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Defence
The Arab League takes steps to improve stability in the region and Germany ups its tank count.
Meet the new generation putting Yerevan back on the map
Isolated and challenged financially, Armenia faces a set of post-Soviet problems. In the capital Yerevan, a new generation of tech-savvy entrepreneurs is forging exciting links with the outside world.
Americas
What makes Haiti president Michel Martelly's style so sharp? Plus Mexican peacekeeping and Toronto's John Tory.
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.
