Within a few months of the advent of the pandemic, David Cameron, a former British Prime Minister, was proposing the setting up of a new world heath institution to deal with epidemics.
Given the fact that an Ethiopian is the head of the WHO, and no case of inefficiency was made against him at this stage, Cameron’s suggestion is suggestive of racism.
Ignored before his death, his warning has proved accurate. The influx of the refugees into European countries had led to a strengthening of the electoral right with the consequence of weakening of civil rights and global multilateralism as each country seeks to bring the issue of refugees, social and economic rights and immigration under national control. A classic example of this was the issue of Brexit which saw the exit of Britain from the European Union.
The West under the leadership of the United States was free to operate and dominate within its sphere of influence which included South America, Canada, Africa, Western Europe and the Middle East. So, the United States can invade Panama and kidnap its President, it can sponsor the overthrow of democratically elected Presidents in Chile, Brazil and other countries, it can organize the invasion and blockade of Cuba.
The significant factor was not that the United States had a new rival. The significant factor was that the new rival was one which can surpass the United States. All through the period of the Cold War, there was no possibility of the Soviet Union catching up and surpassing the United States. This is not to insinuate that the United States was capable of defeating the Soviet Union.
Thirdly, the elasticity of the definition of Europe which now includes Israel. It is instructive that Morocco, Algeria, Egypt etc. which are physically closer to Europe are excluded. The cause of the nonaligned was the cause for the sovereignty of states and for the territorial integrity of each of them. That is what the cause of the nonaligned was . In spite of themselves or secretly with a certain complicity, those why are silent today further the cause of a new imperialism, of a modern cynicism that breaks up our international order without which peace is not possible.
Proposal for a-Ghana-United States of Forces Agreement which has proved very controversial within Ghana itself for fear that it provided for the establishment of a military base. ECOWAS as far back 2003 has decided to adopt Eco as a common currency in West Africa. The adoption was postponed to 2005, 2010 and 2014. In 2022, the spoiler of African UNITY, France got its French-speaking West African countries to adopt Eco tied to the French Franc as its own. This development led to a lot of disagreement within ECOWAS.
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