Geo-Economics and Politics
These will be the world’s most populated countries by 2100
India will be home to around 1.5 billion people by the end of the century, UN data shows.
Geo-Economics and Politics
New Zealand is the world's least corrupt nation
Transparency International has published its latest Corruption Perceptions Index.
Global Cooperation
Statecraft is dead, it's time to turn to webcraft instead
The traditional world order and way of doing things is over.
Nature and Biodiversity
Three countries are leading the renewable energy revolution
China is dominating growth across the global renewable energy market, while India is expected to overtake the European Union, according to a new IEA report.
Global Cooperation
In Norway, kids aren’t taught to compete with each other until they’re teenagers
How is a country that’s home to just 5.2 million people so dominant at winter sports?
Arts and Culture
Four famous moments when sport and politics collided
The lines between sport and politics are often blurred. Here are four famous moments you might remember.
Global Cooperation
Gun control in four countries around the world
On Wednesday, a gunman opened fire at a Florida high school, leaving 17 people dead and more than a dozen others injured.
Industries in Depth
These are Asia's cities to watch
Across Asia, cities are turning to the world stage. These are the ones you need to know about.
Global Cooperation
When citizens set the budget: lessons from ancient Greece
Today elected representatives take the tough decisions about public finances behind closed doors. In doing so, democratic politicians rely on the advice of financial bureaucrats, who, oft...
Geographies in Depth
An island of stability: How the Eurozone can maintain its resilience
Daniel Gros explores how the Eurozone, despite global uncertainty, has entered a period of stability, and discusses how it can stay there.
Urban Transformation
We might have got the relationship between cities and economic growth wrong
A new study examines the link between urban concentration and the rate of economic growth, suggesting the dominant view of the relationship might be wrong.
Geo-Economics and Politics
Eurasia, the supercontinent that will define our century
"What the new century promises is not the emergence of a new centre but a world balanced between Western and Asian poles."