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Martin Mörck

Affairs

Japan’s crisis leader

Following the March 2011 crisis, Japan's political system revealed deep-seated problems. The country has a long list of dysfunctional post-war leaders and a highly nepotistic system, hampering its ability to rebuild.

  • Issue #43
  • 8 min read
Japan’s crisis leader
Affairs

Americas

Style leader Raúl Castro, South American coffee consumption and London-based US politicians.

  • Issue #42
  • 8 min read
Cutting down to size
Affairs

Oceania

The king of Tonga is our dapper Style Leader, Australia is a wise old goat, and New Zealand strips its prisoners of the right to vote and smoke.

  • Issue #40
  • 4 min read
A herd of goats resting in sunlight, showing their varied brown and white coats.
Affairs

Africa/Middle East

Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan is this month's Style Leader, and we report on why London's iconic black cabs have started cropping up in Cairo.

  • Issue #38
  • 4 min read
Africa/Middle East
Business

Americas

Costa Rica's first female president gets the once over in our Style Leader. Plus our Washington correspondent reports on how big business and political campaigns in the US don't always make good bedfellows.

  • Issue #37
  • 8 min read
Truly ore-full
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Asia

The image-savvy Dalai Lama is this month's style Leader, and we report on Russia's celebration of its Second World War victory over Japan.

  • Issue #36
  • 4 min read
Asia
Affairs

Africa/Middle East

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and his "man of the desert" style, plus the unlikely new sport in the UAE - ice hockey.

  • Issue #34
  • 4 min read
Africa/Middle East
Affairs

Africa/Middle East

Why leopard skins and white trainers are de rigueur for South African president Jacob Zuma, and the first stirrings of a spa revolution in Saudi Arabia.

  • Issue #32
  • 4 min read
Illustration of Jacob Zuma in traditional Zulu wedding attire with leopard skin, shield, spear, and white trainers.
Affairs

Africa/Middle East

We give Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni the once over for this issue's Style Leader, plus Uganda's police chief goes on a "fat attack".

  • Issue #31
  • 4 min read
Gut reaction
Affairs

Europe

The Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov and his nightclub-bouncer style, why the French are busy making babies and the Italians are busy doing nothing.

  • Issue #27
  • 5 min read
Pregnant woman sitting in a waiting room chair with a potted plant nearby.

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