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https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413134 What lessons from previous cease-fires can guide future conflict resolution efforts? Lessons from previous cease-fires offer a critical guide for future conflict resolution efforts, revealing that a cessation of hostilities is not peace itself, but a fragile tactical instrument whose success depends entirely on its connection to a credible political path. The core lesson is that cease-fires often fail because they manage the violence without resolving the deeper...

https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413139 What they don’t teach you about how China’s control of pharmaceuticals exposes Western dependence. China's control of the pharmaceutical supply chain exposes Western dependence because it dominates the production of "Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)", the essential chemical building blocks of drugs. By cornering the market on these upstream components, particularly for low-cost generic drugs, China has created a chokehold that other countries have

https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413140 What they don’t teach you about how China is creating parallel financial systems to bypass the U.S. dollar. China is creating parallel financial systems to bypass the U.S. dollar by developing alternative payment infrastructures and promoting the international use of its own currency, the yuan. The U.S. dollar has dominated global finance since the end of the Bretton Woods system, but China is actively challenging this dominance by leveraging its economic power and technological advancements....

https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413146 To what extent are European energy companies shaping policies in oil and gas-rich Asian nations (Middle East, Central Asia)? The influence of European energy companies on the policies of oil and gas-rich Asian nations, specifically in the Middle East and Central Asia, is substantial but often indirect, evolving from a historical reliance on extractive control to a complex partnership model shaped by the global energy transition and geopolitical shifts. While the era of overt, colonial-style control has long

https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413147 How do European naval deployments in the Indo-Pacific serve elite geopolitical goals rather than pure “freedom of navigation”? European naval deployments in the Indo-Pacific, while often framed publicly under the broad, normative umbrella of safeguarding "freedom of navigation" (FON) and upholding the "rules-based international order," serve a range of more complex and specific elite geopolitical goals. These deployments are not merely benign acts of maritime policing but rather strategic

https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413148 What moral contradictions arise when some nations recognize indigenous rights globally but deny Jewish indigeneity in Israel? "Moral contradictions that emerge when nations champion indigenous rights elsewhere yet deny the Jewish people’s indigeneity in their own homeland, Israel — especially in Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem". The Moral Contradictions of Denying Jewish Indigeneity While Championing Indigenous Rights Elsewhere- The Age of Indigenous Awakening — and Its Selective

https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413149 How can African states protect infant industries while still engaging in global trade? Europeans and American industries and countries now knows what they lost. One of the greatest challenges facing African economies is how to nurture infant industries—new or emerging sectors that lack the economies of scale, experience, and technology to compete against established global giants. Historically, many now-developed countries, from the United States to Germany to South Korea, used protectionist measures to give their domestic

https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413150 Should governments establish state-owned machine tool enterprises, or should the focus be on supporting private local manufacturers? Should African Governments Establish State-Owned Machine Tool Enterprises, or Support Private Local Manufacturers? "Maybe or May Not- Because African politics are based on Tribalism, Favoritism, Religion (like in Nigeria) and Cabals in control". The debate over industrialization strategies in Africa is not new. Since independence, African governments have grappled with how

https://ubuntusafa.com/posts/413155 Which Sectors — Defense, Clean Energy, and Digital Electronics — Depend Most on Rare Earths? Rare earth elements (REEs) are the invisible threads that weave together much of our 21st-century technology. Though their presence is often measured in grams or even milligrams, their absence would render much of the modern world impossible — from smartphones and satellites to stealth aircraft and electric vehicles. These 17 metallic elements, including neodymium,