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REAPING WHAT WE’VE SOWN

REAPING WHAT WE’VE SOWN

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For decades famine, drought, strife and cor­rup­tion have been so com­mon in parts of Africa that out­siders could, to an extent, be excused for see­ing them as nor­mal. It is well  past time on many lev­els for the com­fort­able com­pla­cen­cy of will­ful igno­rance to give way to a harsh real­i­ty; the divide between “them” and “us” has been well and tru­ly breached.… Read the rest

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Basis of Putin’s Iniquity

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Basis of Putin’s Iniquity

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Experts tend to have bet­ter focus than periph­er­al vision. In the case of the Russ­ian inva­sion of Ukraine, there is con­sid­er­able evi­dence many of them had nei­ther. Vladimir Putin’s aims have long been obvi­ous, sub­tly framed by his his­tor­i­cal per­spec­tive and steadi­ly but­tressed with means to fight back if they are opposed.… Read the rest