Ismail Lagardien Columnist & essayist
Ismail Lagardien was educated at the London School of Economics and holds a PhD in international political economy. Earlier, he was a journalist, a photojournalist and an academic, and worked in the Office of the Chief Economist of the World Bank, and in the Secretariat of the National Planning Commission. He was also the executive dean of business and economics sciences at Nelson Mandela University.
ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: There is much more to the East than the sun rising there
Ismail Lagardien Columnist & essayist
ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: International law is the ass that can kick the hardest
Ismail Lagardien Columnist & essayist
ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: Global governance meaningless when laws do not apply to everyone
Ismail Lagardien Columnist & essayist
ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: Geography as destiny restricts aspiration among stateless people
Ismail Lagardien Columnist & essayist
ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: The economic outlook for our grandchildren looks bleak
Ismail Lagardien Columnist & essayist
ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: Trump can only lose in his war against history and awareness
Ismail Lagardien Columnist & essayist
ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: And the song remains the same, a new Cold War of old
Ismail Lagardien Columnist & essayist