Geopolitics


India’s farmers are marching on Delhi

India’s farmers are marching on Delhi

ByStuart ButlerMar 15, 2024
Thousands of Indian farmers are marching on Delhi demanding that the central government stick to promises they made three years ago.
The Nepalese dispute China’s assertion that Pokhara Airport forms part of the BRI

Geopolitics, not economic development, drives China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Andrew Ross on why a decade on from its inception, the BRI is failing the countries that could have benefited from it most
Construction of mega dams in Tibet worries downriver nations

Construction of mega dams in Tibet worries downriver nations

ByStuart ButlerMar 10, 2024
Satellite imagery shows that China has been constructing a mega dam in Tibet and that worries the downriver nations of India and Nepal.
Extraction of Earth’s natural resources could soar by 60 per cent

Extraction of Earth’s natural resources could soar by 60 per cent

ByStuart ButlerMar 6, 2024
New report warns that by 2060 extraction of the Earth’s natural resources will soar by 60 per cent putting climate change goals at risk.
Two soldiers stand infront of russian and ukrainian flag concept art

Geopolitics: Russia’s elections, where there is no doubt who the winner will be

ByTim MarshallMar 1, 2024

Shutterstock Within Russia, ethnic minorities are disproportionately suffering the consequences of the war in Ukraine. But Tim Marshall reports this…

America and China flags

Worldview/Geopolitics: A new world order

ByTim MarshallJan 29, 2024
Tim Marshall considers the implications of the world’s shifting balance of power
Drought, conflict and politics leads to fear of famine in Ethiopia

Drought, conflict and politics leads to fear of famine in Ethiopia

ByStuart ButlerJan 26, 2024
Drought, conflict and government in-action setting in place the foundations of a serious famine in parts of Ethiopia
AI to impact 40 per cent of jobs worldwide and deepen inequality

AI to impact 40 per cent of jobs worldwide and deepen inequality

ByStuart ButlerJan 23, 2024
IMF predicts that worldwide AI will impact 40 per cent of jobs as well as increase inequality between workers and countries.
Germany’s greenhouse emissions fall to lowest in 70 years

Germany’s greenhouse emissions fall to lowest in 70 years

ByStuart ButlerJan 10, 2024
Germany's greenhouse gas emissions fall to a 70 year low, but is it a reduction that is likely to prove sustainable?
Opium poppies just after harvesting - Shan State, Mynmar

Myanmar becomes the world’s biggest producer of opium

ByStuart ButlerDec 13, 2023
Conflict and a lack of economic opportunities leads to Myanmar becoming the worlds largest producer of opium.
Lots of screens showing things in the world

Geopolitics: from Pakistan to Ukraine, from Myanmar to North Korea, the news being sidelined

ByTim MarshallNov 21, 2023
Tim Marshall looks at the events around the world overshadowed by the conflict in the Middle East
Playing in the rubble of the Gaza Strip

Tim Marshall: wrecking peace in the Middle East is easier than building it

ByTim MarshallOct 25, 2023
Tim Marshall on the global trade initiative that proffered peace between Saudi Arabia and Israel but may have ignited more conflict
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