Should people be placed in quarantine to help combat coronavirus? Plus: the lack of Russian outrage over Vladmir Putin’s constitutional reforms, a profile of Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, and Monocle’s take on Japan’s cinematic renaissance.

Why is Donald Trump’s administration continuing to blacklist journalists? Plus: the latest on Peru’s election, Netflix’s plan to open a new hub in Rome and we ask whether there should be a ban on discussing sport in the workplace.

Beijing-based journalist Sophia Yan and consultant virologist Chris Smith discuss China’s coronavirus outbreak. Plus: Ireland’s leader warns the UK over EU trade talks, a rail link between Serbia and Kosovo and Fernando Augusto Pacheco unpacks the Grammy Awards.

We hear from our Hong Kong bureau chief about the coronavirus outbreak, look ahead to India’s Republic Day and a Davos debrief. Plus: the week’s strangest stories and Azerbaijan’s charts, with Fernando Augusto Pacheco.

Why are US troops still stationed in Syria? Plus: how to keep our politicians safe, the latest on Lisbon’s proposed airport and Monocle’s fashion editor, Jamie Waters, tells us about a leaving party for one of the industry’s biggest names.

US political expert Jacob Parakilas has the latest on Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Plus: Monocle’s team in Switzerland explore Davos, Fernando Augusto Pacheco on this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and we look at the headlines from Latin America.

Swiss special: what to expect from Davos. Plus, Donald Trump dodges his impeachment trial, why Switzerland might regulate its franc and Monocle’s technology correspondent, David Phelan, describes his latest gadgets.

World powers emerge from a Berlin summit promising peace in Libya, Tyler Brûlé looks ahead to the World Economic Forum in Davos and an airline is up for grabs in Slovenia. Plus: business news, the papers and facial hair.

Peace negotiator Jonathan Powell on the best ways to resolve a military conflict. Plus: China’s birth rate plummets, a row over a US ambassador’s moustache, the week’s strangest stories and Fernando Augusto Pacheco on Austrian pop music.

Could the US Senate vote to impeach Donald Trump? Plus: the latest on Putin’s power grab, Australian spin doctor Isaac Levido and Monocle’s Tomos Lewis on why a Welsh folk song has topped the UK’s iTunes chart.