Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Geopolitics
The future already exists
The warning lights are flashing, but the building blocks of a different civilisation already exist – and they work
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
UK backs new declaration that could weaken migrant protections
New declaration signed on Friday could facilitate some migrant deportations, including to 'return hubs' in other countries
How climate extremes rewrite geopolitical power
A warming Pacific exposes the fragile fault lines of a divided world, Doug Specht argues
Hungary after Orbán: can democracy really be rebuilt?
Doug Specht on how dismantling the political, legal and media machinery of illiberalism will be far harder than winning a vote
Naqoura: a town the world keeps erasing
As entire neighbourhoods are flattened in southern Lebanon, the border town of Naqoura becomes the latest place where history, geography and war collide
Eight million people marched. Did anyone notice?
Doug Specht considers how a millions-strong protest in the US can remain relatively unnoticed by mainstream media
Kharg Island: the small but vitally important piece of land powering Iran’s oil
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
What are the biggest risks the world faces in 2026?
From the spread of misinformation to geo-economic confrontations, discover the major risks the world faces in 2026
The world’s geopolitical fault lines, from Ukraine to the Arctic
Unpack the geography of global instability – from contested borders to forced displacement in nations around the world
Falling into the wrong Thucydides’s trap
Rather than China versus USA, the more consequential contest may be between a slowing China and an ascendant India
Costa Rica’s democratic gamble
Doug Specht unpacks Costa Rica's latest election and how it could unravel Latin America's oldest democracy
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