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Society

The Agenda

In the Georgian capital, Russian émigrés are trying to make sense of the country they’ve left behind.

  • Issue #153
  • 9 min read
Historic church with conical tower and cross in Tbilisi's old town with traditional balconied buildings
Culture

Glowing for gold

Malaysia’s favourite sport gets the neon treatment at Shuttle in the Dark. Monocle hits the court.

  • Issue #153
  • 4 min read
Players on a glow-in-the-dark badminton court with neon green lines and purple lighting at Shuttle in the Dark
Affairs

Samfundssind: community spirit in Denmark

Housing co-operatives are numerous in Denmark, providing residents with affordable places to live, keeping community spirit strong and cultivating samfundssind: the Danish concept of putting society’s needs ahead of individual interests. Monocle visited the…

  • A country in a word
  • 3 min watch
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Affairs

Blazing a trail

The towns around Bozeman, Montana, are flying to the rescue of wildfire-hit communities in the US.

  • Issue #152
  • 10 min read
Yellow and red firefighting aircraft dropping water or retardant while flying against a blue sky
Affairs

Do we need royal families?

While dozens of monarchies endure globally, recent decades have seen more republics emerge than kingdoms restored. Do crowned heads provide stabilising tradition or obstruct progress?

  • Issue #152
  • 13 min read
Portrait illustration of Peter FitzSimons, a bald man in a grey suit with purple tie
Affairs

On the edge

In the days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, our correspondent heads to the besieged country's southwestern border as its neighbours find themselves living nextdoor to a war zone.

  • Issue #152
  • 12 min read
On the edge
Diplomacy

Secrets out

Intelligence agencies in Denmark, Norway and Sweden have been shaken by damaging leaks and high-profile arrests. What’s next for their spies?

  • Issue #152
  • 10 min read
Illustration of a person being arrested at a car during what appears to be a traffic stop
Affairs

Lay of the land

Ahead of the country’s presidential election, we take a roadtrip across southern France to detect whether the far-right will oust Macron.

  • Issue #152
  • 25 min read
Two people stand outside the entrance of a French municipal building with 'MAIRIE' inscribed above stone columns
Urbanism

Urbanism

Disney-branded towns and a posthumous Mies van der Rohe construction.

  • Issue #152
  • 4 min read
Modern glass and steel building with floor-to-ceiling windows illuminated at dusk surrounded by green lawn

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