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South Africa’s Economic Hegemonic Imperatives in SADC
South Africa is the current chair of SADC, and as such its leadership is of paramount interest. South Africa is also the gateway to...
Brexit and the GBP: A Lesson in Cautionary Economics
The Brexit – British exit – from the European Union remains one of the most highly publicized events in recent history. Numerous studies have...
Indonesia Continues to Build on Solid Economic Growth
Indonesia maintained strong economic growth in 2017 and the outlook continues to be positive, according to the World Bank’s March 2018 Indonesia Economic Quarterly.
Indonesia’s...
Emotional contagion and the other psycho-political techniques for manipulating people in foreign policy
As Leonardo da Vinci used to say: “If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion...
Socio-political Dynamics of the Hindu Caste System
If the discriminations and disparities on the basis of gender, race, religion, and creed were not cruel enough, there exists a system in Hindu...
Make Wine Not War: Wineism’s recipe for a sustainable political future
When Miguel Torres, scion of an iconic Spanish winemaking dynasty, described the impact of the Catalan quest for independence on his more than a...
Behind Indian Global Power Aspiration
There is no doubt that India’s continuous rise to great and global power status is only aided by the United States (U.S.) to keep...
Trump’s Past Dominates Media Displacing Iraq War Anniversary
March 20 went by nearly unnoticed. It was the 15th anniversary of the Iraq war. Exactly one week earlier seven marines lost their lives...
De-evolutioning with Brexit and Trump: Where Marx went wrong
The Brexit and Trump vote demonstrates a drastic incongruity with Marx’s prediction of a “proletariat revolution” that would “destroy all previous insecurities for, and...
Who is Bako Sahakyan?
One of the main problems of authors writing on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the misuse of the terminology. There are different groups who misuse...