In “The Hidden Globe,” the journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian examines the rise of spaces where wealthy countries and companies bend rules and regulations to their advantage.

The hidden globe is a mercenary world order in which the power to make and shape law is bought, sold, hacked, reshaped, deterritorialized, reterritorialized, transplanted, and reimagined.

EXCLUSIVE: A new season of WORLD’s Doc World strand kicks off in May with a selection of films from around the globe. The feature docs will be on the WORLD channel as well as the PBS app. The ...