Recently the South African government voted to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. This decision on its face was accomplished through a collaborative effort between the ANC and the Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) parties. While the idea had been pushed in the past, it was denied time and Read more…
Qatar is a nation whose name is usually not mentioned in the news. It is relatively small with a population of about 2.3 million people and located next to Saudi Arabia, jutting into the Persian Gulf. Recently, its relations with its neighbors have deteriorated. In the summer of 2017 CNN Read more…
Robert Mugabe has finally surrendered his position as president of Zimbabwe after nearly 40 years of despotic rule. He claimed this position through his service in the Rhodesian Bush War which pitted native Black Zimbabweans against the Whites who created a system of apartheid in which the White minority would Read more…
When states have seceded, very rarely has it been done peacefully, calmly and legally. Very rarely is the larger, patron state willing to let a part of it break away and find its own self determination. Recently, in the midst of Catalans voting for their independence, there have been outcries Read more…
Among Africa’s 54 countries and the developing world in general there is the commonality of a high growth rate, due to a high demand of infrastructural projects. This opens the door for companies to introduce themselves across Africa and profit as they meet demand with supply. However despite the fall Read more…
Manifest Destiny, a colonial concept born from the lust for expansion. The term is based on the belief that expansion and development were unstoppable phenomena and that it was the colonizer’s destiny to expand. Popularized in America, the term was used in justification for America’s push west into Native American territory. More recently Read more…
From church bombings on Christmas day, beheadings, attacks on school children and most recently the kidnapping of nearly 300 school girls, Boko Haram has sunk its claws into Nigeria’s interior, leaving the people inundated in fear. The kidnapping of the school children has put the radical Islamic group in the center of Read more…
The turn of the new millennium has seen a change in global conflict. Terrorism has come to strongly influence foreign relations in two different ways. The first and most obvious is its effect of fear seeking to illicit actions through intimidation and guerrilla insurrection. The latter effect is more interesting. Read more…
The actions of the United Nations in the global south have been designed to hold two effects. The first of which is to provide immediate short term aid to short term problems. The second effect is to preserve an order in the world, by this I mean the intention of Read more…