Food & Water Security
Persistent Environmental Crisis of 2026
From rising sea levels to collapsing ecosystems, environmental risks are increasingly intertwined with economic security and global power competition. The decisive question is...
February 20, 2026
Demographic Decline and the Reordering of Power, Development, and Sustainability
For much of the twentieth century, demographic anxiety centered on excess. Rapid population growth in Asia, Latin America, and parts of Africa was...
by AMIR SHAMS
February 20, 2026
The Spatial Roots of Global Economic Uncertainty
Global economic uncertainty is increasingly shaped by geography. The concentration of resources, the fragility of key trade corridors, the pressures of climate exposure,...
December 7, 2025
Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States
Rising temperatures are exposing not only a failure of ambition but a failure of governance. This essay argues that climate policy is a...
November 25, 2025
Europe’s circular economy agenda as international strategy
Circular economy has moved from technical jargon to a lever of power. The EU now uses rules on design, repair, waste and materials...
November 25, 2025
Navigating a New Energy Investment Landscape
Global energy is shifting from a cheap-capital, Paris-era boom in renewables to a harder, more fragmented investment landscape where security, cost and competitiveness...
November 23, 2025
Gaza Between International Control and Palestinian Sovereignty
Washington is asking the UN Security Council to bless a sweeping new order for Gaza built around an international “Board of Peace” and...
November 23, 2025
El Fasher, the RSF, and Sudan’s Moment of Choice
A brutal RSF takeover of El Fasher has turned Sudan’s war into a revenue-driven, externally sponsored campaign of territorial consolidation that threatens to...
November 23, 2025
Displacement and the Limits of the Human: Biopolitics, Deterritorialization, and Necropolitical Sovereignty in Africa
Displacement in Africa is not a temporary humanitarian emergency but a structural feature of a global order in which borders, sovereignty, and basic...
November 23, 2025
Sudan’s Autocidal War and the Uses of Indifference
Sudan has become the place where the international system is testing how much atrocity it is prepared to tolerate in full view of...
November 23, 2025
