Identity in a Multipolar Order

The art to LA's protests

by Michaela Bini

Through murals and marches, Los Angeles asserts its identity in the face of Washington’s crackdown.

Charlemagne and the EU’s ancestral imagination

by Maxime Bouchet

The European Union appeals to Charlemagne for identity, but history offers fewer solutions than the future.

Demanding a seat at the desk

by Moinina Minah

In Sierra Leone, educators confront the promise of accessible education with its underserved reality.

Laos Vegas

by Francesco De Marco

In Laos’s Golden Triangle, a glittering Special Economic Zone reveals the dark side of foreign investment and regional power.

The painful price Colombia pays for political unrest

by Maria Camila Fernandez Giraldo

A senator’s assassination shakes Colombia, unsettling markets and reviving fears of instability.

Financing 'Made in Italy'

by Luigi Marsero

Italy’s economy is built on family-run SMEs. Will they loosen their grip for growth?

Will Duterte’s arrest change Filipino political consciousness?

by Jan Louis Layacan

Duterte’s arrest forces the Philippines to confront its long affair with strongmen. It will be up to Filipinos to choose principle over personality in the upcoming elections.

The political stage

by Vittoria Cortese

At festivals like Glastonbury and Boomtown, activism is louder than ever. But is it just part of the act?

O complexo de vira-lata

by Lara Solberg

From football to foreign policy, Brazil’s inferiority complex travels well.

How ESG became the new tool of global power

by Anthea Grech

ESG began as a moral compass for businesses. Today it is wielded as a weapon in trade wars, diplomacy, and the global struggle for influence.

Building a rover at the bottom of Africa

by Achal Gupta and Irshaad Omar

They have limited resources and unlimited ambitions. The students of UCT Space and Astronomy Society are ready for take-off.

The most powerful climate change solution already exists

by Jeremie Kasongo

It's hot. It's new. It's Direct Air Capture. This potential solution to climate change is being hailed by Silicon Valley and climate conferences alike.

Canada’s Macdonald question

by Sadie Danforth

Canada remembers and disputes its first prime minister's double legacy of nation building and Indigenous dispossession.

Leaving Russia behind

by Ksenia Martova

Ukraine’s cultural and linguistic shift from Russia is a powerful act of identity and resistance — but one that Moscow is twisting into righteous propaganda.

From Kabul to Kyiv

by Arunabh Chakravorty

Moscow’s history of proxy wars reveals the dangers of imperial ambition.