At the crossroads of power, capital, and culture, the WORLD section delivers first-person perspectives from within the global circles that shape our collective future. Moving beyond the noise of traditional news cycles, we curate insights from those "inside the room"—royals, titans of industry, and leading innovators—to explore the macroeconomic forces, geopolitical shifts, and cultural movements redefining the international landscape.
Wealth in the Principality has always had a fondness for things you can stand inside. Property on the Rocher, a berth in Port Hercule, a painting that has outlived three owners. Lately a less glamorous kind of hard asset has been coming up in conversation among family offices along the littoral: the data centres that keep artificial intelligence running. On2 Octo...
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ON ONE OFTEN HEARS that rules are the shield of the common man, the sturdy barricade protecting us from the caprice of the powerful and the chaos of the marketplace. But as we navigate a modern world increasingly defined by a stifling inflation of mandates, a weary skepticism has be...
By H.I.R.H. Archduke Carl Christian of Austria
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ON A WARM JANUARY DAY in 1833, far from the gilded salons of Paris, history quietly shifted in a modest room in Campinas, São Paulo. With a homemade camera obscura and a sheet of chemically treated paper, Hercule Florence - an Italo-Franco-Monegasque inventor with an artist’s soul -...
By Antonio Francisco Alvares Florence
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IN A DECADE increasingly shaped by geopolitics, fiscal power, and structural transformation rather than traditional economic cycles, long-term perspective has become a decisive advantage for globally oriented investors. Julius Baer's Secular Outlook 2026 steps back from short-term m...
By Yves Bonzon
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HARROW IS ONE OF ENGLAND’S most venerable schools and I am grateful that it affords me the opportunity to visit our Harrovian Community and our International Schools in many parts of the world. It is a particular pleasure to be visiting Monaco as I also have the good fortune that my...
By Alastair Land
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FOR DECADES, Monaco has been the lodestar of the superyacht world, its port bristling with vessels that defy imagination in scale and splendor. The annual Monaco Yacht Show, a dazzling pageant of nautical ingenuity, draws the planet’s most visionary shipbuilders, designers, and entr...
By Ferruccio Rossi
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A YEAR AGO, I found myself standing on the sandy beaches of Madagascar, flanked by two incredible and inspiring women—one a seasoned conservationist, the other my 15-year-old daughter. As we watched crabs scurry across the shore, we were reminded of the boundless life the ocean nurt...
By Kirsten Schuijt
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AS I REFLECT on the incredible success of Flowers4art®, held at the Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo in November, I am filled with immense pride and gratitude for all those who made this event possible. The passion and dedication behind Passion Sea, the Monegasque association I proudly s...
By Helga Piaget
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WHEN WE THINK ABOUT the Arctic, or the North Pole as we most commonly refer to it, pictures of polar bears, ice floes, and glaciers come to mind. But in fact, little is known about this extreme region, which is the sentinel of climate change. How come we have explored the Moon more...
By Romain Troublé
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SINCE ITS INCEPTION in 2006, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s philanthropic role has focused on targeting missions to protect global health, specifically in the fight against climate change and encouraging renewable energies, safeguarding biodiversity, managing water reso...
By Olivier Wenden
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HOW YOU INVEST IT EVERY DECADE carries its own signature distinctive forces that influence how economies evolve, how societies adapt and, ultimately, how value is created. Yet, with constant headlines and daily market noise, these forces often get forgotten. We bel...
By Yves Bonzon
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ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, thousands of spectators gathered on the Champs-Élysées to celebrate the end of an unforgettable Olympic summer. The “Parade of Champions” marked a triumphant conclusion to a remarkable event that showcased France’s creativity, expertise, and vision. The Paris Oly...
By Marc Blunier