“We also need to change the mindset that military means are a good and efficient way of resolving conflicts. There will never be peace as long as war makes more sense than talking”
Janne Taalas CEO of CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation
Monocle May 2025
“One of the biggest challenges for professional journalists in the digital era is adhering to the code of ethics and the law, while content creators don’t have any restrictions”
broadcaster Najwa Shihab
Monocle May 2025
“I quickly found there’s not always a right and wrong. Everyone has their own baggage, their own lens. Especially in a world of competing absolutes, we need to find our true north. That’s what I want to show in my books – that choice matters.”
Author Gracie Kim
30 with Guyon Espiner RNZ
China values soft power and stands ready to fill the vacuum that Trump is creating.
Joseph S. Nye was professor emeritus at Harvard University and author of several books including ‘A Life in the American Century’.
Monocle June 2025
“It’s impossible for all humans to be good, so we will always need security.”
Roberto Cingolani, CEO of Leonardo, Italy’s largest defence company.
Monocle, May 2025
“Are the city and country really more unsettled, or do we cope worse? … Unrest is of all times but the reactions now are more hysterical and there is less and less room for dissent. That worries me.”
Femke Halsema
Mayor of Amsterdam
Monocle May 2025
“As an architect, your practice isn’t about personal expression,” he said. “It’s about responding to the realities of a place, a culture, a moment in time. You can’t just replicate old ideas – you have to respond to today’s conditions.”
Manuel Cervantes
Architect
Monocle on Design April 30, 2025
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What they found was striking. Thirty years on, urban pedestrians were walking, on average, 15 per cent more quickly. Fewer people could also be described as “lingering”, from 43 per cent in 1980 to 26 per cent in 2010. There was also a decline in people forming groups on the street either preplanned meetings or spontaneous encounters. “People are now spending less time in public spaces and moving through them at a faster pace,” the researchers concluded.
Why are we walking so quickly?
Tom Vanderbilt
Monocle, April 2025
“In order for something great to come out, you actually have to put in the time, energy, sweat and tears,” he said. “We have all of these tools of convenience today but how are you going to learn to be a great designer if you take short cuts?”
Yves Béhar
Monocle Minute in Deaign
April 16/04/2025
