Reposting: The case for colonialism

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01436597.2017.1369037

This Viewpoint essay has been withdrawn at the request of the academic journal editor, and in agreement with the author of the essay. Following a number of complaints, Taylor & Francis conducted a thorough investigation into the peer review process on this article. Whilst this clearly demonstrated the essay had undergone double-blind peer review, in line with the journal's editorial policy, the journal editor has subsequently received serious and credible threats of personal violence. These threats are linked to the publication of this essay. As the publisher, we must take this seriously. Taylor & Francis has a strong and supportive duty of care to all our academic editorial teams, and this is why we are withdrawing this essay.

Right or wrong, this is no way to engage in debate. I wish to show my dissatisfaction with terrorism by reproducing the essay here:

• Bruce Gilley, The case for colonialism, Third World Quarterly, 2017

Springer has also republished it in a journal they control.