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Affairs / Film
Cultural Kurdistan
Our foreign editor, Steve Bloomfield, and photographer Sebastian Meyer visit Sulaymaniyah, the cultural capital of Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the artists, journalists and musicians putting the city on the map.
Affairs / Defence
Defence Briefing
Issue 47
The one part of Yemen that's still paradise, plus the US creates a new naval base in Singapore.
Affairs / Travel
Still holding sway after 5,000 years
Sunday 28 March
How do you go about updating a city that’s over 5,000 years old and is estimated to contain one-third of the entire world’s ancient monuments within its walls?
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Affairs / Crime
UK Riots Part 1: Who’s in charge? Riots expose a lack of leadership
Monday 8 August
“Welcoming the world” is an increasingly overworked phrase tumbling from the lips of anyone remotely associated with the London Olympics of late.
Affairs / Politics
Change is the only certainty in world politics
Tuesday 3 January
If 2011 was all about unexpected changes in leadership, with dictators toppled and autocrats teetering, 2012’s leadership shifts should be a bit more predictable.
Affairs / Society
Royal wedding – the view from Japan
Wednesday 25 April
If the Japanese aren’t quite getting into the swing of the royal wedding you can hardly blame them.
Affairs / Society
Oceania Briefing
Issue 53
Perth's catch-up to Australia's cultural hubs of Sydney and Melbourne, failure of negotiations between Auckland's port and its striking workers, and solutions to Australia's 1.7 per cent annual population growth.
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Affairs / Soft Power
Acting funny
Issue 34
Takeshi Kitano AKA “Beat Takeshi” is a big-league comedian and film director who emerged from working-class roots and rose to fame with his TV programmes and gangster films. This year, he’s published his autobiography.
Affairs / Defence
Europe Briefing
Issue 56
Why the Chinese premier is eyeing up Reykjavik as an Arctic foothold, and what the Spanish Ministry of Defence's Centre for Gender has to teach the world.
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
Issue 12
Africa's first mosquito net factory, uranium mining, and why Uganda's ruler is keeping it in the family.
Affairs / Innovation
Outside the box
Issue 51
Whether it be diplomacy or education, it’s time to challenge traditional thinking and shake things up. Monocle introduces five thinkers who are questioning conventional wisdom.
