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A really cold war: How the Arctic could become the next great battleground for world powers
The melting of the ice is opening up a massive new frontier - and potentially a new setting for the next Great Game.
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A really cold war - How the Arctic could become the next great battleground for world powers
The Arctic. For all of recorded human history, it’s been nothing more than a vast, frozen desert, left untouched by all except a handful of intrepid…
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WBTW #12: Israel-Hamas war EXPLAINED |
Their history, their views and the two-state illusion for Israel and Palestine
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EXPLAINER: China and Taiwan
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No Man Is An Island… But Putin wants to be
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WBTW #2: Understanding the Ethiopia-Tigray crisis
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WBTW #4: Earthquakes in Turkey - what happens after a major natural disaster?
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WBTW #1: No man is an island... But Putin wants to be
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WBTW #3: Building The Hermit Kingdom
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Israel-Hamas war and Palestine EXPLAINED
How it started, what their views are, and what happens next
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How BRICS could end Western political and economic dominance - if it doesn’t fall apart first
A new multipolar world order? Or just a house of cards waiting to collapse?
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WBTW #11: Why are so many countries pulling away from the West in favour of Russia and China?
IT'S TIME FOR SOME HARD TRUTHS
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Why the rest of the world hates the West - and what the West can do about it
Western governments seem dumbfounded by the Global South's tilt towards Russia and China - it's time for some hard truths
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EXPLAINER: Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, what exactly is the Wagner Group, and what does their uprising mean for Putin and Russia?
In light of last week's Wagner rebellion, here's all the background on Prigozhin, the mercenary group and what may come next
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WBTW #10: The Kurds and Kurdistan
The Kurds are widely regarded as one of the world's largest ethnic groups without a country of their own. There are some 35-40 million Kurds living…
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The Kurds and Kurdistan
Why the Kurds don't have their own state and why the dream of a greater Kurdistan will not be realised any time soon
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