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Mark Carney’s first fireside chat showed strength in the face of weakness
In Mark Carney’s “fireside chat”, the PM spoke candidly with his constituents, laying out the challenges prompted by an upturned US. Is Carney’s intimate communication style the remedy we need in chaotic times?
Democracy is a disaster online – but in reality it’s still our best option
Winston Churchill once said that ‘Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.’ And in 2026, this assertion is perhaps more relevant than ever.
How Karoline Leavitt became the world’s most famous White House press secretary
Among the long line of presidential press secretaries, a role not usually known for celebrity, few are in a league of their own – and none have captured the world’s attention quite like Leavitt.
After 100 days of Zohran Mamdani’s New York, is the first-time mayor living up to the hype?
As the mayor settles into his first term at the helm of New York, we review his promises on housing, transport, small-business affordability and immigration.
Foreign conflicts are fracturing Trump’s base. Can Tucker Carlson capitalise?
Tucker Carlson helped to make Donald Trump. Might the former Fox News pundit be next in line for president?
Denmark’s politics is all a bit chaotic right now – but Danes like it that way
Following last week’s general elections, Danish lawmakers are locked in the routine negotiations that come with forming a coalition government. The closed-door talks are led by the kongelig undersøger or “royal investigator”, which sounds like a…
Could Valerii Zaluzhnyi be Ukraine’s next president?
Though Ukraine’s constitution prohibits elections in wartime, speculation abounds for presidential successors to Volodymyr Zelensky. Despite Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s quiet political profile, the country’s eyes are on the war commander-turned ambassador.
Balendra Shah’s path from hip hop to high office marks a new opportunity for Nepal
Pretty much every headline that has heralded Nepal’s new prime minister, Balendra Shah, has referred to him as a “rapper”. This is not inaccurate – he owed his early prominence to his prowess on…
‘You can’t be truly sovereign by yourself’: Mark Carney talks geopolitical pragmatism and a confident Canada
Speaking exclusively to Monocle in Tokyo, Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, on the national brand, the importance of connectivity and the new responsibilities facing middle powers in a time of rupture.
Meet the Kurdish peshmerga fighters waiting to enter the war against Iran
Two years ago, Monocle travelled to the Iran-Iraq border to meet Iranian Kurdish fighters training for the day they might return to their home country and battle the Islamic Republic regime.
