We hear from Benedetta Berti-Alberti, head of policy planning at the office of Nato’s secretary general, on the alliance’s response to the war in Ukraine. Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks ahead to the Brazilian elections, Henry Rees Sheridan sends his latest Letter from New York and Josh Fehnert and Tom Edwards chat about the September issue of Monocle magazine. Plus: a look at the more bizarre stories from this week.

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