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Alternatives
International Journal: August 2024
The
crisis that afflicts what earlier
generations on the left used to call
bourgeois democracy is palpable. Despite
the claims of ideologues like Francis
Fukuyama who proclaimed the end of history
when the Soviet Union collapsed and
predicted (…)
China’s
growing presence in Africa has captured
global attention. As its trade deals and
investments have eclipsed those of the
West, politicians from the US and EU have
raised the alarm: Beijing, they say, is
exploiting the continent’s (…)
Renowned
political scientist, academic, and writer,
Achin Vanaik (b.1947) is a well-known
scholar and commentator on global politics
and international relations. He graduated
in economics and statistics from the
University of Bristol, England, in (…)
What
struck me most when I first set foot in
the Philippines was the abundance of
shopping malls. On the way from the
airport to our residence, I counted nearly
a dozen shopping malls, passing one every
few minutes. These massive buildings
were (…)
Hamas’s
assault of October 7 can be likened to an
earthquake that strikes an old building.
The cracks were already beginning to show,
but they are now visible in its very
foundations. More than 120 years since its
inception, could the Zionist (…)
On
June 2, elections were held in Mexico, the
second most populous State in Latin
America and the Caribbean, with around 130
million inhabitants. Another 11 million
Mexicans live in the United States. Of
those, around 98 million were eligible
to (…)
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