The Globalist

What does Donald Trump’s Asia trip tell us about his foreign-policy ambitions? Plus: Tony Blair’s former communications chief explains how government ministers are told to resign and we discuss how the debate on Catalan secession is causing economic problems in the region.

Can Theresa May clean up the halls of Westminster? Plus: why Vladimir Putin isn't celebrating the Russian revolution, Australian same-sex marriage and Lisbon’s Web Summit.

Zimbabwe’s power struggle, what to expect from Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea and why Finland doesn’t want to join Nato.

Reactions to US president Donald Trump’s Asia tour, the latest twist in the debate over the future of Berlin’s Tegel Airport, plus a round-up of the day’s fresh front pages.

We look ahead to Donald Trump’s Asia tour, assess Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to the troubled Rakhine region and ask why Finland thinks it’s clever to publish everyone’s tax and income information.

We examine an all-too-familiar narrative following the attack in New York. Plus: Vladimir Putin arrives in Iran, the Balfour declaration and why Amsterdam has banned beer-bikes.

As terror returns to the streets of New York, we get the latest on the attack that killed eight people and injured dozens in Manhattan last night. Plus: we ponder just how independent the independent candidates in the race for the Kremlin are and talk business from the Balkans.

We get analysis into the arrest of Paul Manafort and ask how close this is getting to President Trump. Plus: the Iraqi Kurdish prime minister resigns, the Manus Island refugee detention centre closes down and we hear Kazakhstan’s plans to abandon the Cyrillic alphabet in favour of the Roman one.

As hundreds of thousands take to the streets in Spain, we get the latest on the Catalan crisis. Plus: Iceland’s second snap election in less than a year took place this weekend, the editor of ‘Novaya Gazeta’ in Russia wants to arm his journalists, we chat with Armistead Maupin and hear how Saudi Arabia is reaching for the stars.

How does Madrid intend to remove Catalonia’s devolved powers? We have a dramatic update on Australia’s dual citizenship row. Plus: speechwriter and journalist Ryan Heath explains why some countries place more emphasis on the power of oratory than others, and Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief explains the etiquette of eating noodles.