War and Resource Grabbing, Two Sides of the Same Violence

Mar 24, 2025 | Edward Mukiibi
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The winds of war are blowing more violently and more widely across the planet. The battle for resources draws the lines of world geopolitics, revealing the hypocrisy of so many ideologically vague motivations. There is talk of mineral resources and rare earths to be shared among the various powers, in a diplomatic game that is striking in its cynicism. Violence and intimidation spread even to areas of the world that seemed relatively immune. But the winds of war have been blowing for decades, especially in the Global South. Since the end of the Second World War, the number of wars between all continents has never fallen below one hundred. This means that there are at least 100 armed conflicts every year.