How do we understand our age of crisis from a distinctly Southern perspective? That is the question at the heart of the newly published book Southern Interregnum: Remaking Hegemony in Brazil, India, South Africa, and China.
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A new era of antagonism between the US and China has emerged in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is seen in the mounting rhetoric of "strategic competition" escalating military expenditures and efforts at alliance building such as AUKUS. Increasingly important are the US's efforts to [...]
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The confusion about the term ‘imperialism’ can be resolved upon recognising that the term was originally popularised to explain warfare, but not national exploitation, whereas the subsequent evolution of the term sought to explain national exploitation, but not warfare. Therefore, the term [...]
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For decades the concept of “imperialism” all but disappeared from popular discourse and academic writing in the rich countries. It was an idea that used to be dominated by Marxist thinkers until the 1970s, but even among Marxists – at least in academia – the concept has rarely been seen as [...]
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“An essential political read for our times. Spelling out the brutal contradictions of the ‘imperial mode of living’ and its ‘green economy,’ Brand and Wissen invite the reader to consider a ‘solidary mode of living.’ Here, sociability and sustainability can be joined, and hopefully celebrate [...]
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Samir Amin’s legacy encompasses both his activism and scholarship. As I argue in a recent Legacy piece in Development & Change, Samir Amin achieved more in both spheres than most activists and academics, but the combination is what sets him apart.
Amin was a socialist from an [...]
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My latest book Marxist Theories of Imperialism: A History critically analyses the theorising of imperialism over the course of the twentieth century and up to the present. Analysis of Marxist engagement with imperialism during this period reveals three distinct phases of theorising. The [...]
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Afghan women could serve as ideal messengers in humanizing the ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] role in combating the Taliban because of women’s ability to speak personally and credibly about their experiences under the Taliban, their aspirations for [...]
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