Brazil Emerging as Key Player at U.N.
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Nov 08 (IPS) – When a U.N. member state agrees to hold an international conference in its capital, the host country is not...
View ArticleIAEA Data on Sensitive Iranian Stockpile Mislead News Media
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Gareth Porter Nov 20 () – News stories on the latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report suggested new reasons to fear that Iran is closer...
View ArticleDaunting Development Challenges Ahead
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsReport PARIS (IDN) – Despite development successes over the past 20 years and the progress of many emerging...
View ArticleEnding ‘Doormat Politics’ In Somalia
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By Abukar Arman* “More than ever, foreign policy is economic policy. The world is competing for resources and global markets.” John Kerry Considering the...
View ArticleIt’s All About Israel
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Senator Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Service Committee Jan. 31, 2013. Credit: DoD Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo Jim...
View ArticleIndia Sails Into Troubled South China Sea
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Richard Heydarian MANILA, Feb 04 (IPS) – With territorial tensions in the South China Sea entering a new phase of confrontation, there are signs of...
View ArticleDavos Puts Protests Behind
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Ray Smith DAVOS, Feb 05 (IPS) – Barbed wire and safety fences are dismantled, the police and army are withdrawn and freedom of movement is restored. The...
View ArticleArms Aid to Fragile States Can Backfire
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Eva Weiler | IDN-InDepth NewsReport STOCKHOLM (IDN) – The need for security forces in a fragile state to be adequately trained and equipped is...
View ArticleIs Uzbekistan’s Economy Going into a Tailspin?
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Kitty Stapp TASHKENT, Feb 11 (EurasiaNet) – Uzbekistan has introduced sweeping new banking and import regulations that appear designed to keep hard...
View ArticleAiming at Global Disarmament by 2030
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ramesh Jaura | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – An eminent Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda is calling for an “expanded nuclear summit” in 2015...
View ArticleTroika Becomes the Villain in a Greek Tragedy
Featured Photo: A Greek protester takes a step against austerity measures at a barricade in Athens. Credit: Infowar Productions/IPS. Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Apostolis Fotiadis...
View ArticleU.N. Focuses on Faltering Goals: Water, Sanitation, Energy
Residents of Clara Town, a low-income neighbourhood of Monrovia, Liberia, face sanitation challenges with the onset of the rainy season. Credit: Travis Lupick/IPS Global Geopolitics & Political...
View ArticleEducating for Sustainable Development
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Hirotsugu Terasaki* | IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint TOKYO (IDN) – According to UNESCO, ESD (Education for Sustainable Development), is “about enabling us...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Unprepared For A Wave Of Change
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Hossein Valeh* | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TEHRAN (IDN) – Saudi Arabia is the name of both a society and a government. In fact, it stands for a very...
View ArticleDoor Closing on Universal Justice in Spain
Poster demanding justice 10 years after the death of journalist José Couso. Courtesy: Family, Friends and Colleagues of José Couso Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Ines Benitez MALAGA,...
View ArticleSomalia’s Sullied Security
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By Abukar Arman “We cannot have our right hand tied in our back and be asked to defend ourselves with our crippled left hand.” – Abdirahman Sheikh Issa The...
View ArticleNew Economic Crisis Engulfing Developing Countries
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Martin Khor GENEVA, Mar 06 (IPS) – Several developing countries are now being engulfed in new economic crises as their currency and stock markets are...
View ArticleFree Trade Is Not So Free After All
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Julio Godoy* | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BARCELONA (IDN) – International negotiations on so-called “free trade agreements” have always had something...
View ArticleIs Puerto Rico Going the Way of Greece and Detroit?
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Electric utility workers of the UTIER labour union protest for safer workplace conditions. UTIER spearheads the fight against privatisation and against...
View ArticleAgriculture Needs a ‘New Revolution’
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Judith Mwikali Musau has successfully introduced the use of grafted plants for crop and fruit harvesting. IFAD says it is clear that a new revolution in...
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