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Europe’s Post-Imperial Hangovers: Britain, France, and Germany in Structural Decline
How elite agendas, historical legacies, and institutional dysfunction constrain strategic autonomy Europe’s core geopolitical problems are structural, historical, and have decisive implications for its cohesion, strategic posture, and individual freedoms. The European Union, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany each embody distinct dysfunctions that resonate across the continent. These dysfunctions derive from unresolved historical hangovers, Continue reading
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Creeping Recolonisation
Military immunity, data governance, and Kenya’s changing sovereignty No African leader comes close to President William Ruto when it comes to reversing gains of the liberation struggle and selling their people to western interests for personal gain. If the African people seek an understanding of how the trans-atlantic slavery was facilitated and as a precursor Continue reading
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Africa’s New Data Dependency – A Quiet Transfer of Sovereignty
Data agreements are replacing colonial armies as tools of domination and the return of external governance Data colonialism on the African continent has moved from abstraction into formal state policy through binding agreements signed without public consent, parliamentary scrutiny, or meaningful legal protection for citizens. Nigeria’s memorandum of understanding with France on tax administration data, Continue reading
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The Benin Episode and the End of Strategic Ambiguity
Why the Benin Crisis Exposed the Structure of Power in West Africa The attempted military seizure of power in the Republic of Benin must be analysed as part of a regional struggle over sovereignty, maritime access, and control of political authority in West Africa. What unfolded in Cotonou was not merely a failed coup confined Continue reading
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Frexit and Polexit Sentiment Takes Hold in Europe’s Core
Public pressure in France and Poland rises amid war fatigue, economic strain and growing distrust of EU authority. (Featured Image Translation: “20 years of betrayal… of our Constitution. The EU is killing us! Let us free ourselves! FREXIT.” Credit: Pascal Laurent ) Public support for EU withdrawal in France and Poland now reaches levels that Continue reading
