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A better blueprint
Monocle’s 10 manifestos for the year ahead offer solutions for everything from urban renewal and education to soft power and healthcare, providing a blueprint for re-engaging communities and creating better cities.
Most unwanted
Monocle’s annual round-up of 20 people who we think deserve a bigger stage. We cover diverse professions, from shoe designers to politicians, because little life-affirming things matter too.
Our heroes
Monocle’s annual round-up of 20 people who deserve a bigger stage. We cover diverse professions, from shoe designers to politicians, celebrating the life-affirming achievements that are shaping our world for the better.
Rock the Basra
Iraq plans a shipping route to rival the Suez Canal, starting with a port south of Basra. The biggest project in the nation’s history, but will residents of the war-ravaged city benefit?
10 essays
For our double issue we’ve augmented our Essays section to cover a whole host of subjects: everything from online terrorism to overly obedient road-crossers is covered.
Expo 41: The banished world
The notion of exile often evokes a more romantic era but for many leaders, a life banished from their homeland still beckons (fancy hosting a despised Tunisian president anyone?).
Work in progress
From food-loving French taking long lunch breaks to workaholic Japanese businessmen, the world continues to approach office culture in very different ways.
Oman on a mission
While its neighbours have flashed cash or succumbed to Islamist influences, Oman has chosen a quieter, steadier path. To increase its international brand, however, the country must meet new challenges.
Africa/Middle East
Saudi Arabia's highly educated women, the UN pulls out of Chad, and battles over the Nile.
