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After the revolution
Once a hotbed of political foment, Mexico City’s Juárez district has declined for decades. Now young professionals are changing the neighbourhood, drawn to its central location and solid housing stock.
Out of the past
Historically isolated, Kanazawa’s economy is expanding thanks to a new rail link to Tokyo. But its inhabitants are determined to preserve the city’s unique traditions and distinctive architecture.
Observation
Vienna's balmy morning rush hour reveals how careful urban planning, elegant cyclists and unhurried pedestrians can coexist—proof that mobility need not mean aggression, and cities can breathe.
Circle of friends – the art of Arctic diplomacy
As the diplomatic wrangle over the Arctic continues, Monocle's Toronto bureau chief Tomos Lewis travelled to the Arctic Council's meeting in Iqaluit in northern Canada to assess the path ahead for this strategically important…
Africa and Middle East
How the Democratic Republic of Congo got an airport back and Tunisia's road to the truth.
Americas
We assess Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy, Dominican diplomacy and archaeology in Chile.
Crude health
The meteoric growth of tar-sands boomtown Fort McMurray has slowed but it might be just the break this unbalanced town needs.
Oceania
Keeping journalism free in Australia, China's Pacific influence and why Cuban medics will be speaking Kiwi.
Asia
Japan reviews its ties with South Korea, Indian farmers' beef with the BJP and why Seoul's mayor rides the economy.
Faith healer
Creating contemporary art in a fiercely traditional country is hard enough; layering it with political and religious messages is brave. But Abdulnasser Gharem isn’t backwards in coming forwards.
