Trump’s tariffs are pushing Brazil closer to China in an effort to open up new markets, writes Leonardo Sakamoto. When United ...

With nearly one billion eligible voters, India conducts elections of staggering scale. Known as the world’s largest democracy ...

Sexual torture is a heinous tactic of silencing. State-sanctioned sexual violence is used to assert power and paralyse the spirit of dissent. It also relies on social systems that punish survivors ...

Trump’s rhetoric of Christian persecution did not fall from the sky. Rather, it has emerged from the vacuum created by ...

Anglo American is keen to present itself as a ‘future-smart’ and ‘sustainable’ miner. It is confident enough of Quellaveco’s ...

Ranking 91st out of 170, Indonesia ranks high on the Gini index of inequality at 34.9 (Malaysia 40.7, UK, 32.4), reflecting a ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has perhaps the richest concentration of precious metals and minerals on earth. Colette Braeckman describes how their exploitation by warring factions has fuelled the ...

Surprisingly, Rwanda regularly tops global gender equality tables. What can a traditional sexual practice reveal about gender norms? Alice McCool finds out ‘Sex is for the woman. This is because the ...

Adverts gleam with promises of transformation and transcendence – via material objects. Jean Kilbourne decodes this gigantic propaganda effort. A recent ad for Thule car-rack systems features a child ...

It is half a century since the Dalai Lama and thousands of other Tibetans were forced into exile by the Chinese occupation. *Nick Harvey* talks to exiles young and old about their hopes for their ...