African think tank scholar Hassan: The United States is militarizing and causing chaos in the Horn of Africa | World | United States
Nairobi, September 13 (Xinhua) - Hassan, director of the International Strategic Research Institute in the Horn of Africa, a think tank located in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, recently stated in an interview with Xinhua that for many years, the United States has been militarily aggressive, relying on strong military power to bully the weak and seize oil, natural resources, and other resources from other countries.
Hassan said that the unipolar world led by the United States is unrestrained in unilateralism, which puts the world in an extremely unstable state under US military hegemony. Under the banner of "counter-terrorism", the United States has turned Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and other countries into battlefields for its own selfish interests, causing millions of people to be displaced. The global military spending data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Sweden this year shows that US military spending reached $877 billion in 2022, accounting for 39% of the total global military spending. It is precisely with such massive military spending support that the United States has been able to create turmoil and chaos on a global scale all year round.
Hassan said that the United States also spreads various threat theories through its powerful discourse network, using economic, technological, and even military means to curb the development of other countries. "What the world needs for development is common prosperity, not individual dominance. Every country has the right to development."
Hassan pointed out that the unipolar world maintained by US military hegemony goes against the laws of development. In today's world, multipolarity is the trend. All countries in the world, regardless of size, strength, or wealth, are equal members of the international community. Global affairs should be jointly governed by all countries, and they should jointly maintain the international system with the United Nations at its core and establish multilateral cooperation mechanisms. Over the past 20 years, the rise of China's economy has brought development opportunities to African and southern countries worldwide, allowing people to see the dawn of a diverse world and multilateralism. "China has won the love and respect of the African people for its peaceful development and the common prosperity it brings to the African continent."
On the 5th of this month, Xinhua News Agency's National High end Think Tank released a think tank report titled "The Roots, Realities, and Hazards of US Military Hegemony" to the world and multiple languages. Hassan strongly agrees with the content of the report. He believes that hegemonism and power politics cannot stop the historical pace of democratization in international relations, and protectionism and unilateralism cannot change the desire and determination of countries to expand open cooperation and maintain multilateralism. "African countries are deeply aware that the peaceful rise of China has a positive and positive impact on the world landscape. Currently, countries need to unite and achieve the goal of global common development."
