Geopolitics


Mark Carney

How our new world works, according to Mark Carney

Unpacking Mark Carney's speech at Davos to understand how middle power countries like Canada can prosper
Gaza children in rubble

The Gaza ‘Board of Peace’: Neocolonial governance in the twenty-first century

ByDoug SpechtJan 21, 2026
Doug Specht examines Gaza's new 'Board of Peace' and its inherent contradictions
AI graphic

The geopolitical fragmentation of artificial intelligence

Doug Specht examines how artificial intelligence is shifting from a shared commons to a strategic, controlled territory
Venezuela and dollars

Why does Venezuela have mounting debt?

ByVictoria HeathJan 15, 2026
Estimates suggest Venezuela has anywhere between $150 to $170 billion in debt. So, what is the nation doing to tackle such vast arrears?
Protest outside Iranian embassy in London

Tim Marshall on the Iranian crisis

ByTim MarshallJan 14, 2026
As Iran’s supreme leader nears the end of his rule, the real battle for power begins – not between reformists and clerics, but between the mosques and the military
Rohingya

Rohingya: lives in limbo in the world’s largest refugee camp

On the ground in Cox’s Bazar, survival of the Rohingya refugees has become a daily act of endurance
Rohingya woman

UN court begins hearings in Rohingya genocide case

ByVictoria HeathJan 13, 2026
The Gambia told judges at UN top court that Myanmar's leadership has carried out 'brutal and vicious violations' against the Muslim minority group
Trump

How Trump is moving us into a new era

ByTim MarshallJan 13, 2026
Tim Marshall on how Trump's renewed presidency accelerates the shift away from liberal internationalism
Battle-field. disabled tank during the military training exercise

The hidden, and often ignored, cost of war on the planet

ByAmber BryanJan 9, 2026
Learn about the alarming environmental cost of war, with militaries as major contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions.
The major countries people are fleeing from – and why

The major countries people are fleeing from – and why

ByAmber BryanJan 7, 2026
Discover which countries people are fleeing from across the world, and the reasons behind their decision to move
Venezuela oil

Why is Venezuela a failed petrostate?

ByVictoria HeathJan 5, 2026
It has the world's largest quantity of oil reserves – so why is Venezuela unable to make itself a successful petrostate?
Why the US seizure of Maduro echoes a century of gunboat diplomacy

Why the US seizure of Maduro echoes a century of gunboat diplomacy

ByGraeme GourlayJan 4, 2026
US arrest of Nicolás Maduro is a Trump-led operation that revives a long history of gunboat diplomacy, oil politics and empire
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