Tamer Koseli
Power play
Monocle’s annual Soft Power Survey charts the strengths and weaknesses of national brands and the changing landscape of cultural influence. How do the hard truths of politics affect nations’ softer sides?
Trade routes
From fashion brands in Budapest to Tokyo’s sport scene, we check out the places with markets worth monitoring in 2016.
Asia
China and Kazakhstan compete to host the Winter Olympics and Jakarta gets an artistic makeover.
Africa/Middle East
The president who favours a practical 4x4 over a supercar and why Mali is a farming mecca.
Europe
The rise of the (well-dressed) left in Spain, religious furore in Austria and making tracks in Warsaw.
Defence
Nato's ballistic-missile defence installation in Romania and a cause for celebration for animal rights activists.
Americas
A cheeky method for Americans to fly into Cuba and why we should all move to Brazil immediately.
Oceania
The new tactics that might just reshape Australian voting and New Zealand's income inequality.
