Politics
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Americas
Hugo Chávez and his gas-guzzling motorcade, Cuba spruces up its colonial buildings, and the view from Washington of the Republican presidential candidate campaign.
Oceania
Eurozone citizens head to Australia, schools get tough on pupils in Micronesia, and the authorities investigate dolphin smuggling in the Solomon Islands.
Africa/Middle East
Why Africa is frantically going green, Saudi Arabia is desperately building houses, and South Africa is learning to love fracking.
Outside the box
Whether it be diplomacy or education, it’s time to challenge traditional thinking and shake things up. Monocle introduces five thinkers who are questioning conventional wisdom.
Asia
The sartorial preferences of North Korea's new Supreme Leader, the big ambitions of Seoul's Incheon airport, and a Q&A with the head of an Indian bicycle rental company.
Map it out
Mapmaking is an art that involves recording minute details and interpreting the world for travellers. But maps are also open to political manipulation, which can create significant problems for those who rely on them.
Europe
London's mayoral election, shenanigans in the Spanish royal family, and why people are leaving Portugal.
Talk about Kevin
Kevin Rudd, Australia’s former prime minister and now foreign minister, talks to Monocle about engagement with Asia, defence spending and whether he wants his old job back.
Diplomacy
MONOCLE catches up with the US's main in the UAE and takes a peek inside Brazil's Kenyan embassy.
Source of energy
Houston isn't typically associated with green credentials. Yet its liberal mayor, Annise Parker, has put renewable energy firmly on the agenda after her re-election in the oil-rich Texan city.
