Sasha Issenberg
Americas
The Obama's grand designs on their private White House living quarters, going Dutch in the Antilles, planting seeds of change in Detroit and the Interoceanic Highway near completion - maybe.
Americas
Why Americas need new gum control laws and the drugs cartels looking for new homes. Plus, our Washington column looks at how branding is selling the recovery package.
Media
Monocle speaks with the head of Slate's new French edition. Also in this issue: a new Saudi Arabian satellite channel for the underprivileged and the reopening of a beloved Belgian film museum.
On the shelf
we peruse the shelves of the thriving, eclectic magazine shop Papercut in Stockholm.
Americas
How Google navigates geopolitics, why Mexicans are set to shrink, and why Atlantic City is betting on building more casinos. Plus, our Washington column looks at Obama's recruitment drive for new US ambassadors.
