Our New Colonial Era By Azza Karam Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service --

https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/our-new-colonial-era/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ICJ_Begins_Proceedings_for_Rohingya_Genocide_Allegations_Case_Against_Myanmar_Is_the_US_Moving_Towar “Take up the White Man’s burden — Send forth the best ye breed… By all ye cry or whisper, by all ye leave or do, [T]he silent, sullen peoples shall weigh your gods - and you…” -- Rudyard Kipling, The White Man’s Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands (1899) NEW YORK, Jan 12 2026 (IPS) - We’re living in an age where the world is loudly proclaiming the death of empire, yet reproducing its structures. This is not nostalgia for colonial postcards — it’s a reinvention of foreign policy, international governance and global economic power that resembles colonial logic far more than it does meaningful cooperation. Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service --