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The latest edition of the Economist had an article about the recent coup in Mali, and about the (rather obvious) need for institution-building rather than pure
by codekansas 6y ago
The latest edition of the Economist had an article about the recent coup in Mali, and about the (rather obvious) need for institution-building rather than pure military interventions by European powers: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/08/19/what-next-for-mali https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/08/19/...
Mostly unrelatedly, whenever I see these types of forts I am reminded of the forts that workers build in Civ 5, which are equally useless
- ArkVark 6y agoIf those institutions are completely staffed and run by Europeans, protected by European security forces, you will jumpstart the development of the country by several decades.