Jasmine Owens. The link between colonialism, exploitation, and nuclear weapons is seen most clearly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "Eighty percent of the uranium used in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs originated from the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the Congo was the number one supplier of uranium to the U.S., and the people of the DRC paid a heavy price."
Rejecting calls for him to step aside, Biden defended his determination to remain in the race by using one of his favorite foreign policy talking points, the conceit that America is the indispensable or essential nation. Building on the idea expressed by then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright a quarter century ago, the president said, “You know, not only am I campaigning, but I'm running the world. Not — and that's not hy — sounds like hyperbole, but we are the essential nation of the world. Madeleine Albright was right.”
Les milliards de dollars d'aide n'auront pas suffi ; la contre-offensive ukrainienne a échoué. Espérant maintenir les flux financiers en provenance des capitales occidentales, Kiev présente son agresseur comme une puissance coloniale qui menacerait l'Europe entière. Revenir sur l'histoire de l'empire russe et la place singulière qu'y occupe l'Ukraine invite à questionner cette idée.
Médiapart (video) Qu’est-ce qui fait un empire ? Comment se forme-t-il à travers l’histoire ? Réflexions croisées sur l’histoire longue de la Méditerranée avec l’historien Gabriel Martinez-Gros et les historiennes Ann…