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Over the horizon
Monocle’s editors, writers and correspondents look ahead to 2012 and beyond.
Expo 44: The Call of Berlin
During East Germany's socialist era, workers from Mozambique and Vietnam came to the GDR. When the Wall fell, they faced the decision of whether to stay or leave their adopted home.
Island ethos
Monocle meets Malta's prime minister to discuss the influx of immigrants from North Africa, his views on the Libya conflict and his vision for transforming the small country into a modern European nation.
People power
With bleak job prospects facing its population, the Philippines has turned the search for work into an export success story by encouraging its most valuable resource -its people - to train abroad.
The future starts here
Ten experts open their almanacs to explore the challenges of 2011 in the worlds of politics, banking, terrorism and defence.
Europe
What your moustache says about your politics (if your Turskish), why Germany has its eyes on the Eurotunnel and why mint is flavour of the month in Finland.
Expo 36: River of discontent
Belligerent unrest is rising among the American right-wing. Zed Nelson travelled the Rio Grande, from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, discovering the heartland of gun-toting patriotism.
Voice of a nation
In multi-lingual Switzerland, TV presenter Rainer Maria Salzgeber’s football coverage is a rare unifying experience. He says the sport can help the nation become more tolerant of different cultures.
Barriers and barrios
Melilla, a Spanish colony in Morocco, is a lure for immigrants trying to enter Europe. But this is not the whole story; Monocle explores its multicultural make-up and recent investment.
Coming home
Spain is offering citizenship to the descendants of those who fled its Civil War and the Franco regime. Should other nations with ageing populations do more to encourage their diaspora to return home?
