Geopolitics


Havana feels the heat

Havana feels the heat

ByTim MarshallJun 26, 2026
Cuba's leaders may fear American power, but blackouts, shortages and economic collapse pose a more immediate threat
Rare earth metal

Who pays for the green future?

ByDoug SpechtJun 23, 2026
The G7's critical minerals push promises a cleaner world, but the communities living above those minerals have heard this before
Crops

Tim Marshall on why blocking the Strait of Hormuz makes food more expensive

ByTim MarshallJun 10, 2026
When the Strait of Hormuz is disrupted, the shock travels from Gulf shipping lanes to European farms – and then to supermarket shelves
Border patrol ICE agents

How war language dehumanises people and justifies violence

ByAndrew BrooksMay 28, 2026
From the trenches of the First World War to the skies over Tehran, racialised slurs have helped cast enemies as less than human
Ecocivilisation concept

The future already exists

The warning lights are flashing, but the building blocks of a different civilisation already exist – and they work
HAJJAH, YEMEN – March 12, 2021: Violent battles between government forces and Houthi rebels in the north of Hajjah Governorate, bordering Saudi Arabia

The missing piece in conflict resolution

Peace talks often focus on power and borders, but Yemen shows how environmental pressures can both fuel conflict and help build peace, argues Michael Keating
Home Office immigration enforcement

UK backs new declaration that could weaken migrant protections

ByVictoria HeathMay 15, 2026
New declaration signed on Friday could facilitate some migrant deportations, including to 'return hubs' in other countries
Firefighters tackling wildfires

How climate extremes rewrite geopolitical power

ByDoug SpechtMay 11, 2026
A warming Pacific exposes the fragile fault lines of a divided world, Doug Specht argues
Journalism concept

Hungary after Orbán: can democracy really be rebuilt? 

ByDoug SpechtApr 23, 2026
Doug Specht on how dismantling the political, legal and media machinery of illiberalism will be far harder than winning a vote
A peace keeping troop in Naqoura

Naqoura: a town the world keeps erasing

ByDoug SpechtApr 17, 2026
As entire neighbourhoods are flattened in southern Lebanon, the border town of Naqoura becomes the latest place where history, geography and war collide
No Kings protest in Ohio

Eight million people marched. Did anyone notice?

ByDoug SpechtApr 7, 2026
Doug Specht considers how a millions-strong protest in the US can remain relatively unnoticed by mainstream media
Kharg Island

Kharg Island: the small but vitally important piece of land powering Iran’s oil

ByVictoria HeathMar 31, 2026
A tiny five-mile-long strip of land has up to 90 per cent of Iran's oil pumping through it – here's why it's so important
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