Category: Geo-Politics

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BRICS or the real question. A Podcast.

 Unity, Division, and the Global South’s Push for Change. Amsterdam, 10 june 2025– Tell me about BRICS.  What is BRICS?  A loose coalition of emerging economies, or a growing challenge to Western-led global governance?  We take a deep dive into the origins, goals, and internal dynamics of BRICS, the group that brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China,…
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The Big Digital Divide Decides

Suriname in a World of Data eyesonsuriname Our world is transforming at a dizzying pace. Change has always been a given, a constant, when it comes to human societies. But the pace at which these changes occur is increasing with each passing day.  Unquestionably, the digital revolution acts like a giant booster rocket mounted on…
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Estonia Shows How AI Transforms Education 

 Why We Must Act Now By eyesonsuriname,  ATechnology and Society Analyses Amsterdam, 6 mei 2025– In Estonia, primary school children are already learning with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).  They use adaptive learning platforms and are supported by AI tutors that analyze their learning processes.  What is a reality there still seems like science fiction to many…
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Capping AI or Full Speed Ahead? 

Opinion

Capping AI or Full Speed Ahead?  The Future Starts in the Classrooms. eyesonsuriname The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) raises fundamental questions.  Should we embrace this revolutionary technology without limits, or is it time to rein in its development and impose controls?  The debate rages globally, with strong arguments on both sides.  This is…
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Orson Welles in ‘ the Third Man ‘

In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles in ‘ the Third Man ‘

African, Indian, Javanese, Jewish, Chinese, Indigenous and European, German blood.

African, Indian, Javanese, Jewish, Chinese, Indigenous and European, German blood.

All In Berlin. Suriname, South America AntonJieSamFoek The scent of smoked piment hung heavy in the air, mingling with the sweet rot of mangoes, fallen way too late.  Old Ma Gertie stirred her pepperpot, the deep brown stew bubbling like a forgotten memory. Her hands, gnarled and darkened by a lifetime of sun and soil, moved with the practiced…
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Janja and Lula

Janja and Lula

Lula and Janja eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, April 6th 2025–Brazil’s Federal Attorney General’s Office (AGU) issued an opinion last Friday, April 4th, defining guidelines for the role of the president’s spouse, specifically addressing First Lady Rosângela da Silva (Janja) and her expenses. Prompted by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration’s Civil House amid criticism over Janja’s expenses, the AGU…
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Adiante Franszoon wood carving

Far away, yet Suriname is near

antonjiesamfoek© Washington DC / Amsterdam, December 29, 2022— He was born nearly 64 years ago in Dangogo on the Saramacca River. Of course reading and writing didn’t end up there in the woods then. But what would it be? Who wants to learn to read and write when you already have everything you could want…
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A giant Chinese Dragon and a White Head Sea Eagle flying around the Capitol building in Washington at sunrise

Navigating the Dragon: Can the Trump Administration Steer the US-China Relations Away from Conflict?

antonfoek Amsterdam, February 23rd, 2025 – In a recent YouTube video, renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs raises a thought-provoking question: Is the United States overreacting to China’s economic rise? Sachs highlights that China has not been involved in a war for over 40 years, while the U.S. appears to be preparing for a potential conflict with…
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The Philosophic and Political Implications of Land Ownership Dispute Between First Settlers and Indigenous Peoples

The Philosophic and Political Implications of Land Ownership Dispute Between First Settlers and Indigenous Peoples

antonfoek Amsterdam, February 10th, 2025 – As the early settlers arrived on what is now the territory of the United States, they were met with vast landscapes that were already home to thriving indigenous communities. These native tribes, including various Indian nations and Aboriginal peoples, had lived in harmony with the land for millennia, guided…
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