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Ho Chi Minh
A trip to Vietnam brought the occasion to remember that I had Walden Bello’s “Ho Chi Minh: Down With Colonialism” (2007) on the shelf. The book is a collection of speeches and writings of Ho Chi Minh, with an introduction by Walden Bello. The Vietnamese revolutionary leader died in 1969, having fought the French, Japanese […]
Tags: #Anti-colonial struggle #Colonialism #Equality #Ho Chi Minh #Imperialism #Revolution #Struggle #Vietnam
Brave New Words
The founder of Khan Academy, Salman Khan, wrote “Brave New Words: How AI will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)” in 2024. The book is part history of Khan Academy, part introduction to AI and LLMs, large part of Khan Academy promotional work (other reviewers also felt this book felt like an infomercial), and […]
Tags: #AI #Books #Brave New Words #Khan Academy #Salman Khan
Age of Revolutions
Written by Fareed Zakaria (yes, the CNN one), “Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present” (2024) runs through a selection of European history (Netherlands, Great Britain, France) to make a case for liberalism, participatory governance, markets and innovation in the rise of powerful nations (or their downfall). The title of this book […]
Tags: #Age of Revolutions #Fareed Zakaria #History #Politics #Revolution
Kinship, State Formation and Governance in the Arab Gulf States
Compared to other regions, there are few books about the GCC, and specifically Qatar. I try to track new publications and I came across “Kinship, State Formation and Governance in the Arab Gulf States” by Scott J. Weiner (2022), which was published by Edinburgh University Press. The book is covers Kuwait, Oman and Qatar (the latter less so compared […]
The Fourth Turning is Here
Neil Howe’s “The Fourth Turning is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us About How and When This Crisis Will End” offers a generational approach to understanding history, and predicting the future. He argues that generations move through cycles, more-or-less in 100 year periods, often marked by key events or experiences that leave imprints […]
Tags: #Fourth Turning #Generational Cycles #Generational Theory #Neil Howe #Saeculum
From Black Gold to Frozen Gas
In 2023, Tusiani and Johnson wrote “From Black Gold to Frozen Gas: How Qatar Became an Energy Superpower”, published by Columbia University Press, in the Center on Global Energy Policy Series. The book provides a unique and detailed look into the deal, actors, contracts of the development of the energy sector in Qatar, often interwoven […]
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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