For many Americans, travelling abroad is an encounter with a history they were never properly taught. In countries where American military intervention has left destruction, political instability and collective trauma, the United States is not always remembered as the defender of freedom it presents...
By turning an unprecedented electoral breakthrough by Arab parties into an accusation of criminal conspiracy, Netanyahu has raised a question that goes beyond the vote count: can Israeli democracy recognise Arab citizens as legitimate participants when their votes may determine who governs?
Benjam...
Paris is threatening sanctions over alleged Russian influence operations in Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo, but its outrage raises a more fundamental question: why does France continue to treat the preservation of its African influence as a strategic entitlement?
France’s Foreign Minister,...
The problem is bigger than Netanyahu. Israel must confront the political culture that has made Palestinian suffering, permanent insecurity and the denial of another people’s freedom acceptable features of national politics.
Israel’s latest election has once again exposed a question that the countr...
Nigeria’s latest debate over the Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a proposed law regulating nutritionists has exposed a deeper question: who gets to shape public policy in African countries. On October 25 and 26, 2026, journalist David Hundeyin accused the...
For decades, Western cultural dominance rested on more than Hollywood films, global sports, popular music and the English language. It was reinforced by the economic power of Western markets, the reach of Western-owned media institutions and the perception that Western norms would ultimately shape t...
The global economy does not simply reward work and innovation. It also rewards control over labour, ownership, information and political protection. From migrant workers and displaced families to offshore wealth and corporate supply chains, the struggle over who benefits from human vulnerability is ...
When American political commentators openly suggest abducting foreign leaders because they dislike election results, the problem extends beyond one politician. It exposes an imperial mindset that treats the sovereignty of other nations as conditional on their willingness to obey Washington.
Brazil...
A ruling party can ask citizens to make sacrifices. What it cannot reasonably demand is endless public patience while its own political machinery celebrates luxury, distributes expensive vehicles to loyalists and offers millions of struggling people another lecture about economic reform. When sacrif...
In 2023, Bola Tinubu warned Nigerians that Peter Obi would keep saving their money until they went hungry. Today, with poverty widespread, food insecurity persistent, and corruption remaining a serious governance challenge, the question is whether Tinubu's own record can withstand the standard he us...
