Politics
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Same difference?
Zimbabwe has a new leader who’s talking reform and wooing foreign investment. Is the rhetoric enough to reverse the country’s economic crash and restore international relations?
Plante life
Montréal’s first woman mayor is using the city’s economic upswing to drive socially minded change. But only months into the job she’s found herself in storms of protest – and deep snow.
Jump-start a nation
Paraguay has been blighted by dictatorship, corruption and mismanagement. As the country goes to the polls will any candidate deliver real change? Many believe it’s now or never.
Politics
A sea change in Portugal, Poland is on reputation watch, former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili eyes a political comeback in Ukraine and we meet Hisyar Ozsoy of the pro-Kurd Peoples’ Democratic party.
Not for turning
Indonesian president Joko Widodo tells us how he navigates hardline groups, political opponents and speed bumps.
Crowd pleaser
South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in, caught in the crossfire between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, has quietly delivered a diplomatic triumph. And he still has time to watch TV with his cat.
Game on
Obama’s right-hand man talks Trump and assesses the Democrats’ chances come 2020. Is he feeling hopeful?
War and peace
Russia's progress is hindered by its relations with the West and other factors, despite its soft-power credentials. Is maintaining the status quo appealing to citizens who remember past political and economic turmoil?
