« If we go back 100 years and look through the newspapers, we see what arguments the colonial powers of that time advanced to justify their expansion into Africa and Asia (…) They cited arguments such as playing a civilizing role, the particular role of the white man, the need to civilize ‘primitive peoples.’ If we replace the term ...
Since the advent of the mercantile era in the 17th century, great powers relied heavily on the oceans and the seas for the pursuit of international trade. Things have not changed much, and, as Margaret Blunden argues, “with the world’s maritime transport system at the forefront of globalization” (Blunden 2012), it is hardly plausible to expect any inflexion ...
