GLOBAL SECURITY
WAR
AND
PEACE
ONLINE
PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION : SHUTTERSTOCK / AIDAN GIFKINS
Two decades into the 21st century and hopes that a more interconnected world would be less partisan have long been dashed by global terrorism and conflicts in the Middle East , Afghanistan , Africa and now Ukraine . Did the West delude itself with the brief post-Cold War calm ? In the Middle East and Africa , are we paying for the wounds and crimes of a colonial era that most Europeans don ’ t even remember ? Can wiser policies come from better understanding such threads of cause and effect ?
ARTICLE BY BRAD COLLIS
ISSUE 04 / 2022 35