Observations of an Expat:: Trusting the Taliban
By Tom Arms Can we trust the Taliban? President Joe Biden says the US has to work with them. But can we accept their assurances...
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Observations of an Expat: Afghan Consequences
By Tom Arms The defeat in Afghanistan of the liberal democrat West and the victory of an authoritarian Islamic fundamentalist Taliban has worldwide geopolitical consequences....
Observations of an Expat: Israel—The Problem is Internal
By Tom Arms The current fighting in Israel is different. It was not sparked by a suicide bomber from Gaza, Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority or...
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Education as a Catalyst for Economic Growth – FBNQuest
BY DAYO ADESULU Across the globe, organisations have intensified efforts towards preparing their workforce for the demands of the future. The preparation comes in the...
Greenpeace and Western Anti Africa Energy Groups Take the Wrong Approach to EACOP in Uganda, Tanzania
By NJ Ayuk If someone were to put me on the spot and ask me to name an environmentalist group, I’d probably blurt out the...
Observations of an Expat: Is Ukraine Another Cuba?
By Tom Arms The conventional wisdom is that nuclear Armageddon was avoided in October 1962 by a plucky iron-willed young American President. Not quite. A...
Observations of an Expat: Consequences of Greenland
Tom Arms Greenland is not usually a world election hotspot. This is because most of the time the biggest issue for the 57,000 inhabitants is...
Observations of an Expat: The Trial
By Tom Arms Derek Chauvin, three other police officers, the rest of American policemen, law enforcement generally, the legal system, racism and racial justice are...
Observations of an Expat: Back to the Future—the British Defence Review
By Tom Arms This week’s British Defence Review is the inevitable consequence of Brexit, the cost of the pandemic, the end of the Cold War,...
Observations of an Expat: British Constitutional Tiff
By Tom Arms Who said what when and to whom in the British Royal Family is dominating world headlines. Bullying, racism, misogyny, mental health…. They...