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Flashpoint: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has urged the US to ‘stop the threats’ and asserting that Greenland is not for sale and the US has no right to annex any territory of the Danish kingdom.
CANADA

Selective outrage and erosion of sovereignty

Sovereignty appears vigorously defended in Europe when violated by adversaries but ignored when challenged by allies

  • Kweku Ampiah
7 min read
‘Spare no one’: Israel has declared a war of attrition, of annihilation, in Gaza, and its leaders have invoked not only the Book of Samuel but also the Crusades. Civilians, even children, are killed in the war that includes starvation as a weapon. Photo: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
ANALYSIS

God edition: Where is God in the Gaza war?

The Israeli invasion is also a battle between religion and law with no certain outcome

  • Emsie Ferreira
8 min read
Hugh Masekela gets real about knowing your roots
EDWARD SAID
Video

Hugh Masekela and the irrecoverable idea of home

Plagued by being in exile, Hugh Masekela’s oeuvre frequently explored the idea of home

  • Oyama Mabandla
6 min read
Othering stereotypes: Refugees, mainly Chinese, in the ruins of Inchon, a port that was invaded by United States forces during the Korean War. According to Edward Said, the binary relationship of strong-West and weak- East is reinforced through racialised cultural stereotypes. (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty Images)
ANTI CHINESE

Why we need to dismantle the East-West hyphen

Hyphenated identities: Why can’t I be just ‘South African’; why do I need to be ‘South- African Chinese’?

  • Loraine Law Yuen
6 min read