When civilian leaders are strategically illiterate, they lose the capacity to exercise meaningful oversight over military affairs.

‘Strategic troublemaking’ for peace: Europe needs a new defence plan if it wants to play negotiator
WRITER Gorana Grgić
Monocle September 2026

Grand strategy is not an innate American trait; it’s a lost European art.

‘Strategic troublemaking’ for peace: Europe needs a new defence plan if it wants to play negotiator
WRITER Gorana Grgić
Monocle September 2026

“The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make and could just as easily make differently.”

David Graeber
The Utopia of Rules, 2015

In the end, we want connections, not “content”.
The gloomy narrative that AI writes better than humans needs a swift, human redraft
By Josh Fehnert
Monocle Minute
August 10, 2026

“We believe the display will stick around because whether you have glasses, watches or all these new AI wearables, we believe the phone will still be the mainframe.”

Into the fold: In an exclusive interview, Samsung’s head of design reveals what’s next for your smartphone
David Phelan
Monocle August, 2026

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom