Mapping the World

  • Premiered: Dec 1990
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Season 33
33x1
Rhine and Danube: Two Rivers, Two Europes
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Jan 08, 2022
From the North Sea to the Black Sea, the Rhine and the Danube form a link across Europe. Mapping the World navigates the history of the two longest rivers of the European Union.
33x2
USA vs China
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Jan 29, 2022
Since 2021, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are rivals on the world stage with China now positioning itself to take the lead in all areas - economic, military, diplomatic, cultural and .. show full overview
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Soccer - playing field of power?
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Feb 05, 2022
World Cup in Qatar 2022: Of flourishing business with the TV rights, corruption scandals and the stage for human rights activists [arte].
33x4
Argentina: Country of Missed Opportunities
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Feb 12, 2022
We look at Argentina to understand why this country with multiple resources did not live up to its promise. The missed opportunities are numerous: over-investment in agriculture, a singular political model, inequality, and corruption.
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Soft Power - Universities at War
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Feb 19, 2022
Places of learning, universities also have another role: to affirm the status of their countries and guarantee their cultural influence. Since the advent of global league tables, the .. show full overview
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Putin and Ukraine: What Next?
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Mar 05, 2022
Understanding geopolitics has never been more urgent. Mapping the World analyses Putin's unprecedented attack on Ukraine with a short history of relations between Russia and Ukraine. .. show full overview
33x8
France: Still a Major Power?
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Mar 19, 2022
With France holding the European presidency and with presidential elections on the horizon, a focus on the French nation. An assessment of its economic, cultural and military influence in the world today.
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Libya: A Global Power Struggle
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Mar 26, 2022
Ten years after Gaddafi's fall, what state is Libya in? There's the official government based in Tripoli that is recognised by the international community, and rival forces controlled by General Khalifa Haftar.
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Indonesia: An Archipelago With Potential
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Apr 09, 2022
At the crossroads between China and India is Indonesia, an archipelago bursting with potential. The biggest Muslim country in the world became a democracy after years of dictatorship. It .. show full overview
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South Africa, the traces of the past
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Apr 16, 2022
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, the results are sobering: South Africa has not succeeded in conquering its demons. Violence is the order of the day, economic imbalance, racial .. show full overview
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Fish: The globalized fishery
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May 07, 2022
"With Cards Open" takes the viewer on a journey into the world of fishing, which is characterized by increasing globalization and industrialization. It's about ship factories and aqua farming. And the threat to biodiversity in the oceans. [arte]
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Democracies under pressure worldwide
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May 14, 2022
Are civil rights and liberties coming under pressure in the 21st century? The program explores the global balance of power between democrats and autocrats, or the democratic Western .. show full overview
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Pacific Ocean - At the center of interests
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May 21, 2022
Ever since former U.S. President Barack Obama oriented U.S. foreign policy toward Asia under the slogan "Pivot to Asia," the Sino-American rivalry has also come to bear in the Pacific .. show full overview
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Ukraine: The nuclear threat - A turning point?
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Jun 04, 2022
Until now, international nuclear weapons doctrine has been based on the principle of nuclear deterrence and non-use of these weapons. "With Cards Open" traces the history of the nuclear .. show full overview
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Natural gas and oil: Do raw materials rule the world?
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Jun 11, 2022
Since February 2022, the war in Ukraine has led numerous countries to end their dependence on Russian gas and oil supplies - an economic and geopolitical realignment whose domino effects .. show full overview
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Central Asia, Meeting Point of Cultures
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Jun 18, 2022
Against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, Central Asia is more than ever a geostrategic epicenter. Since the end of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and .. show full overview
33x20
China: The Sea, the Power and the (In)Law
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Sep 03, 2022
"With Open Cards " takes you through the increasingly militarized China Sea, where Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan are .. show full overview
33x21
Israel: Hopeless Conflict, New Alliances
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Sep 10, 2022
Although the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has faded into the background since the wars in Syria and Iraq, it was at the center of geopolitics for many years. In 1949, the Palestinian .. show full overview
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Putin, the nostalgia of the empire
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Sep 24, 2022
In February 2022, Vladimir Putin justified his invasion of Ukraine by the threat to his security posed by the accession of certain border countries to NATO. Since the color revolutions .. show full overview
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United Kingdom: the first effects of Brexit
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Oct 01, 2022
The strike movements that have shaken the United Kingdom since August have led some analysts to speak of a "summer of discontent. At the same time, the architect of the Brexit, Boris .. show full overview
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Nuclear energy: obsolete or promising for the future
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Oct 08, 2022
The threat of a nuclear accident as a result of Russian attacks during the war against Ukraine brings back traumatic memories of the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters. Added to this is .. show full overview
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Special China
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Oct 15, 2022
On October 16, 2022, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will begin. Will President Xi Jingping be confirmed in office for the third time? On the eve of the .. show full overview
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Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
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Oct 29, 2022
The island of Iceland, located in the North Atlantic, fascinates with unique landscapes: It counts 130 active volcanoes and one tenth of its surface is covered with glaciers. A journey .. show full overview
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LGBT+ Rights in the World
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Nov 05, 2022
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 .. show full overview
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Ecology: countries "greener" than others ?
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Nov 12, 2022
Are there some countries "greener" than others ?
33x29
Qatar, World Cup Host
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Nov 19, 2022
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33x30 Season finale
Egypt: The Pharaoh Syndrome
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Dec 03, 2022
"With Cards Open" travels to the land of the pyramids, examines the ruling elite of Egypt today and asks: is there an Egyptian model? Most notably, Abdel Fattah as-Sissi, who couped his .. show full overview
33x31
Temps forts 2022 - Gaz, pétrole : le grand bouleversement
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Dec 31, 2022
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Temps forts 2022 - Iran : une révolution ?
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Dec 31, 2022
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33x33 Season finale
Temps forts 2022 - Ukraine : le retour de la guerre
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Dec 31, 2022
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