News
Each news item opens inside the world map, so you never lose the geographic context. 8 published so far.
Living Conditions
- Western & Central EuropeWho Pays for the Nordic ModelThe northern European welfare states still deliver the outcomes they are famous for. The question is what is holding the financing together as the population ages.
- Eastern Europe & Central AsiaLiving Through the War: Daily Life in UkraineAir-raid schedules, rolling blackouts and a workforce reorganised around them — how ordinary routines adapted to a fourth year of full-scale war.
Political System
- Sub-Saharan AfricaThe Sahel's Coup BeltA band of states from the Atlantic to the Red Sea has spent the past decade replacing elected governments with soldiers. The pattern is regional, and the causes travel.
- Eastern Europe & Central AsiaThe Regime of Vladimir PutinHow a transitional presidency of the late 1990s hardened into a personalised system in which elections, courts and media all answer to one office.
Society
International Relations
- Middle East & North AfricaShipping Lanes and Leverage in the Red SeaA corridor two dozen kilometres wide at its narrowest point carries a large share of the trade between Asia and Europe. Everyone on its shores knows it.
- Eastern Europe & Central AsiaEnlargement Returns: The EU's Eastern QuestionAccession talks with Ukraine and Moldova reopened a debate the Union had shelved for a decade — and exposed how little its institutions are designed for thirty-plus members.