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Across social media platforms, a video is making waves. In it, a black American woman expresses her deep frustration after relocating to Ghana, lamenting the country’s inefficiencies and what she considers poor management. “I can’t even get snacks,” she says exasperatedly, going on to describe power outages, unresponsive officials, and a general lack of infrastructure. (more…)
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Samuel P. Huntington
The Clash of Civilizations & the Remaking of World Order
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996
From 1994 to 1996, the Russians waged war against the Chechens. In 1999 the war resumed, ending in 2000 with the Russians firmly in control of the ruins of Chechen cities. In 2008, the Russians attacked Georgia and set up the independent state of Ossetia. Other than the warmongers and anti-Russians in the United States government, nobody in America or Western Europe really cared. (more…)