Digital Colonialism: Navigating New Forms of Servitude in Industry 4.0 Although the world has undergone four waves of industrial revolution, one phenomenon remains intact: the exploitation of weaker nations at the hands of stronger ones. Industry 4.0 is essentially...
Undermining Decolonisation The term ‘decolonisation’ is generally believed to have been coined by a German scholar named Moritz Julius Bonn in 1932,1 but as a comparison of the number of scholarly articles containing the term before and after the year 2000 shows,2 its...
Decolonizing (applied) linguistics in Pakistan There is a growing tendency globally that suggests decolonizing the social sciences by disrupting colonial legacies. It is argued that the social sciences, including the field of linguistics, are heavily influenced by...
Captive Minds, Coloniality and International Relations Ever since Stanley Hoffman1 exposed International Relations as a hegemonized discipline, there has been a growing trend among International Relations scholars to unveil the knowledge and power structures which...
America in Crisis: Will there be a peaceful transfer of power? The United States enters 2024 with a deep sense of foreboding. As Republican primaries loom to find their nominee for the November presidential election, US politics hits new lows. Donald Trump’s CV plumbs...