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Buying Security: The EU’s History of Outsourcing Migration Control
By Dimitra Sofianou Source: Canva Introduction On an early Wednesday morning in October 2024, an Italian navy ship carrying 16 migrants docked at the port of Sengjin, Albania. The trip marked the inauguration of a highly contested migration deal between the two countries, which foresees sending migrants trying to reach Italian territory to detention facilities in neighbouring Albania instead, where they are to await a decision on their asylum claims. While the plan was met
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The Bandung Moment: Genesis of a Decolonised World Order
By Talha Haroon Source: The Decolonial Centre Emerging from an era reverberating with the roars of cannons and preceding one driven by economic ambition, the 1950s represented a revolutionary zeitgeist. In this age, nascent countries, previously shackled to imperial hegemony, ventured towards equitable global standing. In this endeavour, 29 Asian–African nations — representing two-thirds of the world’s population at the time — convened in Bandung to create a decolonised world
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Trump and the African Growth and Opportunity Act
By Daniella Byishimo Source: Brookings The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a trade agreement that provides eligible Sub-Saharan countries with tariff-free access to the US market. This agreement was enacted by the US Congress in 2000. Since then, it has been at the centre of US economic policy in Africa. The AGOA Act is set to expire on September 30, 2025, and with Trump’s pushback on free trade, it is uncertain whether the Act will be renewed again. For two dec
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Oct 163 min read
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