THE international community of nations is one of the most colourful assemblies of human development and achievement. It is not a community of equals; neither is it an assembly of the upright. It is a union of intention born of what we as a community of people hope to become. It is a place of competing principles and ideas about mutual respect for the collective human community of nations, regardless of their geographic size or location, religion, culture, race or ethnicity. Historically, national boundaries and the geographic locations of nations have been born out of settlements and encouraged trade, peace or war. That each country has a border and people to protect reinforces part of the inequality and suspicion that exists among nations. In fact, geography and boundaries foster what is called geopolitics, which is the complex politics of sovereignty. Put simply, it is the very politics of national survival. With the onset of industrialisation, geopolitics further anchored […]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS – A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
