Geopolitics
The Silent Taxation of the Global South: How Distant Conflicts Strangle Economies from Banjul to Beyond
A missile exchange between Iran and Israel directly increases the price of a taxi ride in Banjul, The Gambia, demonstrating how geopolitical conflicts impose severe economic costs on small, non-aligned nations in the Global South. This glaring injustice exposes the brutal reality of an interconnected global order where the most vulnerable nations, who had zero voice in causing the crisis, are forced to bear the heaviest burdens of instability fueled by distant powers.
