Diplomatic immunity: what it covers and what happens when it is abused
The Vienna Convention makes diplomats almost untouchable by design, leaving waivers, expulsions and cases like Harry Dunn's to show how…
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The Panama Canal's water problem and what it means for trade
Each Panama Canal transit flushes roughly 200 million litres of fresh water into the sea, so drought forces the authority to ration…
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The Antarctic Treaty: why nobody owns the South Pole
Seven states claim wedges of Antarctica, and the 1959 Antarctic Treaty neither accepts nor rejects any of them, freezing the dispute under…
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Remittances: the quiet billions that keep whole economies afloat
Migrant workers send home roughly three times what rich countries give in foreign aid, and the fees skimmed from those transfers remain one…
Liam Chen
The Nile dam dispute: why a reservoir in Ethiopia alarms Egypt
Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile can hold 74 billion cubic metres, and the row with Egypt turns on colonial-era water…
Liam Chen
Japan's shrinking population: what a country does when it runs out of workers
Japan's population has fallen by roughly five million since its 2008 peak, and its responses — automation, quietly expanded work visas and…
Liam Chen
Israel-Palestine Conflict Explained: History, Two-State Solution, and Why Peace Seems Impossible
The Israel-Palestine conflict has killed 30,000+ since 2000 — here's the history, what both sides want, and why a two-state solution…
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How economic sanctions work and why they so often leak
Modern sanctions bite through dollar clearing, correspondent banking and London's marine insurance market rather than trade bans, and…
Liam Chen
Norway's sovereign wealth fund: why Oslo owns a slice of everything
Norway's $1.7 trillion Government Pension Fund Global, built on two fiscal rules held for decades, owns about 1.5% of all listed shares…
Liam Chen