History

Geopolitical balance of power in chronological sections (Part 2)

11.10.2024

Exactly 2500 years ago, in 477/476 BC, the premonition of serious changes in the balance of power in the Old World was in the air. Whereas 500 years earlier Israel and China were the world leaders, the situation was now reversed. The Jews were now obedient subjects of the gigantic Achaemenid Persian Empire, at the time the largest in history in terms of area and power. 

The Meaning in England of the New Year

31.12.2019

New year is not a particularly important festival in England. It is something what we celebrate largely because it happens so soon after Christmas and it can mark a useful end to the Christmas celebrations.

The Mind Builders in Africa

10.09.2019

As Africans went formal through the acquisition of western education, a critical question of that era is, before the “independence” of most African states when its much needed man power is being trained; was it the lack of interest or incompetence

The Structure of Hegemony

By Karl von Piloty - Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11514830
02.05.2019

When we say that the mega-corporations are secondary actors in international relationships and that commonly require the states to act, we are not unaware that the mega-corporations, the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund and other inte