Author Profile: Seamus Duggan

About Seamus Duggan

MPhil in International Relations student at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.

KONY 2012: the latest source of armageddon fatigue

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Seamus Duggan

Social media has contributed to some of the largest political events of the last couple of years. It aided the Arab Spring, has been a constant thorn in the side of the Chinese authorities, has given Vladimir Putin and Mahmoud … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Fragile and Post Conflict States, International Relations | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Fighting words: African leaders should be careful to call Western intervention ‘re-colonisation’

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Seamus Duggan

The institutions of the United Nations are slaves to the objectives of Western powers, and these powers are determined to make Africa an appendage to the West. Or so Thabo Mbeki claims. Mbeki, the former president of South Africa and … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Economic Development, International Relations, Political Economy | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments