If globalisation once appeared to be moving steadily towards closer cooperation and governance, this trajectory has ground to a halt. Despite shared challenges from environmental upheaval to the pandemic, geopolitical tensions abound as countries increasingly look inwards. World powers of the likes of the United States and China have always struggled over economic and military dominance, but never before has the planet’s climate been so starkly at stake. With much in the balance, how can Greens and progressives pick up the scattered seeds of a more just and sustainable world?
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As challenges of interdependence grow and states turn further inwards, green politics can make an essential progressive contribution to the debate on Europe's geopolitical stance.
Read moreFinnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto on how environmental disasters, vaccine solidarity, and human rights are at the heart of geopolitics.
Read moreWith the US flip-flopping on its commitments and China disregarding democratic principles, the EU should seize the leadership opportunity.
Read moreWriter Kim Stanley Robinson explores how science fiction can be a source of inspiration rather than a reason to despair.
Read moreThe post-pandemic rhetoric around a sovereign Europe is at best contradictory and at worst, a prescription to enact exclusionary policy.
Read moreWhy climate change is the ultimate international security threat.
Read moreNatalie Bennett looks at the dark history of the Cold War to argue that it is time for a real rules-based democratic order.
Read moreHow technology is influencing Europe's foreign policy development and geopolitical positions.
Read moreWhy human rights and democracy need to be enshrined in Europe’s digital space.
Read moreThe practice of targeting “enemy“ citizens abroad is not new, but it is on a rise and undermines fundamental rights.
Read moreHannah Neumann on European foreign policy after Afghanistan and the role of values in international diplomacy.
Read moreTrade wars, sanctions, and tech blockades are signs of a world economy in the grips of tension and transformation. What underlies this change?
Read moreAny attempt at a geopolitical vision for Europe needs to start with social justice and democracy.
Read moreThomas Laffitte looks at the politics of oil and gas, nuclear power and renewables and what they mean for Ukraine and its future.
Read moreGabriela Cabaña and Mario Diaz look ask who will bear the costs of Europe’s nascent hydrogen economy.
Read moreThe new silk roads are critical to China’s independence and growth but it faces many challenges, some of which are of its own making.
Read moreFor climate negotiations to succeed, building alliances alliances and coalitions across cultural, economic, and geographical divides is crucial.
Read moreCOPs only get us so far. Peter Newell outlines an alternative approach to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Read moreSimon Dalby on why achieving security in the age of climate crisis requires unpicking the fossil-fuelled industrial order.
Read moreA brief exploration of the devastating forest fires in Turkey, the government reaction and its implications for future.
Read moreA short analysis of how geopolitical relations impact Serbian discussions about politics, energy, and the future.
Read moreFlorent Marcellesi examines Morocco's colonial attempts to extend its influence into Western Sahara through climate initiatives and investment.
Read moreNathan Awuapila outlines the effects and challenges climate change is creating in Nigeria.
Read moreVidal Mota Jr. evaluates the impact of deforestation in Brazil against its international climate obligations.
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