Natalie Lawrence

Natalie Lawrence is a writer, researcher, and illustrator living in London. She is the co-author of Planta Sapiens: Unmasking Plant Intelligence (2022, Bridge Street Press) with Paco Calvo. She is the author of Enchanted Creatures: Our Monsters and Their Meanings (2024, W&N). She is a contributor to the Observatory.

September 11, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

BRICS+ Expansion and the Quest for Multipolarity

On September 12–13, 2026, India will take centre stage as host of the 18th BRICS Summit, bringing together an increasingly consequential gathering of the Global South. The small five-member group that India

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

From 9/11 to ‘Mutant Jihadism’: Europe’s New Terror Threat

Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Europe’s terrorist threat has changed fundamentally. The era of large, hierarchically organised operations remains part of the history of modern terrorism, but the contemporary threat is increasingly defined by decentralised initiative, digital

September 11, 2026

KSM Trial: 25 Years Without Justice

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

A U.S. military judge has set June 5, 2028, as the new trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the accused mastermind of the

Israel’s Hezbollah Offensive Puts Iran Truce at Risk

Columns/Geopolitics

Israel’s offensive to seize Ali al-Taher Ridge, a major Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon, threatens to reverberate far beyond the battlefield. According to an

Darwin’s Tendril Obsession

February 8, 2025

Columns/History

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