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Americas

The rugged motorcade for the governor of the Falklands and a flagging debate in San Francisco.

  • Issue #88
  • 4 min read
Americas
Affairs

Bridging the gap

Bonn was Germany’s provisional capital during the Cold War. With government affairs still split between Bonn and Berlin, we meet the civil servants who go the distance to bridge the two cities.

  • Issue #78
  • 9 min read
Bridging the gap
Affairs

Oceania

Renewing urban Australia, choosing a new Aussie Governor-general and saving Tonga's tourism.

  • Issue #68
  • 4 min read
Oceania
Affairs

Perfect parliament

This issue’s theme is all about how to engineer the perfect parliament. Monocle has surveyed the globe and come up with a master plan for a well-run chamber full of lively debate.

  • Issue #52
  • 10 min read
Perfect parliament
Affairs

A Little Push

The UK's Behavioural Insights Team, or Nudge Unit, is improving public services via clever policy tweaks and subtle changes to information delivery. Monocle investigates the art of gentle persuasion.

  • Issue #58
  • 7 min read
A Little Push
Affairs

Dato’ Sri Idris Jala

Monocle’s foreign editor meets the man in charge of transforming Malaysia’s economy. Encouraging competitiveness, creating jobs, helping the poor and enabling democracy are his three main challenges.

  • Issue #58
  • 4 min read
Dato' Sri Idris Jala
Affairs

Meet the new boss

Local governors often face different challenges to their national counterparts. Smaller budgets can mean fewer choices. But thinking differently can achieve big results, as our selection of inspiring local legislators proves.

  • Issue #55
  • 1 min read
Meet the new boss
Design

North stars

Denmark, Sweden and Finland boast institutions devoted to seeking design-led solutions to societal problems. Are they guiding stars for the world to follow?

  • Issue #44
  • 13 min read
North stars
Politics

Africa/Middle East

Monocle looks t James Michel, president of the Seychelles, and his motorcade, plus Malawi's new flag and Zanzibar's model way of dealing with political strife.

  • Issue #37
  • 4 min read
Illustration of Malawi's new flag with full sun displayed on a flagpole amid construction cranes and landscape.
Affairs

Oceania

Auckland has big ideas for New Zealand's first "Super City," Melbourne re-stocks its tree population and the Gold Coast's bikini-clad meter maids face extinction.

  • Issue #35
  • 5 min read
A new leaf

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