It is a multidisciplinary field that is closely related to engineering geology and, to a lesser extent, to environmental geography.

The first lesson is that climate change is a matter not only of science, but also of geopolitics.

But we also need and this has been Jan Egeland's contribution for several years a card on geopolitics and attacks on people's rights.

The promise of Western integration is one reason that conflict seems impossible, for it is a question of geography as much as shared values and culture.

Instead, bringing together outside expertise and local knowledge of the geography and environmental and economic constraints in order to spread risks and share the management of resources and projects is far more likely to help poor countries achieve food independence.

If the economic impact of China s growing global importance on southern Africa is promising, but uncertain, what about the geopolitical implications? Will China s rise open up greater opportunities for multilateral cooperation?