Thought Provokers
The Economic Weapon
Arising out of a PhD project and focusing on the modern form of sanctions, Nicholas Mulder’s “The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War” (2022) is a fascinating historical journey. I picked up this book because I teach ethics for law and policy, and during the themes of war and […]
Tags: #Economic sanctions #Economic Weapons #Nicholas Mulder #Sanctions
Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy
Started in 2015, published in 2019, and penned by leading thinkers on the Ethiopian economy (Fantu Cheru, Christopher Cramer, Arkebe Oqubay) “The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy” is a treasure. Standing at 955 pages, I am aware of no similar effort to cover the diversity of the country’s economy. The contributing authors are a […]
Tags: #Arkebe Oqubay #Christopher Cramer #Ethiopia #Ethiopian Economy #Fantu Cheru
The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist
Compared to other leaders of the struggle for dignity and freedom, Cabral has been covered less. I have posted about a few books: Davidson wrote a book in 1969, a 1977 book covered some of Cabral’s work, and a 2013 edited book was inspired by Cabral. Antonio Tomas presents a biography of Cabral in “The […]
Tags: #Anti-colonial struggle #Antonio Tomas #Cabral #Leadership #The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist
Know The Beginning Well
Lifelong development worker, K. Y. Amoako reflects on a career with the World Bank and United Nations in “Know the Beginning Well: An Inside Journey Through Five Decades of African Development” (2020). The book is interesting in that the author shares inside views, but lacks critical reflection and does not offer any bold or new […]
Tags: #Amoako #Development #Know the beginning well #Racism #World Bank
Decolonizing Politics
Robbie Shilliam wrote “Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction” in 2021, and it is thankfully affordable for an academic book ($18). The book takes a different road to the conversation that ones I had read, and in that regard it was interest and a great place for new insights. The level of text is well suited […]
Tags: #decolonization #Decolonizing Politics #Politics #Racism #Shilliam
The Power of Culture
For anyone interested to see Qatar, as opposed to read about it (which most of the Reading Qatar list is), a new publication offers such a presentation. Titled “The Power of Culture” (2022), the book is written by al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, who is the Chairperson of Qatar Museums, Doha Film Institute, Reach Out […]
Tags: #al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani #Culture #Qatar #The Power of Culture
The Theory of a Multipolar World
This is Part 4 of series on books by Dugin, the Russian philosopher (see Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3). This post covers his 2021 book, “The Theory of a Multipolar World”. The book builds on much of what has already been said in earlier books, here I highlight only two points offered in […]
Tags: #Clash of Civilizations #Dugin #Huntington #Multipolar World #Theory of a Multipolar World
Dugin on Racism
Part 3 on Dugin’s works (see Part 1 and Part 2). Many of the attacks and/or associations made of Dugin suggest his philosophy is “far right” and connected with white supremacist movements. While such groups or actors may use his works and some publishers associated with such ideologies, that does not in and of itself mean […]
The Great Awakening vs The Great Reset
This is Part 2 of a series on the writing of Dugin (see Part 1 here). This post highlights some key points the author makes in his book The Great Awakening vs The Great Reset, translated into English in 2021 (a very short book, more like an essay at 86 pages of well spaced text). […]
Tags: #Civilizations #Dugin #Globalism #Nominalism #The Great Awakening vs The Great Reset
Fourth Political Theory
This is the first of a series of posts on (translated) works by Alexander Dugin, a Russian philosopher who is suggested to have significant (in)direct influence over the way Putin sees the world. The first book explored in this series is “The Fourth Political Theory”, written in 2009 and translated in 2012. Much has been […]
Tags: #Dugin #Fourth Political Theory #Ideology #Modernity #Political Philosophy
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last fifteen years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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