Yash Tandon

Economic nationalism

In Part One I traced the rise of Ronald Trump and his distinct ideology, which could be termed “Trumpism” – a strongly nationalist ideology outside the mainstream Establishment

This is the first instalment of a series of six weekly articles on my reflections on post- US elections geopolitics.

My last blog was on the US elections where I argued that although neither Clinton nor Trump is my hero, Trump is a better bet from an African perspective. In this piece I argue that in the political contest for state power in the United Kingdom Jeremy Corbyn is definitely my favorite.

Sometimes it helps to start an essay with a quote that sums up one’s position.

 “I’m delighted that our 194 member states have been able to reach this consensus, giving a central role to UNCTAD in delivering the sustainable development goals,” said UNCTAD’s Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi on the fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Developm

When things fall apart, they don’t do so by accident. There are underlying deeper historical and civilizational forces. No civilization has existed for ever.

OXFORD CITY’S CULTURE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

TENT NUMBER SIX

This article seeks to explain the process leading to WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference (WTO MC10). The next (final article in this series) will focus on the substance of negotiations. Of course, you cannot separate the process from the substance.