World · Series
Maps That Explain the World
Borders, rivers, chokepoints and weird enclaves: the geography behind today's headlines.
Episodes
- 1Why the Strait of Hormuz MattersA fifth of the world's oil squeezes through one channel. Right now it's contested, and you're paying for it.
- 31979 and the Roots of 9/11Three shocks in twelve months redrew the Middle East. The map is still shaking.
- 4Hambantota Port and China's Debt-Trap DebateSri Lanka, Zambia, the Congo copper deal — what Chinese loan contracts actually say, and where the real squeeze hides.