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Politics

Calm before a storm

The president of Taiwan is softly spoken and unassuming but that hasn’t stopped her from ruffling a few feathers. We speak to her as she gears up for the 2020 election.

  • Issue #122
  • 12 min read
Calm before a storm
Politics

Politics

Canada’s new ministerial position, Finland heads to the polls and campaigning in Indonesia.

  • Issue #122
  • 4 min read
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Politics

Fear game

How Brazil’s problems with violent crime led to a political swing to the right.

  • Issue #122
  • 13 min read
Fear game
Affairs

Politics

Women staking a claim to power, paper problems in Turkey and a new populist party in Canada.

  • Issue #121
  • 4 min read
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Liberté. Égalité?

France has kept its former imperial outposts close – but some feel the distance. Are they happy being a part of the fraternity?

  • Issue #121
  • 15 min read
Woman and man standing behind a colorful table at a fruit stand displaying bananas and other produce in Cayenne.
Affairs

French lessons

From political machinations and getting the hang of thinking like a local to freedom of the press and a love of flirting, our writers reveal what makes France tick.

  • Issue #121
  • 14 min read
French lessons
Affairs

Politics

An old party in the Netherlands making new changes, Filipino activists and Trump’s fake news.

  • Issue #120
  • 5 min read
Politics
Politics

Holy rest

Foreign correspondent Janine di Giovanni finds sanctuary in churches.

  • Issue #120
  • 3 min read
Holy rest
Politics

Politics

Spain’s minister in charge of smoothing domestic relations, plus a look at the fight brewing among Bosnia’s presidents.

  • Issue #119
  • 4 min read
A man in a grey blazer looking upward, standing in front of a red, blue, and white flag backdrop at what appears to be a political event.
Culture

Talking point

Provoking the ire of authority, reversing a decade of nationalism, taking the sting out of the news and the evolution of a pop persona.

  • Issue #119
  • 23 min read
A short-haired person in a colourful printed shirt and black turtleneck reclines in a red chair against a warm wood-panelled wall.

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