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Israel is a lightning rod of concern for anti-globalisers and neo-conservatives alike. Long-term developments in the country itself may yet surprise both groups.

What does globalisation mean for real lives?

When will renewable energy technologies start to have a geopolitical impact?

At a time of catastrophe, there is still room for hope

There’s a dysfunction at the heart of globalisation. The US and Europe act against their own best interests.

The US and the countries of the European Union may argue over liberal intervention; but on key issues of global justice they are together, and on the wrong side.

Globolog receives an offer it cannot refuse

When it comes to globalisation, where does wishful thinking end and clear-headed analysis begin?

For two weeks, openDemocracy’s Globalisation editor, Caspar Henderson, is on board the 93-year old ship “The Noorderlicht” – sailing to the Arctic in an innovative expedition that fuses art, film and science to monitor and communicate the impact of global warming. With the Dutch crew of four is a twenty-person group that includes photographers, oceanographers, artists, geographers, and writers. During the voyage, Globolog publishes Caspar’s vivid reports from an environment of deep currents and melting ice, where the bonds between nature and humanity take on fresh meanings.

The world trade system is in trouble. Where next for aid from rich to poor? Plus: how best can Iraqi people benefit from the country’s oil revenues?

Oil resources can be more of a curse than blessing to the nations that possess them. What would it take to manage Iraq’s oil for the good of the country and the world? If we’re really serious, says Globolog, it’s time to call the Norwegians.

Globolog descends from the verdant Washington spring to take the measure of the World Bank and IMF’s seasonal meeting. Does it offer any long-term hope to the world’s poorest countries?

Globolog maps the discussion of ‘progressive globalisation’ around the spring meeting of the World Bank and the IMF in Washington, and asks whether the challenge of building a decent society in Iraq could best be led by another country with deep experience of recovering from pitiless dictatorship.

The stories people tell about the world shape its future. With military escalation imminent in the Middle East, Globolog tries to distinguish deception from truth in the narratives of globalisation.

A hard look at accountability, ideas for democratising global governance, and how the challenge of HIV/Aids needs solutions sensitive to local needs.

Climate change: the history of the 21st century starts with scientific understanding of what is really happening. In its light, what choices can and should we make?

The history of the next five years

Behind the clash of arms and ideas over Iraq, the power politics of the 21st century will also be shaped by climate change, technological advance, and challenges to corporate interest. Oil, gas, and the form of industrial society will be key areas of contest.

The chief US trade negotiator gets a rap on the knuckles. Nestle and BP face the music. Iraq gets a head start in globalisation.

Argentina, Ethiopia and Palestine: Globolog maps the hunger and the arguments about its causes.