Tag Archives: colonialism

Critiquing Colonialism: A Double Standard in Action?

Protesting the atrocities of the past should not become an excuse for ignoring the injustices of the present.

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Merkel´s Bismarck Moment 2020/21

Will Germany learn to live up to the harder part of its global responsibilities?

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Can Macron Save Lebanon From Its Political Class?

Lebanon needs a new state, not new visits from the President of France.

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Boris Johnson: Africa and the Commonwealth Beware

Johnson thinks Africa can benefit from adopting more British values. He wants it to be a carbon copy of its former colonial masters.

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Reimagining Globalism in the Trump Era

All of us must resist the impulse to go blame-gaming and making every international relationship a zero-sum game.

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“Nice” China? The Aloofness of Pax Sinica

Given its inherent sense of superiority, could China — once a global hegemon — be more peaceful than its Western (and especially U.S.) predecessors?

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China in My Life — A Personal Journey: The 1960s

What happened when China was eclipsed by the rise of neighboring Japan?

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Colonialism Applied to Europe: Mazower’s “Hitler’s Empire”

The most distinctive character of the Second World War is that it was Nazi Germany’s war of extermination in Russia.

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Hong Kong: The West’s Last Colony

Hong Kong was the last significant Western colonial possession. Its handover to China marked the rise of Asia.

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Charlie Hebdo and the Project of French Identity

What to do when you are no longer the next universal vision for humanity?

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