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Dickson Igwe

July 3, 2025

COMMENTARY — United States’ post-war power analysed

War has always been the driver of history, economics and industry. Western prosperity is a product of the battlefield. The United States became the supreme world power after World War …

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by Dickson Igwe
June 26, 2025

COMMENTARY — VI warned of ‘road to World War 3’

There are assertions that this series of commentaries on “the road to war” is of no relevance to the Virgin Islands. This writer begs to differ. These commentaries speak to …

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by Dickson Igwe
June 12, 2025

COMMENTARY — US-China tensions spark concern

The very nature of the modern capitalist model — which has existed from the time of the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s, with markets and profits managed by a bourgeoisie …

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by Dickson Igwe
May 29, 2025

COMMENTARY — ‘Adapt or be left behind’

The Virgin Islands exists in a world dominated by a new form of capitalism driven by the microchip. These islands must adapt or be left behind. That is the grim …

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by Dickson Igwe
May 15, 2025

LETTER — The ‘hegemon in the north’

The Virgin Islands and wider Caribbean exist under the hegemony of the United States. The powerful hegemon in the north affects our lives in numerous ways positive and negative. One …

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by Dickson Igwe
April 17, 2025

COMMENTARY — Trump tariff war blasted

The whole world is watching with trepidation the puppet-show in the halls of power in the United States. The US remains the global hegemon, with President Donald Trump the puppet …

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by Dickson Igwe
April 10, 2025

COMMENTARY — The Caribbean’s US-China ‘dance’

United States hegemony is on steroids with the election of Donald Trump last November. The Monroe Doctrine is back. Might is right. The West is the US’s vassal until Europe …

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by Dickson Igwe
March 27, 2025

COMMENTARY — ‘Angry young men’ seen to need guidance

There is a proverb that states, “A good father is worth 100 teachers.” A key component of the grave and sometimes fatal misbehaviour of Caribbean males is anger. When there …

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by Dickson Igwe
March 6, 2025

COMMENTARY — Trump sparks fear of world war

The world is on a nonstop news cycle. United States President Donald Trump and his actions are on the front pages daily. A related saga has hit home in the …

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by Dickson Igwe
February 20, 2025

COMMENTARY — United States seen as tech ‘hegemon’

The western world, especially Europe, has become a vassal of the United States economically and technologically. Accordingly, the US is the world hegemon, and talk of a multipolar world is …

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by Dickson Igwe
February 13, 2025

COMMENTARY— VI warned about dollar dominance

Will vast global debt lead to war? Time will tell! As the global reserve currency, the United States dollar and associated agencies are in a win-win situation. The US offers …

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by Dickson Igwe
January 23, 2025

COMMENTARY — ‘The dollar, debt and World War 3’

At a time when the Virgin Islands inhabits an increasingly unpredictable and dangerous world, the territory’s policy of forging strong links with Asia is a great vision. Asia is the …

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by Dickson Igwe
January 16, 2025

COMMENTARY — West seen to be in decline

The global south is made up largely of former colonies of European empires. Today they are emerging economic and military powers. China leads the global south in a world that …

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by Dickson Igwe
December 19, 2024

COMMENTARY — MAGA seen to have Achilles’ heel

United States President-elect Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” agenda have one Achilles’ heel: the rise of the Global South. This weakness that will test the limits of …

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by Dickson Igwe
December 12, 2024

COMMENTARY — Trump seen as threat to world

The election of Donald Trump as the next United States president marks a new American governance model marked by impunity and machismo. Democracy is increasingly taking a back seat. Hubris …

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by Dickson Igwe
November 21, 2024

COMMENTARY — Expecting the worst from Trump

The United States has moved hard right with the victory of Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the country’s Nov. 5 election. The win has also ushered in an …

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by Dickson Igwe
October 17, 2024

COMMENTARY — Stats seen as path to a ‘clear vision’

The most successful societies in terms of social and economic measures are those with a clear vision. Such a vision derives from multiple origins: geography, culture, war, industry, science and …

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by Dickson Igwe
September 26, 2024

COMMENTARY — Call made for better data in VI

This commentary, which is the second in a series, seeks to discover why the most productive societies utilise data, especially statistical data, to drive prosperity. The Virgin Islands is a …

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by Dickson Igwe
September 19, 2024

COMMENTARY — Data seen as key to VI progress

This the first of a series of commentaries exploring why the most productive societies utilise data, especially statistical data, to drive prosperity. When was the Virgin Islands public last aware …

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by Dickson Igwe
August 1, 2024

COMMENTARY — Ideas offered to tackle cost-of-living crisis

Greater productivity, increased production and good governance are the panacea needed to lower the cost of living and increase living standards. For all the efforts of governments to manage living …

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by Dickson Igwe
July 18, 2024

COMMENTARY — ‘Seven pillars’ of capital explained

There are seven pillars upon which capital and growth rests and thrives. As explained in previous commentaries, the Virgin Islands’ capital includes the land, human resources, technology, learning and finance …

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by Dickson Igwe
June 27, 2024

COMMENTARY — Ideas offered for Prospect Reef project

Prospect Reef is the perfect model for studying the subject of capital and its value in driving the Virgin Islands’ prosperity. The management of capital is the key driver of …

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by Dickson Igwe
May 2, 2024

COMMENTARY — VI urged to gauge its productivity

Pursuing a national vision for a prosperous Virgin Islands means adopting an understanding of the territory’s capital mix — land, human resources, technology and other wealth-generating assets — as the …

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by Dickson Igwe
April 25, 2024

COMMENTARY — VI advised to assess its ‘capital mix’

It is important to assess how much of the territory’s capital mix — wealth-generating assets, with their associated supply and value chains — is in the hands of the public …

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by Dickson Igwe
March 28, 2024

COMMENTARY — VI’s ‘productivity’ analysed

The wealth of the Virgin Islands primarily depends on the productivity of its workforce. Productivity is simply the measure of human effort that increases a country or territory’s economic output …

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by Dickson Igwe

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