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Stop, look, listen: a primer for returning to public life and travel
A few pointers from Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé for October 2021.
The opener
Huge flags and enormous skyscrapers, furry babies and political bedding – we round up some global goings-on.
Diplomacy
Taiwan’s representative in the US talks cat diplomacy, and Germany and Hungary fall out over football.
Power ahead
UN secretary-general António Guterres discusses finding optimism amid global turbulence, tackling diplomatic "spoilers" and his vision for reforming the world's most important multilateral institution.
Asian provocateurs
Malaysia's youngest MP aims to harness millions of newly eligible voters to challenge the country's entrenched political elite with his progressive Malaysian United Democratic Alliance.
10 countries using their influence for good in 2020
Our annual survey judges which nations’ soft-power strengths make the grade.
Business
The leatherware company who joined Office, mail-order wine and a Taiwanese airline on the rise.
Defence
The US plan to sell F-35s to the UAE throws up problems, while Taiwan opens a new MRO centre and Japan sees sales of radars go to the Philippines.
Speaking up
Taiwan's masterclass in detecting and stopping the virus wasn't widely shared due to a spat with China and the WHO. Foreign minister Joseph Wu explains why the world should be paying attention.
Know thine enemy
By quickly and decisively acting on the lessons of previous outbreaks, three East Asian nations have dodged the worst of the pandemic. The West must take heed.
