Geopolitics


Study reveals extent of human led destruction to estuaries

Study reveals extent of human led destruction to estuaries

ByStuart ButlerApr 12, 2024
Development has led to the destruction of a quarter of a million acres of estuarine habitat around the world over the past 35 years.
International Day of Zero Waste

International Day of Zero Waste

ByStuart ButlerMar 29, 2024
To encourage humanity to rethink how it deals with our mountains of waste March 30 marks the UN’s International Day of Zero Waste.
UN report reveals colossal levels of food waste

UN report reveals colossal levels of food waste

ByStuart ButlerMar 28, 2024
A new UN report reveals that worldwide over a billion meals a day are wasted and that this is taking a significant environmental toll.
Women wait to vote in India geopolitics

Geopolitics: Modi heading for a third term

ByTim MarshallMar 22, 2024
Tim Marshall looks to the Indian elections, in which more than 900 million people are eligible to vote
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.
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