A military coup in Niger and yet another threat of nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine punctuated this month's headlines. In less than surprising news, climate change triggered wildfires from Canada to Greece, while deadly floods devastated parts of China and India, in what was the world's hottest month since records began. Stay up to date with all the chaos, with the NATO & the Global Enduring Disorder Project...
This month our experts have been diving into a number of geopolitical developments and providing their own distinctive takes on the global state of affairs. Read on to discover: how many analysts have concluded that the war in Ukraine hinges on drone warfare, why counterfeit democracies are conquering the world, the real prospects for Mohamed Bin Salman's futuristic NEOM City and what can be done to safeguard genuine democracy in the UK.
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New Perspectives on Disorder
▪The Rise of Counterfeit Democracy:Why are counterfeit democracies taking over the world? Brian Klaas (Project Lead, Neo-Populism) explains, in The Garden of Forking Paths. Read more...
▪'Labour Must Be Bold On Political Reform...’: Alexandra Hall Hall (Project Lead, Neo-Populism) examines the sorry state of democracy in the UK and what needs to be done to save it, in Byline Times. Read more...
▪The (Final) Saudi Century?: Arthur Snell, (Project Lead, Climate Change and Geopolitics) takes a closer look at the Gulf Kingdom's grand (and far-fetched) plans, in Not All Doom. Read more...
▪The Death Games in Ukraine: David Patrikarakos (Project Lead, Unregulated Cyberspace) reports on the escalating drone war from the frontlines in Ukraine and explains how the outcome of the war may well depend on who can master the art of drone warfare, for Unherd. Read more...
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