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Why Kenya has tighter relationship with Israel than other great powers

There currently is a serious global geopolitical realignment in which 'global predators', driven by 'fear', are competing to 'lead' others as a way of safeguarding and promoting their perceived interests. The concept of 'global predators' marauding all over the world, applies particularly to extra-continental powers competing to exploit and pressure Africans to side with one or the other 'predator'.

There are three layers of global predators that Africa has to be concerned with. First are the three dominant powers that struggle to discredit each other and engage in proxy wars namely the United States, China and Russia. The second layer comprises former imperial/colonial powers that are on the decline but are also struggling to keep their imperial heads high as they fend off dominance from the top three.

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