Tag: politics

• President Trump’s “Carrot and Stick” Approach to Africa

  January 17, 2026

  The Trump administration needs a more nuanced approach to Africa that doesn’t alienate the people and the markets that it is seeking to engage. To do so requires the president… more ›

• The year of technoligarchy

  January 7, 2026

  In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall. https://www.citationneeded.news/the-year-of-technoligarchy/ more ›

• Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a state crime, demands apology and reparations

  December 25, 2025

  Algerian MPs have passed a law that declares France’s colonisation of the country a state crime and demands reparations and an apology. https://www.africanews.com/2025/12/25/algeria-passes-law-declaring-french-colonisation-a-state-crime-demands-apology-and-reparat/ more ›

• Blackwater’s Erik Prince Muscles Back Into the Mercenary Business

  December 17, 2025

  Prince has a new guns-for-hire firm to take overseas security jobs the White House doesn’t want to pay for https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/erik-prince-mercenaries-vectus-global-5a166dca more ›

• Microsoft Asked FBI for Help With Israel-Gaza Protests

  December 15, 2025

  Twenty activists urging company to sever ties with Israeli military were arrested last week. Executive Brad Smith said he welcomed discussion but not disruption. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/microsoft-asked-fbi-for-help-with-israel-gaza-protests?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NjIyMDc1MCwiZXhwIjoxNzU2ODI1NTUwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMUxMOEpHUFFRR1UwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGOENBMUZGREZGMEI0M0E1ODRENTk5MEQ3NDAwNDkzMCJ9.ZxRrVJ29dvRDmuie-Z8dWFKR1_o_HzD4hLa-kAzRlVc&leadSource=uverify%20wall more ›

• The Brazilianization of the World – American Affairs Journal

  December 14, 2025

  The West’s involution finds its mirror image in the original coun­try of the future, the nation doomed forever to remain the country of the future, the one that never reaches… more ›

• ‘Entartete Kunst’: The Nazis’ inventory of ‘degenerate art’ · V&A

  December 13, 2025

  The V&A holds the only document detailing the full extent of the Nazis’ systematic purging of German museums and public collections from 1937. Created at the heart of the Nazi… more ›

• African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations

  November 30, 2025

  Algerian foreign minister says African countries and peoples continue to pay a heavy price for colonialism https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/30/african-leaders-push-for-recognition-of-colonial-crimes-and-reparations?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• Invasion Metaphors in Conservation Biology Pose Real-World Risk

  November 28, 2025

  Opinion | Comparisons between invasive species and human migrants in the literature can get hijacked for political ends. https://undark.org/2025/10/02/invasion-metaphors-conservation/?utm_source=Undark%3A+News+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=00d7f4a4e8-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5cee408d66-185e4e09de-176234770 more ›

• ‘It was like a city at war’: Covering the November 13 Paris attacks

  November 13, 2025

  On November 13, 2015, three commandos associated with the Islamic State group perpetrated a series of coordinated attacks in the Paris region. The terrorists killed 132 people and injured more than 350 in… more ›