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Violence, Justice and Decolonization
If you are looking for a tour de force of colonialism, anti-colonization struggle and decolonization, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth (1961) should be high on the list. Fanon is a unique voice; in style, content and argument. This work has influenced revolutionaries from Palestine to Sri Lanka and South Africa, as well as […]
Tags: #Colonization #decolonization #Frantz Fanon #Justice #Violence
The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies
Why are policies created they way they are? This question is particularly interesting when the policies do not appear to function well. It may be that the ‘failing’ policies are not actually failing, but serving another, often unstated, purpose. A classic, essential read on this question is “Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political […]
Tags: #Agricultural policy #Agriculture #Political Basis of Agricultural Policies #Politics #Power
New Publication: Stages of Food Security
Cochrane, L. (2017) Stages of Food Security: A Co-produced Mixed Methods Methodology. Progress in Development Studies 17(4): 1-16. Abstract: This article presents the stages of food security methodology, an adaptation of stages of progress developed by Dr. Krishna. Studies of food security are primarily survey based, applying a common set of generalist indicators across a range […]
Tags: #Development Studies #Ethiopia #Food Security #Mixed methods #Stages of Food Security
The Birth of Modern Terrorism?
What were the ideological origins of Al Qaeda and ISIS? Yaroslav Trofimov argues that the answer goes back to 1979, when an uprising occurred in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. For an event that is largely undocumented officially, “The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam’s Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda” (2007) is […]
Tags: #Juhayman #Origins of terrorism #Saudi Arabia #Siege of Mecca #Terrorism
21st Century Economics
Today’s students, the citizens of 2050, are being taught economics rooted in the 1950s, which are based on the theories of 1850. Kate Raworth argues we need a new, 21st century economics, and proposed its seven key features in “Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist” (2017). In many ways the […]
Tags: #21st Century Economics #21st Century Economist #Development Studies #Doughnut Economics #Economics
Lessons from Canada’s War in Afghanistan
Canada sent thousands of troops to Afghanistan, and spent an estimated $20 billion doing so. The outcomes of the mission are debated, but will likely have little to no sustained impact. What can be learned from Canada’s war in Afghanistan? Stephen Saideman sets out to answer this question is his “Adapting in the Dust: Lessons […]
Tags: #Afghanistan #Canada #Lessons #NATO #War
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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