Colonialism

As China and Russia gain ground in Africa, the U.S. policy should distance itself from its unpopular European partners. While attempting to stop the war in Ukraine, President Donald J....

As the old quip goes, it is somewhat wrong to say tomatoes are vegetables, but it is very wrong to say that they are bicycles. The stunning and brave Dahomey...

At a conference in Tunisia on Sunday, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida argued that the African continent should collectively receive a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council—adding a...

The office of French president Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday that he would visit Algeria in the coming week in order to resolve an ongoing political feud between the two...

THE TWENTY-FIRST century is the era of the nation-state. Today there are 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly, even though at the time of its formation, the UN...

In his nearly hour-long televised address made on February 21, Russian president Vladimir Putin vilified the Ukrainian government for being, in his view, completely illegitimate and incompetent. The Ukrainian government...

South Korea is a multidimensional middle power. South Korea, with a population of fifty million, ranks number ten in terms of GDP according to the World Bank and International Monetary...

Cancel culture has claimed another victim in the Big Apple. On Monday, the New York City Public Design Commission voted unanimously to relocate the statue of President Theodore Roosevelt from...

For audiences stuck in their living rooms, the new monster film Godzilla vs. Kong offers an opportunity to do some armchair travelling. But before you imagine a tropical island getaway — perhaps...

Along U.S. coastlines, from California to Florida, residents are getting increasingly accustomed to “king tides.” These extra-high tides cause flooding and wreak havoc on affected communities. As climate change raises sea levels, they are becoming...

The British- and American-backed plot to overthrow Iran’s prime minister in 1953 laid the groundwork for the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and decades of hostility with the U.S. A documentary...

The global furore about the meaning and relevance of statues, memorials and place names from a racist, imperial past presents a special challenge to Aotearoa-New Zealand. In this former colonial...