Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan will not trigger World War III
But the provocative move will likely mark the opening salvo in a long struggle for the future of the island.
Category Archives: Opinions
Why didn’t you care about Africa’s hunger crisis?
Why does the world care only about food insecurity when it affects the Global North, asks researcher Nkululeko Majozi.
Stephen Harper may have picked the wrong horse – again
What to make of the former Canadian PM's 'rousing endorsement' of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative Party leader?
US gun violence: Capitalism is the culprit
To fix gun violence in America, we need an assault on capitalism.
Russia (just like the West) is no true friend to Africa
Supporting Russia's wars of aggression is no way to combat Western neo-colonialism, or further African independence.
AU has a responsibility to help protect Tunisia’s democracy
African Union missed many opportunities to put a stop to Tunisia's democratic backsliding, but it can still take action.
Nigeria’s fragile security architecture is collapsing
The government needs to take swift action to prevent security failures similar to those experienced on July 5.
Beirut, fragmented
How many times does Lebanon have to die?
James Bond is dead. He should stay dead.
Spies are in vogue these days - they really should not be.
Canada’s restrictive visa policies casting a shadow over IAC 2022
Delegates from the Global South struggle to secure visas to attend the 2022 International Aids Conference in Montreal.
Draghi’s fall is a win for Putin – and for the Italian far right
Italy’s progressive forces will need to change path to counter the rise of right-wing populism.
President Kenyatta is now at the centre of Kenya’s election drama
The upcoming election may soon turn into a referendum on Uhuru Kenyatta and his legacy
Middle East politics: From hyper to hybrid
The hyper-strategic alliances that defined the region during the Cold War now appear to be turning hybrid and fluid.
Stop handing get-out-of-jail-free cards to abusive men
DVPPs prescribed as an alternative to criminal sanctions are achieving little other than allowing abusers avoid prison.
US justice system is a perfect instrument of racist rule
Our justice system is not 'flawed' and racist judges are not merely 'bad apples'.
Can Kiswahili unite Africans and fast-track decolonisation?
This is Africa and we are Africans. It is high time we started talking to each other using an African language.
Canada is a B-movie country, Poilievre a B-movie populist
And if Canadians carry him into high office, it means living in a B-movie nation suits them just fine.
International Justice Day 2022: Time for ICC to flip the script
The International Criminal Court should now use the lessons it learned in Ukraine to help deliver justice in Africa.
Trump, Nixon, and the glide path to US fascism
Would electing Hilary Clinton in 2016 have really saved America?
Ameri-coup: A brief history of US misdeeds
On John Bolton's admission that he 'helped plan coups d’état' and the US’s casual approach to upending nations.