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Category: Civilization

Theorising The Rise Of Hegemony…

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 – March 21, 2013), once, said: “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” […]

‘Occupation Of Alcatraz’, And…

There is nothing new in the dispossession of land of indigenous peoples. As a result of European colonialism, the sons of the soil have been subjected to intolerable oppression in […]

A Tectonic Shift

It was the perfect metaphor for the rising power of the Global Majority in its unstoppable drive to put an end to 500 years of colonial-style economic looting, backwardness and […]

‘Choice’ Of Words Enforced

The Communications and Media Commission (CMC), the media regulator in Iraq, recently asked the media houses to use the term sexual deviance, instead of homosexuality! In a statement, the media […]

Rainforest Diplomacy: Cooperation & Contradiction

The Amazon, the world’s largest evergreen rainforest, has been steadily disappearing over the past two decades due to various reasons… from devastating wildfires to continuous deforestation. Representatives of eight Latin […]

Birth Of The ‘Death Of Death’!

The day will come when people will have to pray for their death. Accident-related death will be a different issue. Spanish fortune-teller José Luis Cordeiro and British Mathematician David Wood […]

Napoleon, Nelson & The Nile

In ordering an expedition to Egypt and creating an Army of the Orient under the command of the young General Napoleon Bonaparte in April 1798, France’s post-revolutionary Directory sought to […]