In today’s major global conflicts – in Palestine, Ukraine and Sudan – the UN’s role has largely been in the area of a ...

Can the UN step up to face the challenges of the 21st century? Conrad Landin examines its past, present and prospects for the future.

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Critical minerals are supposed to be our way out of climate chaos, but mining them has its costs. Vanessa Baird investigates.

An oil boom is reshaping Guyana’s future. Ben Jacob traces the country’s long history of colonial exploitation from Britain’s sugar factory to Exxon’s oil fields. Georgetown, the capital city of ...

Mohammad Asif Khan maps how shared nationalist ideology and a booming arms trade formed a bond between the governments of India and Israel. The arms trade is bad for both people and the planet. We ...

Their lives are deeply entwined with the river Ganges, but Varanasi’s mallah community say they have been overlooked, reports Uday Narayanan. Varanasi, India. ‘Hum paani ke jeev hain. We are creatures ...

Israel’s use and abuse of environmentalism should serve as a warning writes Henry Luzzatto. The Israeli campaign in Gaza has wrought devastation on an overwhelming scale, not just on the Palestinian ...

The law boosts deforestation and endangers land defenders, but resistance is growing writes Vanessa Baird. While Brazil and Colombia are winning plaudits for reducing their rates of deforestation, ...

From arms deals to surveillance tech exchanges, Yara Hawari explains how alliances are fostered between Israel and Arab governments. Since the Israeli regime unleashed an unprecedented attack on the ...

The ICJ ruling shook the global establishment. In Cape Town and Johannesburg, Conrad Landin asks if it could pave the way for justice for Indigenous peoples. South Africa is losing its status as an ...