Thousands of small satellites now circle the Earth in low orbit, transforming both how militaries see the battlefield and how forecasters predict your weekend weather.
A single vote from one of five countries can block any United Nations Security Council resolution, making the veto one of the most powerful and contested tools in global diplomacy.
Nuclear energy generates a significant share of the world's electricity with almost no direct carbon emissions, yet it remains one of the most contested power sources on the planet.
Inflation is one of the most reported numbers in economic news and one of the least understood, measuring something more specific than 'things cost more'.
The energy transition has made a short list of metals the most strategically contested resources on the planet, and Australia is sitting on a significant share of them.
Migration is one of the oldest human behaviours and one of the most misunderstood, driven far more by labour demand and family ties than by crisis alone.
Governments around the world are asserting the right to control where their citizens' data lives, and the fight is reshaping the internet's architecture.
A semi-enclosed sea roughly the size of the Mediterranean sits at the intersection of the world's busiest trade lanes and the sharpest territorial disputes in Asia.
Three private companies issue judgements that affect how much every government on earth pays to borrow money, yet most people have never heard of them.
India now has more people than any other country and an economy growing faster than almost any other, yet its path to great-power status is neither straight nor guaranteed.
For the first time in human history, the number of older people is outpacing the number of children, and the economic consequences are only beginning to show.
