Orientalism

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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.

Selective outrage and erosion of sovereignty

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

Kweku Ampiah

Iran has a long and magnificent intellectual history.

Empire, knowledge and erasure: Bombing Iran is bombing memory

Attacking Iran is framed by colonial narratives that erase its rich intellectual history, justifying violence through a ‘conquest foretold’

Vashna Jagarnath

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)

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