Africa
Who Controls the Nile? Power, Development, and a Zero-Sum River
Fiery rhetoric between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reveals deep-seated,…
The Americas
How Canada Used America’s Pastime to Push Back Against Washington
Amid escalating political tensions with the United States, an underdog Blue Jays team and its improbable 2025 World…
Asia Pacific
En Asie Centrale, les Stans sont à un tournant, entre indépendance et convoitise
Pris entre Moscou, Pékin et Washington, les États d’Asie centrale cherchent à s’affirmer comme un bloc économique…
From Quiet Rise to Roar: Can Vietnam Become the Next Asian Tiger?
Vietnam has quietly transformed from a low-cost manufacturing hub into one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies,…
Europe
Competing Visions of Energy Sovereignty Emerge in Poland and Hungary
Across Eastern Europe, ‘energy sovereignty’ has begun to mean radically different things—renewables and…
Middle East
Weaponizing War: Iran’s Geopolitical Excuse for Execution
As domestic discontent grows, Iran has made executions central to a repressive strategy that recasts dissent as…
South Asia
Have the Seeds of an Asian Spring Been Sown?
The 2025 protests in Nepal against a corrupt government have marked a turning point in youth-led mobilization in…
What Dharavi Knows About Cities
Inside Mumbai’s Dharavi, a multibillion-dollar redevelopment plan brings upheaval and uncertainty to nearly one…