The Answer I Couldn’t Give You, My Son
My son asked me what was happening as we walked past a gathering. I couldn't answer him then. This is the answer I owed him.
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The New Geography of Power: China, Russia and the Arctic Route Reshaping Global Trade
China and Russia are developing the Northern Sea Route as a strategic alternative to Suez. How could the Arctic reshape global trade and geopolitical power?
From Hormuz to Gibraltar
The New Geopolitics of the Straits The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has brought the international system face to face with an old lesson that globalisation once appeared to have consigned to history: geography still matters. When a maritime…
Morocco, the Neighbour Spain Still Fails to See
Morocco has modernised, expanded its international influence and become a partner Spain increasingly needs. Yet part of Spanish public opinion continues to view the country through old prejudices, even as strategic reality makes its importance impossible to ignore. Two recent…
Europe’s Southern Frontier Is Shifting
The Gibraltar fence separating the Rock from La Línea de la Concepción before its removal under the EU–UK agreement.
Europe and Africa at a Crossroads: Migration, Energy and Unequal Cooperation
As Europe searches for clean energy, critical minerals and stability along its borders, one question returns to the centre of the debate: what place does Africa occupy in Europe’s future? Yet even that question preserves an old European habit: speaking…
Remembering Edgar
Edgar Morin and the Importance of Complex Thinking
Cultural Priority
There are nights when the world seems to have surrendered. Cities remain illuminated, screens continue to glow, and millions of fingers slide endlessly across cold glass in search of something they no longer know how to name. Everything happens too…
Bio-colonization
For centuries, the relationship between Africa and the great powers has been defined by extraction. First came gold, ivory, and rubber; later oil, uranium, and cobalt. Today, a new strategic frontier is emerging: data. Among them, health data is rapidly…
Roblox, Child Safety and the Algorithmic Playground
Roblox and child safety in the context of digital regulation and age verification
