Andrew Mueller
Edi Rama
The prime minister of Albania sits down in his office dining room to talk politics, relationships and his dream dinner.
Defence
Finland goes shopping, Indonesia gets a new frigate, Colombia looks to plug a few post-Farc voids and Singapore finds a new place to park its F15s.
Universal tongue
On her new album, Beirut-born Arabic singer Yasmine Hamdan continues to give (beautiful) voice to common feeling.
Small story
As demand grows, city living spaces are getting more compact. But there are opportunities to be had by embracing micro homes.
Architecture
A fix for an urban-planning disaster in Sydney and a Barcelona architecture firm on the up.
Between the lines
Matters of national and international security are best left to the professionals. But who are they and where do they get their intelligence? From fact to fiction, we reveal our sources.
Defence
China is testing the waters while the US is getting ready for pilot-free helicopters.
Diplomacy
Australia's ambassador to France on the two nations' alliance, plus Athens' Gropius gem and border control in Canada.
Action station
How are officials in Mexico, Israel and the UK making their cities safer? We explore security measures, from heavy-handed tactical forces and state surveillance to security hidden in plain sight.
