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South Africa: Republic of Resistance, Empire of Minerals

Sat 18 – Sun 26 October 2025

Overview: An intense journey through South Africa’s unfinished story—where racial oppression, revolutionary struggle, economic warfare, and resource politics continue to shape the nation’s destiny.

Core Themes:

Apartheid as architecture: systemic oppression through law, cities, and economics
The ANC’s armed struggle and Cold War geopolitics
From liberation to corruption: the unfinished revolution
Mineral wealth, global capital, and the politics of extraction

Featured Activities:

Site tours of apartheid detention centres, police archives, and hidden resistance hubs
Conversations with veterans of the liberation struggle and intelligence operatives
Strategic briefings on state capture, mining geopolitics, and future conflict zones
Visits to rare earth extraction sites and corporate influence nodes

South Africa is a republic built on contested memory and blood-soaked soil. Its future will be decided not just by politics, but by who controls its ground—and its ghosts.

Dates

Sat 18 – Sun 26 October 2025

DESTINATIOn

Taipei / Kinmen / Hsinchu

DURATION

8 night

INCLUDED

Local Transportation / All Accommodation / Meals and Water

Tour Cost

Cost : £7750 Single supplement : £850

Itinerary

Saturday 18 October: Taipei

Meet at 7 pm for a welcome dinner. Our experts will provide an overview of our Taiwan Tour and a brief introduction to Taiwan’s society, politics, and economy.

Overnight Taipei
Sunday 19 October: Taipei

We start with an introduction to modern Taiwan – how has the island changed from authoritarian government to a thriving democracy. We visit the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, a national monument commemorating Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. After lunch, we look the issues facing every day people; the country has a booming economcy but many have to cope with rising living costs and high housing prices.

Overnight Taipei
Monday 20 October: Taipei

The looming possibility of a conflict with China is on everybody’s minds. We visit a national security and civic defense NGO. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, there has been increased public interest in civilian resilience training in Taiwan. Experts will share insights into Taiwan’s disaster preparedness and defense strategies. We will also meet with political analysts and foreign policy experts to discuss Taiwan’s position in the U.S.-China-Taiwan geopolitical landscape, especially under Taiwan’s current government.

Overnight Taipei

Meet Your Expert

Lev Nechman is a political scientist and an Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. He is also a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council Global China Hub and the National Bureau of Asian Research.

Nechman received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Irvine in May of 2021. He was a 2019-2020 Fulbright Research Fellow in Taiwan and served as a Visiting Fellow at National Taiwan University.

He has written op-eds for The Brookings Institution, Foreign Policy, and more. He has been quoted by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

Essentials

The tour is mid-summer. Days can be hot and evenings cooler. Some rain is to be expected.

The maximum size of our groups is 14 people, ensuring the small-group experience.

We provide genuine learning experiences through the eyes and ears of an expert, politician, or journalist. Travel like a reporter.

Accommodation, meals (breakfast, lunch, and most dinners), and water are all included in tour package.

Our Ireland tours start and end in Londonderry/Derry and ends in Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland.

The British pound is the currency in Northern Ireland; the Euro is the currency of northern Cyprus.

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