Colonial legacies, geopolitical power, and resource politics shape US, Israel, and UAE policies
Original framing: “The British empire gave birth to these rogue regimes - this lawless alliance must end” — Middle East Eye
The British imperial apparatus instituted legal and fiscal structures—such as the Crown Colony model, land registration, and mercantile taxation—that were inherited and re‑engineered by successor regimes. The United States adopted the frontier‑settler paradigm, Israel incorporated British Mandate legal codes into its nation‑building, and the UAE transformed protectorate agreements into modern sovereign wealth funds. Recognising these continuities reveals that current geopolitical behaviour is not an aberration but a re‑articulation of historic power‑extraction mechanisms.
The three states labelled as ‘rogue regimes’ are not anomalies but continuations of colonial extraction, sustained by contemporary financial and defence networks.
Indigenous stewardship, historical treaty obligations, and cross‑cultural alternatives demonstrate that more just configurations are possible when power is redistributed through reparative diplomacy, equitable resource regimes, and inclusive education. Scientific modelling confirms that such systemic shifts would lower conflict risk and climate vulnerability, while trickster insights reveal the self‑defeating logic of blaming a distant empire while maintaining present‑day complicity. Actors ranging from UN bodies, civil‑society coalitions, to local Indigenous councils must coordinate to rewrite the legal and economic foundations that currently enable these regimes’ aggressive postures.