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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
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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
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Growing pains

Fifteen years of global transformation reveal a paradoxical world: more connected yet divided, with optimism split between declining Western confidence and rising Asian prosperity.

  • Issue #151
  • 14 min read
Growing pains
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Ensemble cast

Young leaders from Chile to New Zealand are redefining political style, trading traditional suits for hipster beards, band tees and carefully curated looks that connect with younger voters.

  • Issue #151
  • 5 min read
Ensemble cast
Politics

Hack attackers

For the writers and cartoonists of Italy’s satirical monthly newspaper ‘Il Vernacoliere’, no target is off-limits, whether it’s a prominent cleric or self-aggrandising politician. We meet the team behind the gags.

  • Issue #150
  • 3 min read
Hack attackers
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Should Emmanuel Macron stay or go?

As France's president seeks re-election, two distinguished voices weigh his turbulent first term against pandemic pressures, economic stagnation and the looming threat of far-right challengers.

  • Issue #150
  • 13 min read
Classical temple building with columns partially submerged in water with French flag colors on the roof
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Positive influence

Prime minister Sanna Marin explains how Finland is setting an example for the rest of the world to follow.

  • Issue #150
  • 10 min read
Positive influence
Politics

Before the shooting stars

As Russian troops gather on its eastern border, war dominates the conversation in Ukraine. In its bustling capital, Kyiv, a novelist and reservist explores the uncertainty and escapism of a life lived in suspense.

  • Issue #150
  • 17 min read
Monument of Prince Volodymyr the Great overlooking Kyiv's modern skyline at dusk with river and bridge visible

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