xi jinping - Azu Ishiekwene

We Owe Putin an Unreserved Apology

“If the price for world peace is to award President Trump a Nobel Peace Prize for ending eight wars, a delusion he firmly believes, then we should indulge his fantasy by granting this fervent wish. But since it would be grossly unfair to exclude Putin, or to ignore Xi, Kim or even Benjamin Netanyahu from such a list, it would not be a bad idea to propose to the Norwegian Nobel Committee a once-in-a-lifetime, first and last Nobel Peace Prize Quintet 2026, for all five”

an image of Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Justin Trudeau and Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo imposed on a background of 'tariffs'

From America First to America Alone: The Lab Meets the Street

International Affairs, politics / Azu Ishiekwene

When America Alone is mentioned today, it’s not a defence against threats to Western values or civilisation; it’s simply that Trump’s America First has turned the country into a clear and present danger to the values that built and prospered America and the rest of the world. America is losing its way, alone and aloof, in a brazen insularity that evokes pity and surprise in equal measure, even amongst its harshest critics

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