Cold War
latest news & developments
Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as history
Donald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan
From the US-led rules-based order to multipolar international law
Recently, Canada’s PM Mark Carney declared the end of the rules-based order. It was an outstanding speech. Yet, US unilateralism first soared in the 1980s. The rest of the West…
The rise and erosion of liberal democracy
Various regions in southern Africa share a common trajectory: improvement in the first two decades after the 1990s, followed by decline
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
Pax Americana: Same difference
By his own account, America’s mission in Venezuela is to seize control of the world’s largest oil reserves
SA’s foreign policy at a crossroads
This does not require abandoning old allies but it does require recognising that the world has moved on from the ideological certainties of the past
Unmasking Washington’s strategic disengagement
Trump’s inflammatory remarks about “white genocide” during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state visit were not merely offensive; they invoked white nationalist tropes aimed at…
Aliens, billionaires, swivel-eyed fake news cults and end times
Epicurus, Greek classical philosopher, cosmologist, Karl Marx’s influencer and god sceptic, contemplated intelligent life on distant planets. About 2 300 years later the…
Refuse Trump’s return to open racism
As the US president rapidly escalates pressure on South Africa in the name of white citizens, we must stand up for reason and principle
The US, the ‘great transformation’ and the new world order
As America’s existential crisis unfolds, the nostalgic yearning for ‘big power’ politics of the Cold War era is rearing its ugly head
The Great Reset could be hiding in plain sight
The death of the Cold War and the waning influence of the US and Russian might shift geopolitics in a way that Africa could benefit from
Russia looking to strengthen Africa presence
Many African countries are anxious not to be sucked into a new Cold War and want to maintain cordial relations with both Russia and the West
Say goodbye to 80s disco in PE? Never!
Fifty years ago, disco started having an impact. Its influence was felt even in apartheid South Africa
What Trump’s re-election could mean for global security and American foreign policy
If Donald Trump re-enters the White House after the 5 November elections, countries like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea will be delighted
Zambia’s haphazard foreign policy is a disaster
President Hakainde Hichilema is quickly squandering the respect the country once held on the international stage