Megan Gibson
The other half
For better or worse, first ladies and first men have the opportunity to be the softer face of an administration. Who gets it right?
Talking point
Provoking the ire of authority, reversing a decade of nationalism, taking the sting out of the news and the evolution of a pop persona.
Shake a leg
Our ninth annual survey of the nations whose softer tactics are getting results.
Politics
Spain’s minister in charge of smoothing domestic relations, plus a look at the fight brewing among Bosnia’s presidents.
Recovery position
Katrin Jakobsdottir is a rare thing: a scandal-free, left-wing prime minister who believes in compromise. She takes a break to spread the word about Iceland’s economic success.
Defence
New Zealand invests in domestic helicopter pilot training while Iran unveils its latest fighter jet amid questions over indigenous manufacturing capabilities.
Politics
Germany’s immigration policy could get a lot more relaxed, while Canada struggles with controversial statues and economic woes beleaguer Turkey’s president.
Cometh the hour
Still basking in the warm afterglow of April’s peaceful revolution, Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan knows the hard work starts now. Can he deliver what his people expect?
Thinking ahead
We check in and meet the think-tank considering issues of global importance from within an 18th-century palace hotel.
