Marco Rubio in Munich and the Paleo-Western Renaissance
Koos Malan writes on Marco Rubio's address at the Munich Security Conference.
15.3.2026 |
Koos Malan
Rising to the Challenge of the New World Order
Koos Malan argues that the much‑celebrated rules‑based international order has always been a mirage, and that balance of power politics, not multilateral law, has been the true guarantor of peace among great powers.
22.2.2026 |
Koos Malan
Don't Cry For The Dated “Rules-Based” Order
Koos Malan writes on how Trump’s Davos message and Carney’s warning suggest the old global rules-based order is spent, and power balances will decide peace.
8.2.2026 |
Koos Malan
There is No Supreme International Law
Koos Malan writes on how recent global events show that power, not principle, determines international conduct, revealing the limits of the so-called rules-based order.
15.1.2026 |
Koos Malan
Who Possesses the Tools of Government in South Africa?
Koos Malan writes on how business and organised civil society have stepped in to repair a weakened South African state, and why they must guard their independence against an ANC still committed to totalitarian control.
16.12.2025 |
Koos Malan
Societal Constitutionalism in the Place of the Moribund State
Koos Malan says a new type of constitutionalism may be emerging.
30.11.2025 |
Koos Malan
Anger and Distress about Invasions into Our Sovereignty
Regular Common Sense columnist Koos Malan argues that what the ANC complains are attacks on South Africa's sovereignty are in fact the predictable consequences of its own policies.
15.11.2025 |
Koos Malan
South Africa Needs Freedom, Not a Fabricated Nation
South Africa is not a single nation but a collection of distinct communities. Forcing unity through state-led nation-building, this argument contends, destroys real cultures and freedoms. True democracy lies instead in self-reliant, self-governing communities that coexist in mutual respect.
19.10.2025 |
Koos Malan
Beyond The South African State
Koos Malan argues that a new South African dispensation is coming about, in the form of a variety of autonomous community based entities and areas of safety, civility and growth in the region that we still call South Africa.
24.9.2025 |
Koos Malan
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