Politics
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Observation
A city can’t improve its hand with ‘programming’, says Tyler Brûlé – real change in 2014 will be down to people and politics.
Africa/Middle East
Three challenges for the Middle East, the changing fortunes of Tunis and Ghana's strangely controversial leader.
Asia
Japan's agenda for 2014, why New Taipei's mayor could be the saviour of Taiwan's ruling party and how Ho Chi Minh City is reaching for the skies.
Expo. 69: Growing apart
Kashgar may look like just another chinese boomtown but the city is riven with ethnic tensions. monocle visits a frontier where tradition is clashing with change.
Oceania
The tasks that await Australia's new PM, new urban projects for Auckland, why we might be hearing more from Tonga's King Tupou, plus a round-up of elections.
Asia
"Resource diplomacy" in Japan, getting Mao for your money in China and why Singapore is looking north.
High summit
The Arctic Council's informal approach to politics belies the real challenges it faces. Monocle joins a meeting to ask how ministers balance economic and environmental interests in the rapidly changing High North.
Shock and ore
What lies beneath the surface of Greenland could bring enormous wealth to the island. But it threatens both the traditional way of life and the centuries-old link to Denmark.
