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After the end of the Cold War, the Baltic was viewed almost as a quiet backwater. A nice place to visit to see charming Hanseatic cities and sandy beaches. But since the war in Ukraine the Baltic sea, bordered by eight European Union countries as well as Russia, has become a hot spot of world geopolitics. And tensions are high.

Russia, Europe and NATO

Since the war in Ukraine the Baltic sea has become a hot spot of world geopolitics. And tensions are high.

Panic in the Baltic

Huge territories, communist legacies, authoritarian leaders: China and Russia have much in common, as the good personal relations between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin seem to show. Mapping the World demonstrates that behind the façade, the two countries have a much more complex and ambivalent relationship.

China and Russia: Firm Friends?

Behind the façade of friendship, the two countries have a much more complex and ambivalent relationship.

Mapping the World

In his memoirs, the founding father of the European project, Jean Monnet, wrote: "Europe will be forged by the crises it faces, and will become the sum of the solutions it finds during those crises." A prescient sentence that has never been more apt than during the Covid-19 pandemic and Ukraine war. During the bad times, Europe has closed ranks and is more unified than it has been in years.

The EU and Crises

During the bad times, Europe has closed ranks.

Since the Russian offensive in Ukraine started, the West has been wondering how to contain Vladimir Putin. Another conflict where Russia is involved can help us understand the War in Ukraine: Syria. As the West looked on, Russia supported the Assad regime and used the conflict as a testing ground for Russian weapons and military tactics, with devastating consequences for the rebels and the civilian population. Tactics which would be deployed again in Ukraine.

 As the West looked on, Russia used the Syrian conflict as a testing ground for Russian weapons, with devastating consequences for the civilian population. 

Syria: Putin's Testing Ground

Forty years ago, in June 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee by the Israelis. A small guerrilla group came together in secret to resist this offensive. Formed and supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, it officially declared itself in 1985 as Hezbollah: The Party of God.
Four decades later, this small group has grown to become one of the most important military and political forces in the Middle East. A party of resistance for some, a terrorist group for others, Hezbollah is admired as much as it is feared. But the organisation, practically a state within a state, is living through turbulent times as Lebanon is experiencing a major political and economic crisis.

As  Lebanon experiences an existential crisis, a focus on the history of militant group Hezbollah, a controversial organisation supported by Iran.

Lebanon: Inside Hezbollah

Egypt is the country of the pharaohs and Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, at the head of the country for almost a decade, often likes to hark back to this glorious past. This nostalgia is a common thread among the leaders of modern Egypt, from Mehmet Ali, Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak, to Morsi. 

Egypt's Pharaoh Syndrome

Nostalgia for a glorious past is a common thread among the leaders of modern Egypt.

Mapping the World turns towards Qatar, the small gulf state that is hosting the World Cup 2022. One of the richest countries on the planet due to vast oil and gas deposits, Qatar has invested heavily in soft power projects such as education and communication.

Mapping the World turns towards Qatar, the small gulf state that is hosting the World Cup 2022. 

Qatar, World Cup Host

Are we on the brink of a space war? Power play, espionage, harassment - tensions between space-faring nations are growing and the arms race is in full swing. This documentary provides a deep insight into the geostrategic challenges of military spaceflight.

Tensions between space-faring nations are growing and the arms race is in full swing. Are we on the brink of a space war?

Space: A New Battlefield

In recent years, great advances have been made in LGBT rights in some countries: many European countries have legislated for same-sex marriages. However, in some parts of the world LGBT communities still face discrimination or persecution.  A focus on LGBT+ rights around the world.

LGBT+ Rights in the World

In recent years, great advances have been made in LGBT rights in some countries, while in others discrimination and persecution remain commonplace.

Melania Trump was born in Slovenia when the country was still Yugoslavia. Daughter of a communist mechanic from the small town of Sevnica, she had big ambitions from her early years. A portrait of a mysterious first lady and icon of conservative America.

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Mapping the World

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Mapping the World

Egypt's Pharaoh Syndrome

Qatar, World Cup Host

Mapping the World

Space: A New Battlefield

Mapping the World

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Panic in the Baltic

Russia, Europe and NATO

Mapping the World

China and Russia: Firm Friends?

Mapping the World

The EU and Crises

Syria: Putin's Testing Ground

Lebanon: Inside Hezbollah

Mapping the World

Egypt's Pharaoh Syndrome

Qatar, World Cup Host

Mapping the World

Space: A New Battlefield

Mapping the World

LGBT+ Rights in the World

The Mysterious First Lady

Melania Trump

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