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Kweku Ampiah
Kweku Ampiah is a professor in Japanese Studies in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds, UK
International relations: More sophistry than science
Calling this sophistry is not polemical. Sophistry was never about lying outright. It was about persuasive coherence in the service of authority. IR excels at this. It teaches…
All African roads lead to Beijing
The same European governments that warn Africa about Chinese influence privately acknowledge that disengagement from China is neither realistic nor desirable
Angst about Trump’s Greenland threat
When coercion is directed outward from the West toward the Global South it is normalised, bureaucratised and framed as responsible governance
Selective outrage and erosion of sovereignty
Sovereignty appears vigorously defended in Europe when violated by adversaries but ignored when challenged by allies