Category : Foreign Policy Analysis
GIVING BUSINESS BUSINESS
By Admin
February 28th, 2024
By Salim Abila Asuman ‘’Imagine this: smooth roads and railway lines weaved through our landscapes, not just connecting places, but stitching dreams to reality. They are not just routes; they are the veins of commerce, making business not just easy, but irresistible. ‘’ Now end that imagination, and let us embark on a journey into […]
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Anti-Western Backlash and the need to rethink governance in Africa
By Admin
February 28th, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi USAID has one of the most appealing organisational commitments ever encapsulated in a mission statement. On behalf of the American people, they commit to promoting and demonstrating democratic values abroad and advancing a free, peaceful, and prosperous world. They are devoted to supporting America’s foreign policy by leading the U.S. Government’s […]
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Where Will Africa’s Democratization Come From?
By Admin
February 24th, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi The title of this Op-ed should not mislead us into thinking that I suggest a possibility of African countries being undemocratic. All of them are aligned towards democratization and in some aspects, some are even more democratic than some Western nations. Like any state, even the oldest democracies, African states are […]
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The World at a Stand Off
By Admin
February 21st, 2024
By Moshi Israel Growing up, many of us watched American “Westerns,” most popularly known as cowboy movies. In these movies, there was always a scene where two men, usually the protagonist and the villain, stood facing each other at a distance, and the one who could draw their gun the quickest would emerge victorious. These […]
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When Self-defense breaches its bounds and why it will take the West to settle the Israel-Palestine Question
By Admin
February 20th, 2024
By George Musiime The situation in Gaza has been progressively deteriorating since last October. Yet even after a phone conversation with president Biden, Prime minister Netanyahu went on to make a televised statement in which he asserted that Israel could not defeat Hamas without marching on Rafa, alluding to the existence of battalions of Hamas […]
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SINO-UGANDA RELATIONS HAVE ENTERED A CRUCIAL STAGE
By Admin
February 20th, 2024
By Steven Akabwayi Early Feb this year, China opened a visa center in Kampala for ordinary passport holders, aiming to reduce congestion at the main embassy. The center was launched by the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda H.E Zhang Lhizong, purposely to ease travel for Ugandan nationals traveling to China for business and other activities. The […]
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THE AID TO AID US IN DOING AWAY WITH AID
By Admin
February 13th, 2024
By Salim Abila Asuman The nation breathes in a symphony of fiscal toxins, with each exhale dealing a crushing blow to its fragile economy. Loans of all kinds now sit on its people’s shoulders, tasked with bearing the weight of unjustified financial obligations. National debts, the financial chains binding governments come in various haunting forms […]
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What is the Non-Aligned Movement’s (NAM) Place in Contemporary Global Political Space?
By Admin
February 6th, 2024
By Moshi Israel After Uganda hosting the 19th NAM and G77+ China Summits in Kampala, I felt it prudent that I focus my analytical scope on the relevance of NAM in the current political climate. It is my strong view that this movement’s relevance is needed today as much as it was during the time of […]
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Strategies for Uganda to Harness China’s Development Finance
By Admin
February 2nd, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi On 8th August 2023, David Theis-the Press Secretary and Spokesperson of the World Bank Group- released a statement about Uganda in the wake of our Parliament’s passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, noting that “no new public financing to Uganda will be presented to our Board of Executive Directors until the efficacy of […]
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Let’s not diminish Uganda’s G77 & China leadership
By Admin
January 30th, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi On 21st January 2024, Uganda assumed chairmanship of the Group of 77 (G77) and China during the official opening of the Third South Summit at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The G77 is a coalition of over 130 developing countries founded to promote shared economic interests and to amplify their negotiation voice at the […]
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