GEOPOLITICS
Good COP, Bad COP: China, India and the prospect of success at COP26
Oct 22, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
The importance of COP26, taking place in Glasgow at the start of November, is hard to overstate. Tim Marshall explores the make or break geopolitical forces underlying the biggest climate conference since the Paris Agreement
Geopolitical hotspot: Escaping Afghanistan
Sep 30, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall is a journalist, broadcaster and author of Prisoners of Geography and Divided: Why We’re Living in an Age of Walls. Here, he shares his take on the routes refugees may take to flee the Taliban in Afghanistan
Fabric of a nation: How flags can be used and co-opted
Sep 30, 2021
Written by
Matthew Benwell
Matthew Benwell, senior lecturer in human geography at Newcastle University, considers the ways in which flags can be used and co-opted
Geopolitical Hotspot: China is expanding its nuclear arsenal, says Tim Marshall
Aug 27, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall is a journalist, broadcaster and author of Prisoners of Geography and Divided: Why We’re Living in an Age of Walls
Geopolitical hotspot: as the Taliban make gains, can Afghans really decide their own future?
Jul 28, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall asks who will stand against the Taliban in Afghanistan as the USA pull out
El Salvador has made bitcoin legal tender – why?
Jul 27, 2021
Written by
Doug Specht
El Salvador's Bukele eyes Bitcoin to renew the country’s economic independence, but the economic and environmental impacts might not add up
Geopolitical hotspot: China and Taiwan
Jun 30, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall is a journalist, broadcaster and author of Prisoners of Geography and Divided: Why We’re Living in an Age of Walls
Geopolitical hotspot: the G7
Jun 11, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall asks what the G7 stands for today and what it can achieve
Geopolitical hotspot: Foreign aid cuts diminish the ‘Global’ in ‘Global Britain’
Apr 30, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and geopolitics columnist at Geographical
Geopolitical hotspot: Tim Marshall's take on the geopolitics of the vaccine drive
Mar 25, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall, British journalist, author and broadcaster, shares his thoughts on the geopolitics of the current global vaccination drive
Decarbonisation will upend the geopolitics of old, says Marco Magrini
Mar 03, 2021
Written by
Marco Magrini
As the world moves away from fossil fuels, we can expect a wide variety of geopolitical bumps in the road, says Marco Magrini
Geopolitical hotspot: Western Sahara
Feb 23, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
The USA's recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara is a disaster for those seeking independence. Tim Marshall explains...
Legacies of conflict: despite huge progress, the landmine crisis continues
Feb 10, 2021
Written by
Jacob Dykes
The international effort to stem the landmine crisis has been a humanitarian success story. The 2019 casualty numbers, however, reveal there is work yet to be done
Geopolitical hotspot: Joe Biden’s foreign policy
Jan 21, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall looks forward at what the world can expect from Joe Biden
Geopolitical hotspot: the Tigray crisis, Ethiopia
Dec 23, 2020
Written by
Tim Marshall
Conflict in Tigray threatens to undermine progress in Ethiopia. Tim Marshall investigates
Geopolitical hostspot: Belarus
Nov 20, 2020
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall examines the backdrop to current geopolitical struggles in Belarus
Geopolitical hotspot: Nagorno-Karabakh
Oct 26, 2020
Written by
Tim Marshall
This week Tim Marshall turns his geopolitical lens to an unfurling conflict with long roots
Geopolitical hotspot: the race to dominate renewables
Oct 16, 2020
Written by
Tim Marshall
The switch to renewables is likely to be as geopolitically transformative as the switch from coal to oil and gas. Tim Marshall lays out the plausible geopolitical scenarios as countries rally for renewable dominance
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