--- title: 'Power & Systems' url: 'https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems' markdown: 'https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems.md' date: '2026-10-16' --- # Power & Systems [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/6/2/1/4/e/6214e151d7b5d3e357a5c865d04ee268c4060231-nutrition-society-of-nigeria.jpeg)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/nigerias-policy-sovereignty-problem-how-foreign-philanthropy-can-become-political-power) 28th Oct 2026 ### [Nigeria’s Policy Sovereignty Problem: How Foreign Philanthropy Can Become Political Power](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/nigerias-policy-sovereignty-problem-how-foreign-philanthropy-can-become-political-power) 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... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/6/a/8/4/4/6a8447b9f80b3991b497a3b7df4a50496b585f13-kylian-mbappe.jpeg)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/mbappe-mao-and-the-multipolar-world-when-chinas-market-power-challenges-western-cultural-dominance) 28th Oct 2026 ### [Mbappé, Mao and the Multipolar World: When China's Market Power Challenges Western Cultural Dominance](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/mbappe-mao-and-the-multipolar-world-when-chinas-market-power-challenges-western-cultural-dominance) 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... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/8/3/d/8/8/83d88c836cc283a6efe811d9d48bd561eee15848-anti-racism-article-image--22-oct-2026-1216-am.png)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/racism-goes-viral-how-social-media-is-normalising-hate-and-reshaping-global-politics) 22nd Oct 2026 ### [Racism Goes Viral: How Social Media Is Normalising Hate and Reshaping Global Politics](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/racism-goes-viral-how-social-media-is-normalising-hate-and-reshaping-global-politics) There was a time when openly racist public commentary carried a greater social cost in many societies. That cost has not disappeared, and racist abuse has never been confined to the margins, but social media has created new opportunities for people to express racial hostility publicly, find like-min... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/9/8/f/e/3/98fe366bb9e6868a90e64ca636d46df65686d37f-political-and-governmental-legitimacy.jpg)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/who-gets-to-decide-what-is-legitimate-the-dangerous-politics-of-selective-sovereignty) 3rd Oct 2026 ### [Who Gets to Decide What Is Legitimate? The Dangerous Politics of Selective Sovereignty](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/who-gets-to-decide-what-is-legitimate-the-dangerous-politics-of-selective-sovereignty) There is a growing contradiction at the centre of Western political discourse about legitimacy, sovereignty and democracy. Governments and politicians routinely insist that elections, constitutional procedures and popular consent are the foundations of legitimate government, yet the language of legi... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/a/7/d/c/b/a7dcb654017a8c139b9365bab2d69bd511876fce-protests.jpeg)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/when-a-government-starts-mapping-your-protest-before-you-march) 25th Sep 2026 ### [When a Government Starts Mapping Your Protest Before You March](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/when-a-government-starts-mapping-your-protest-before-you-march) There is something inherently unsettling about a government possessing the precise details of where a political protest will take place, but there is something considerably more alarming when that state actively publishes a public forecast detailing the exact dates, local times, geographical locatio... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/9/8/2/4/b/9824b84b388e9d548e4f3bb73998f4ddeddb5fab-political-rhetoric-and-war.jpg)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/the-people-who-call-for-war-rarely-volunteer-their-own-children-first) 25th Sep 2026 ### [The People Who Call for War Rarely Volunteer Their Own Children First](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/the-people-who-call-for-war-rarely-volunteer-their-own-children-first) Jacob Rees-Mogg's recent warning to Britons was blunt. He said that Britain could face war within the next few years and that, if it happened, people would need to join the armed forces and "do their duty". He went further, saying that there could be circumstances in which people would have to die t... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/5/4/c/9/5/54c95d4cd8849f32576eaef8559ff5426645d96f-nigeria-travel-story-1.jpg)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/when-the-people-building-the-future-start-warning-us-about-it) 23rd Sep 2026 ### [When the People Building the Future Start Warning Us About It](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/when-the-people-building-the-future-start-warning-us-about-it) The most unsettling warnings about artificial intelligence may not come from critics outside the industry, but from the people who have spent years building the systems themselves. On September 9, 2026, AI researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation from Anthropic after three years working in... