GEOPOLITICS
Geopolitical hotspot: China and the Solomon Islands
May 03, 2022
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall shares his thoughts on the Solomon Islands' shift towards a security deal with China
Geopolitical hotspot: Germany and the war in Ukraine
Apr 12, 2022
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall analyses how Germany's economic growth has become increasingly reliant on Russian energy supplies
The future remains uncertain for women and girls under the Taliban
Mar 16, 2022
Written by
Jacob Dykes
Despite assurances from the Taliban that women in Afghanistan will be allowed to resume work and education, their future remains uncertain
Russia’s colonial legacy and the war in Ukraine
Mar 16, 2022
Written by
Alastair Bonnett
Alastair Bonnett, professor of social geography at Newcastle University, charts Russia's colonial history and asks what it tells us about the war in Ukraine
Geopolitical hotspot: Backyard Tensions
Mar 04, 2022
Written by
Tim Marshall
Amid rising global tensions, Tim Marshall analyses Russia's renewed interest in South America
Geopolitical hotspot: the key elections of 2022
Feb 03, 2022
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall looks ahead to 2022’s key elections
Geopolitical hotspot: shifting power in a net-zero world
Jan 20, 2022
Written by
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall asks how the transition to clean energy will affect the world's geopolitical power map
Geopolitical hotspot: Sudan and the endless cycle of military control
Nov 19, 2021
Written by
Tim Marshall
Once again, attempts to reinvigorate democracy in Sudan are failing
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's nuclear arsenal
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
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