happier sunset years.
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