‘To win tomorrow, we have to lose today’

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Unrest in Colombia has become the latest trending topic, making international headlines both on social media and in the international press. Steven Os...

The end of the ‘Forever War’

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THE multi-generational United States (US) War against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan is drawing to a close. The final phase of ending what s...

Addressing the climate conundrum

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ON 22-23 APRIL 2021, President Joseph Biden of the United States (US) convened a virtual climate summit of 40 world leaders; among them the Honourable...

Rebuilding and vulnerability: SVG and La Soufrière

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THIS IS PERHAPS the most difficult article I have written since I started writing for Searchlight. This difficulty arises from the fact that just und...

What the Suez Canal Blockage Means for Global Trade

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On Tuesday 23 March 2021, a large ship blocked the Suez Canal. Up to the time of writing, efforts to unblock the Canal had proved futile. The Suez Can...

A broken, battered world

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THE FORMER English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, wrote in his 1651 book, Leviathan, that in the natural state of humankind, life is nasty, brutish, and...

Gender equality: The unfinished business of our time

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I WRITE today’s article in commemoration of International Women’s Day which was celebrated on March 8. This year, International Women’s Day was...

The Case for a more Inclusive Multilateralism

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IN ITS STRICTEST sense, multilateralism refers to cooperation between three or more countries. However, many readily associate it with cooperation am...

WTO gets first African and female boss

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Roughly one week ago, the World Trade Organization (WTO) confirmed Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its new Director-General (DG). Dr. Okonjo-Iweala previou...

A Lockdown is not a Panacea to end CoVID-19

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), extensive physical distancing measures and movement restrictions, often referred to as ‘lockdownsâ...