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Data-driven explainers on how the world is really divided up.
OPEC Still Controls More Oil Than You Think
Despite the rise of North American shale, the 12-nation cartel and its allies still hold the ultimate keys to global energy markets.
The Invisible Crop Powering 2 Billion People's Diets
How two Southeast Asian nations and a highly concentrated supply chain quietly underpin the global food system.
One Country Controls 70% of the World's Cobalt
How a bilateral pipeline between the DRC and China holds the key to the global electric vehicle transition.
One Country Controls 85% of Rare Earth Processing
While multiple nations extract these 17 critical metals, China's near-monopoly on the refining process creates a massive global supply chain bottleneck.
3 Countries Control Half the World's Copper
The global transition to green energy relies on a copper supply chain dominated by just a few key nations.
The Country That Feeds the World's Bread Basket
How the concentration of wheat exports in Russia and Ukraine turns Black Sea geopolitical conflicts into global food security crises.