Tag: colonialism

• Yemen

  September 21, 2019

  The armed conflict in Yemen has killed and injured thousands of Yemeni civilians since it began. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/yemen more ›

• Talking Digital Colonialism with Morehshin Allahyari

  August 20, 2019

  In her new performance lecture title “Physical Tactics for Digital Colonialism,” Allahyari explores what it means for data to be colonized. https://hyperallergic.com/504461/talking-digital-colonialism-with-morehshin-allahyari/ more ›

• The horrific consequences of rubber’s toxic past

  July 24, 2019

  The black-and-white photograph shows a man, perched on the edge of a wooden deck, looking down at two objects. At first, you can’t take in what they are. In the… more ›

• Private armies and secret deals: Russia’s drive into Africa

  June 13, 2019

  A cache of leaked documents appear to show how a close Putin ally is leading a push to turn Africa into a strategic hub with echoes of Soviet-era zones of… more ›

• Red redemption

  April 4, 2019

  The Kremlin is expanding its outreach and influence in Africa. Russia is boosting its military sales and economic cooperation across Africa, entering the continent’s emerging nuclear energy market and expanding… more ›

• The 21st century belongs to China—but the 22nd will be Africa’s

  February 22, 2019

  The 21st century will most likely belong to China as the Chinese Century. But with a rapid increase in Chinese investment and African innovation, the 22nd century may see the… more ›

• South China sea – global supply chains

  November 23, 2018

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• One Belt, One Road

  November 23, 2018

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• The Great British Empire Debate

  January 30, 2018

  The Great British Empire Debate » The sun may have long ago set on the British Empire (or on all but a few tattered shreds of it), but it never… more ›

• The Imperialist People’s Republic of Africa?

  July 23, 2017

  The Imperialist People’s Republic of Africa? » BEIJING – A few months ago, a New York Times magazine cover was emblazoned with the question “Is China the World’s New Colonial… more ›