How patriotism can save us from greedy foreign states

For some time now there has been a raging debate on the actual implication of Chinese loans to Kenya. Different narratives have been postulated but they are as varied as the parties engaging in the argument. However, it is important for the government to give Kenyans the facts to avoid speculation. See, nobody wants to imagine that their country has been auctioned for whatever reason. Due to corruption in our country, fear is rife that some individuals can get compromised and jeopardise the wellbeing of the state.

The international system is anarchic. States constantly pursue their national interests even when such are to be achieved at the expense of other actors in the international system. The Cold War was a gruesome theatre whereby the United States and the Soviet Union flexed their muscles to outdo each other. Proxy wars and economic maneuvers characterised the tussle in the then bipolar balance of power. The collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s brought to an end the grueling battle for dominance between the two Superpowers leading to a unipolar international system.