War


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.
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.
Mogadishu

Is Mogadishu, once the world’s most dangerous city, on the road to recovery?

In Mogadishu, the troubled capital of Somalia, tentative moves towards economic regrowth are evident, but the future remains far from certain
Devastated homs in Homs, Western Syria

Syria: A country crushed by war

Nick Redmayne returns to Syria to find a country crushed by war but unwilling, or unable to talk openly about it
Man on bombed balcony in Kyiv

Divided approaches in NATO to the war in Ukraine

ByTim MarshallJul 8, 2022
Tim Marshall looks at the tension building in NATO over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how to deal with Putin in the future
Germany’s shifts in foreign policy following the war in Ukraine

Germany’s shifts in foreign policy following the war in Ukraine

ByTim MarshallApr 12, 2022
Tim Marshall analyses how Germany's economic growth became increasingly reliant on Russian energy supplies