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Filipinos have been ordered to keep festivities low-key – but Manila is in need of a Christmas miracle
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UN special rapporteur on what the world is getting wrong about the Israel-Gaza war
Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, tells Monocle how the conflict in Gaza has exposed the institution’s weaknesses and what that means for global justice.
Is a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict viable? ‘A Land for All’ has an audacious vision
Lawyer May Pundak and political scientist Rula Hardal are reframing coexistence with a radical plan that goes beyond a two-state solution; shared borders, shared institutions and shared responsibility.
In a fast-moving Gulf, Oman’s urbanism experiment is betting on slow and steady
Arriving in Muscat, you’re struck by the absence of construction cranes and the sense of calm that hangs in the air. In a region where perpetual transformation has become the default, Oman’s relative stillness…
Inside the clever marketing overhaul that turned the US Army into a recruitment powerhouse
While global militaries struggle to attract young recruits, the US Army is running a successful marketing operation from Chicago. The recruitment code has been cracked by enlisting ad executives and timeless messaging.
After his electoral win, could Zohran Mamdani’s policies provide a template for other American cities?
Fresh off his historic victory, the Democratic mayor-elect is putting forward a series of radical policies to improve quality of life in America’s most expensive city. Could New York become a welfare state model?
How Dick Cheney made vice-presidency dangerous
Dick Cheney turned a seemingly insignificant job into the most powerful office in the world, secretly driving controversial tactics and helping to lead the US ‘war on terror’.
Argentina’s Milei got this far with a chainsaw – now he must proceed with a chisel
Argentina has given its president, Javier Milei, something that he has lacked since day one: the ability to turn his reformist agenda into law. After two years of governing with less than 15 per…
