Africa's expanding market for microinsurance presents new opportunities both for development and commerce.

Africa's expanding market for microinsurance presents new opportunities both for development and commerce.

From Islamic State’s march across Iraq to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the clustering of protests and violence in Nigeria, to the next emerging situations, big data is allowing analysts to track conflict globally, in real time.

From Islamic State’s march across Iraq to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the clustering of protests and violence in Nigeria, to the next emerging situations, big data is allowing analysts to track conflict globally, in real time.

Fareshta Karimi

Political engagement and reconciliation should remain a priority for the international community, with the avoidance of a return to full-fledged civil war as its central goal.

An interview with Ambassador Niclas Trouvé, the Swedish Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The podcast is part of the project Afghanistan: Opportunity in Crisis.

Few issues divide British politics like the European Union.

Laurence Brahm, in conversation with John Simpson, draws upon the ideas of the Himalayan Consensus to discuss how countries might measure growth and development performance in a way that accounts for environmental costs and assets.