Water ice, permanent sunlight, and prestige: the lunar south pole has become the most contested real estate off Earth, drawing programs from Washington to Beijing to Bengaluru.
Semiconductors have become the oil of the digital age — and export controls, fab subsidies, and “friendshoring” pacts are redrawing the map of global commerce.
From Dhaka to Miami, heat, floods, and failed harvests are moving millions — and the cities receiving them are becoming the century’s great urban experiment.
More than 95% of intercontinental data travels through a few hundred seabed cables. Sabotage scares, repair-ship shortages, and big-tech buildouts have turned them into strategic assets.