Rhine and Danube: Two Rivers, Two Europes

Season 33 - Episode 1

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 ...

USA vs China

Season 33 - Episode 2

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 - economi...

Soccer - playing field of power?

Season 33 - Episode 3

World Cup in Qatar 2022: Of flourishing business with the TV rights, corruption scandals and the stage for human rights activists [arte].

Argentina: Country of Missed Opportunities

Season 33 - Episode 4

We look at Argentina to understand why this country with multiple resources did not live up to its promise. The missed opportunities are num...

Soft Power - Universities at War

Season 33 - Episode 5

Places of learning, universities also have another role: to affirm the status of their countries and guarantee their cultural influence. Sin...

Putin and Ukraine: What Next?

Season 33 - Episode 6

Understanding geopolitics has never been more urgent. Mapping the World analyses Putin's unprecedented attack on Ukraine with a short histor...

The Weaponisation of Wheat

Season 33 - Episode 7

"Hard power" means economic, military, and demographic power; "soft power" means symbolic, cultural, and informational power. And now there ...

France: Still a Major Power?

Season 33 - Episode 8

With France holding the European presidency and with presidential elections on the horizon, a focus on the French nation. An assessment of i...

Libya: A Global Power Struggle

Season 33 - Episode 9

Ten years after Gaddafi's fall, what state is Libya in? There's the official government based in Tripoli that is recognised by the internati...

Indonesia: An Archipelago With Potential

Season 33 - Episode 10

At the crossroads between China and India is Indonesia, an archipelago bursting with potential. The biggest Muslim country in the world beca...

South Africa, the traces of the past

Season 33 - Episode 11

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, the results are sobering: South Africa has not succeeded in conquering its demons. Violence is the ...

Fish: The globalized fishery

Season 33 - Episode 12

"With Cards Open" takes the viewer on a journey into the world of fishing, which is characterized by increasing globalization and industrial...

Democracies under pressure worldwide

Season 33 - Episode 13

Are civil rights and liberties coming under pressure in the 21st century? The program explores the global balance of power between democrats...

Pacific Ocean - At the center of interests

Season 33 - Episode 14

Ever since former U.S. President Barack Obama oriented U.S. foreign policy toward Asia under the slogan "Pivot to Asia," the Sino-American r...

Ukraine: The nuclear threat - A turning point?

Season 33 - Episode 15

Until now, international nuclear weapons doctrine has been based on the principle of nuclear deterrence and non-use of these weapons. "With ...

Natural gas and oil: Do raw materials rule the world?

Season 33 - Episode 16

Since February 2022, the war in Ukraine has led numerous countries to end their dependence on Russian gas and oil supplies - an economic and...

Central Asia, Meeting Point of Cultures

Season 33 - Episode 17

Against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, Central Asia is more than ever a geostrategic epicenter. Since the end of the Soviet Union, Kazakhs...

Chile: Hope for Change

Season 33 - Episode 18

"With Open Cards" takes us through the country of Salvador Allende and dictator Augusto Pinochet, where a newly elected left-wing government...

The Balkans between West and East

Season 33 - Episode 19

Those who speak of the Balkans often think of the wars that have ravaged the peninsula between the Adriatic and the Black Sea - but its inha...

China: The Sea, the Power and the (In)Law

Season 33 - Episode 20

"With Open Cards " takes you through the increasingly militarized China Sea, where Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines,...

Israel: Hopeless Conflict, New Alliances

Season 33 - Episode 21

Although the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has faded into the background since the wars in Syria and Iraq, it was at the center of geopolitic...

Putin, the nostalgia of the empire

Season 33 - Episode 22

In February 2022, Vladimir Putin justified his invasion of Ukraine by the threat to his security posed by the accession of certain border co...

United Kingdom: the first effects of Brexit

Season 33 - Episode 23

The strike movements that have shaken the United Kingdom since August have led some analysts to speak of a "summer of discontent. At the sam...

Nuclear energy: obsolete or promising for the future

Season 33 - Episode 24

The threat of a nuclear accident as a result of Russian attacks during the war against Ukraine brings back traumatic memories of the Chernob...

Special China

Season 33 - Episode 25

On October 16, 2022, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will begin. Will President Xi Jingping be confirmed in offic...

Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice

Season 33 - Episode 26

The island of Iceland, located in the North Atlantic, fascinates with unique landscapes: It counts 130 active volcanoes and one tenth of its...

LGBT+ Rights in the World

Season 33 - Episode 27

In recent years, great advances have been made in LGBT rights in some countries: many European countries have legislated for same-sex marria...

Ecology: countries "greener" than others ?

Season 33 - Episode 28

Are there some countries "greener" than others ?

Qatar, World Cup Host

Season 33 - Episode 29

Egypt: The Pharaoh Syndrome

Season 33 - Episode 30

"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 n...