Politics
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Keeping up appearances
Anne Urbauer on how Germany’s politicians have discovered that there’s a fine line between looking good and appearing too cool when it comes to winning votes.
Cities
Hong Kong's West Kowloon transforms neglected reclaimed land into the world's largest cultural district, featuring 17 venues across a 23-hectare waterfront park designed by Foster + Partners.
Diplomacy Briefing
China’s wolf-warrior diplomats, crisis management in Helsinki and a spat in the Middle East.
Politics Briefing
Latin America’s “Pink Tide”, Canada’s only woman premier and human rights in Poland.
After Angela
When Chancellor Merkel steps down at the end of September, whoever takes her place will find that there’s no clear roadmap. We talk to the key parties about Germany’s future on the world stage.
Limbo land: The view from the frontline in Nagorno-Karabakh
The republic of Nagorno-Karabakh in the Caucasus lies in purgatory. Despite its violent history, peace and PR is seen as the fastest route to normality; we visit to see if it can succeed.
Walking the line
On our TV screens, conflict and bloodshed define Israel. But while these images are key to understanding the country, there are many other pictures we never see. In a personal essay, journalist Zed Nelson…
Burundi
Bujumbura has got all the substance - and architecture - required to turn Burundi's backwater capital into an African success story, and the country's upcoming elections are a chance to create lasting peace after…
Turkmenistan
When Turkmenistan's President Niyazov died in 2006, it was the end of an eccentric personality cult. His successor promised to open the state up but today the gas-rich nation is still an enigma. Foreign…
