While some progress has been made, key challenges persist. Climate change threatens crop yieldsand growing seasons, while urbanisation encroaches on arable land. Infrastructure gaps hinder the efficient distribution of food across vast regions. Addressing these issues requires a multifaceted approach, incorporating climate-smart agriculture, techno

There has been one major difference in Putin’s approach as compared to Soviet times. The Soviets under Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, misused psychiatry against high-profile dissidents in Moscow, most often at the notorious Serbsky Institute, in actions that attracted widespread in

The Starmer government plans to double onshore and quadruple offshore wind generation while tripling solar power by 2030. Britain is striving to be the first developed country with a fully decarbonised and low-cost power system by 2035 through a new ‘Great British Energy’ (GBE) company. Inspired by successful state-owned energy companies in Eur

The demographic dividend remains the standout feature. By 2030, India is projected to have the world’s largest working-age population, providing a long term boost for its economic growth and innovation. Challenges on India’s road to superpower status remain. Despite India’s new rise, systemic limitations persist that limit its ability to proj

The sudden fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in early December prompted around 200,000 Syrians to return to their war-ravaged homeland, despite the widespread devastation. But the land they have come to reclaim harbors a deadly threat. Almost 14 years of civil war contaminated swathes of the Syrian Arab Republic with roughly 324,600 unexploded rocket