Soft Power
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Thinking ahead
We check in and meet the think-tank considering issues of global importance from within an 18th-century palace hotel.
Lion’s den
Despite its athletes, writers and conservation efforts winning international acclaim, Kenya’s divisions, corruption and poverty gap are curbing its potential.
High hopes
Happiness is up, stability is back but political divisions and crime concerns cloud Dutch skies.
Ardent effort
The Kiwis’ new prime minister Jacinda Ardern is boldly searching for solutions.
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?
French connection
The much-hyped Louvre Abu Dhabi is finally open. Is it an oasis of culture in a desert of extremism, a building that embodies global understanding or a theme park of airbrushed internationalism?
Softly does it
Our annual survey of the nations that best use their gentler sides to get things done.
Reversal of fortune
The former Brazilian president was a phenomenon before his fall from grace. But with elections approaching, is there one more twist in the tale of Lula?