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/4/1/a/1/6/41a168d28e89dd6aa56b1d25703b27a3c228d677-f5fcb2a8-d034-4f9d-b8e1-dd197280412f-1.png)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/digital-id-is-not-convenience) 23rd Sep 2026 ### [Digital ID Is Not Convenience, It Is Control: The Quiet Power Grab Unfolding Across Europe, the UK and Australia](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/digital-id-is-not-convenience) There is a story being sold to the public across Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia and it sounds harmless at first glance because it is wrapped in the language of convenience, security and modernisation, yet beneath that polished surface sits something far more serious, a structural shift in... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/e/d/a/f/6/edaf6cc923191a53413517128126c6e4f119e0a1-cuba-blockade-1.png)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/global-geopolitical-hypocrisy-must-end) 23rd Sep 2026 ### [Global Geopolitical Hypocrisy Must End](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/global-geopolitical-hypocrisy-must-end) The modern international order is collapsing under the weight of its own hypocrisy, and millions of people around the world are no longer pretending not to notice it. Every year, Western governments lecture the world about democracy, human rights, freedom of navigation, international law, sovereignt... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/c/7/2/4/f/c724fcd318446311d2227199a8b817f828a24169-hsgjy5owyaa6r1.png)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/when-dissent-becomes-cognitive-warfare) 23rd Sep 2026 ### [When Dissent Becomes “Cognitive Warfare”](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/when-dissent-becomes-cognitive-warfare) The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure. The resolution, led by Lithuanian MEP Rasa Juknevičienė, was debated on 15 September and adopted on 16 September 2026. Irish MEP... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/4/9/3/3/b/4933b6561a82ed6ff5441a82fbadef3b53499197-putin-and-trump-1.png)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/geopolitics) 23rd Sep 2026 ### [Trump Invites Putin to the G20 in Miami. Why Russia’s President Should Accept](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/geopolitics) When Donald Trump publicly floated the idea that Vladimir Putin could attend the upcoming G20 Summit, it sent the usual corners of the global commentariat into a predictable spiral. Outrage from some, cautious intrigue from others, and quiet calculation from those who understand that geopolitics is... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/7/3/4/4/9/734495674a844976510617bb5feaa84a9679ba15-7442742102e11fd043f1o.jpg)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/propaganda-machine) 23rd Sep 2026 ### [Who Is Really Running the Propaganda Machine?](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/propaganda-machine) There is a Google search that tells you everything you need to know about how information works in the modern world. Type the words *"propaganda"* and *"Russia"* into any search engine. The first page fills instantly , Global Affairs Canada, the BBC, Deutsche Welle, the EU Council, RAND Corporatio... [![](https://www.contextura.world/images/b/c/a/2/d/bca2da0186a29f69b9d2eeb82df6b3806ba5004e-the-death-of-memory-1.png)](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/the-death-of-memory) 17th May 2026 ### [The Death of Memory: How Digital Archives Are Giving Governments the Power to Rewrite Human History](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/the-death-of-memory) There was a time when history had weight. It existed physically in newspapers, books, journals, photographs, public records, handwritten letters, archived footage, and dusty libraries protected by age, distance, and duplication. A government could lie, distort, or propagandise, but somewhere in a ba... --- ## Navigation - Previous: [Middle East](https://www.contextura.world/middle-east.md) - Children: - [Who Is Really Running the Propaganda Machine?](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/propaganda-machine.md) - [Global Geopolitical Hypocrisy Must End](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/global-geopolitical-hypocrisy-must-end.md) - [Digital ID Is Not Convenience, It Is Control: The Quiet Power Grab Unfolding Across Europe, the UK and Australia](https://www.contextura.world/power-and-systems/digital-id-is-not-convenience.md) - [Trump Invites Putin to the G20 in Miami. 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