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After 100 days of Zohran Mamdani’s New York, is the first-time mayor living up to the hype?
As the mayor settles into his first term at the helm of New York, we review his promises on housing, transport, small-business affordability and immigration.
Foreign conflicts are fracturing Trump’s base. Can Tucker Carlson capitalise?
Tucker Carlson helped to make Donald Trump. Might the former Fox News pundit be next in line for president?
Denmark’s politics is all a bit chaotic right now – but Danes like it that way
Following last week’s general elections, Danish lawmakers are locked in the routine negotiations that come with forming a coalition government. The closed-door talks are led by the kongelig undersøger or “royal investigator”, which sounds like a…
Could Valerii Zaluzhnyi be Ukraine’s next president?
Though Ukraine’s constitution prohibits elections in wartime, speculation abounds for presidential successors to Volodymyr Zelensky. Despite Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s quiet political profile, the country’s eyes are on the war commander-turned ambassador.
Balendra Shah’s path from hip hop to high office marks a new opportunity for Nepal
Pretty much every headline that has heralded Nepal’s new prime minister, Balendra Shah, has referred to him as a “rapper”. This is not inaccurate – he owed his early prominence to his prowess on…
‘You can’t be truly sovereign by yourself’: Mark Carney talks geopolitical pragmatism and a confident Canada
Speaking exclusively to Monocle in Tokyo, Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, on the national brand, the importance of connectivity and the new responsibilities facing middle powers in a time of rupture.
Meet the Kurdish peshmerga fighters waiting to enter the war against Iran
In the past, Monocle visited the Iran-Iraq border and met Iranian Kurdish fighters. These fighters were training to fight against the Iranian government.
Denmark has never had it so good. So why are its voters so unhappy?
There’s a paradox (or several) behind the Danes heading to the polls. Think the grass is always greener in Denmark? Think again.
Why blocking immigrant entrepreneurs is an act of American economic self-harm
A global theorist considers how immigration fuels entrepreneurship – and how the Trump administration’s visa ban will not only hurt immigrants but the US as a whole.
Donald Trump’s State of the Union address proves that he lives in Mar-a-La La Land, not the US
The US president’s State of the Union speech painted a very different reality to that of many Americans. And it might affect Republican prospects in the upcoming midterm elections.
