These can not be the best of times for Bill Clinton. I mean, it must be difficult for a man who prizes himself as one of the greatest strategic and …
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Africa
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Something is extremely clear and incontestable, Muammar Ghadaffi remains the “King of Kings” amongst those who selected him. He remains the “King of Kings” amongst his cabal of hungry, shameless …
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Given President Mbeki’s antipathy towards him and his ambition, Jacob Zuma has taken to adopting opposite views to him on a number of issues…
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It is not true that Solzhenitsyn hated communism, as some ill-informed scholars have said. He was a communist cadre but disagreed with the Soviet Communist party on ideological issues…
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Militarism and militarization of world politics is posing frightening dangers for mankind. Both in method and subject, a strategic analysis exposes a cross-current of hedonism…
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Intellectual liberty has permitted those of us who do not bear arms to peep into this special field of military science in order, primarily, to use international law to dissuade …
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It appears ‘power sharing’ rather than respect for electoral laws is gaining currency in Africa. Vanquished leaders have found a new strategy to perpetuate their leadership through fraudulent means…
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How justified is decrying a coup against a President that heads an executive Council, which only marks time; waiting for the appropriate time to be conferred with a vote of …
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The basic universal principles embedded in democracy, as laudable as they are, are pitiably lacking in Africa. To be candid, the idea that democracy is foreign to Africa, is laughable …
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The Israeli paper Maariv obtains the note Obama left at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and puts a photograph of it on its front page. The handwriting, beneath the letterhead …
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To those folks who see some heroism in the weird rapper 50 Cent and his pedestrian ‘get rich quick or die trying’ philosophy America is home of opportunities, raw guts, …
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It is one thing to live in the shadow of the Americans after the sun set on the Union Jack only to shine on the star spangled banner. How does …
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In a previous essay, I proposed five steps Africans must take in order to retake and save their continent from squalor, poverty and hopelessness. The primary aim of these essay …
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Watching Jumanji reminds me of Africa. Hoping for the best, rolling the dice every which way expecting a certain outcome, but more often than not, a Pandora’s Box seems to …
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Americans have realized to their chagrin how vain it is to use military might to fight an ideology. Like spiritual warfare, the ideological war of terrorism is fought beyond the …
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Asking the AU to do anything about Mugabe would be like asking a band of thieves to repent, forsake their ways and become saints. It is not going to happen …