By John Feffe – TomDispatch It’s called climate change, and we’re running out of time to solve it. The mid-term elections are over, and the Democrats have regained the House, but the rest of American political reality remains intact. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 2018 (IPS) – A former French president once remarked: Never pick a fight with a little kid or the press. The kid will throw the last stone at you and the press will … Continue reading →

By Joe Freeman – The Tricycle (*) Once hailed, now reviled: five takes on Myanmar’s de facto leader Thinking back, it was like a celebration. There was music, dancing, camaraderie, cheering. I stood in front of the headquarters of the … Continue reading →

By Norman Eisen and Jeffrey Gedmin  (*)  (CNN)  If there is one painful lesson that we have learned in the 100 years since the end of World War I, it is that democracy’s friends on both sides of the Atlantic … Continue reading →

By James Carden* – The Nation Three new books make the case against a failed grand strategy In the nearly two years since President Donald J. Trump took office there has been an outpouring of commentary decrying the end of … Continue reading →

Raghu Murtugudde* – Newsweek In 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that limiting global warming to 2C by 2100 could not be achieved without employing technologies to drawdown carbon from the atmosphere. A recently released report by the … Continue reading →

Roberto Savio – Publisher of Other News It is with great sadness and sorrow that I have to inform that MarcoNapoli died. He was one of the key managers of IPS. He was the founder of IPS office in the … Continue reading →

OPINION: Sharon McLennan – Stuff, New Zealand Honduras is a wonderful place for a short visit, despite its reputation as a one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Like New Zealand, it is small, beautiful, with an abundance of … Continue reading →

BY DINO GRANDONI (With Paulina Firozi) – THE LIGHTBULB / WP In their bid to help Democrats recapture the House on Tuesday, environmentalists emphasized what they called the Trump administration’s failure to address the biggest environmental problem facing the world: … Continue reading →

By Jacob L. Shapiro* – Geopolitical Futures Imagine a country – a Muslim majority country, no less – that viewed the spread of jihadism as an existential threat, a threat so serious that it was willing to sacrifice its own … Continue reading →

By Andrew J. Hoffman* – The Conversation One of the great challenges of tackling climate change is making it real for people without a scientific background. That’s because the threat it poses can be so hard to see or feel. … Continue reading →

By Laura Carlsen* – The Nation “Central America just couldn’t take it anymore” “Central America couldn’t take it anymore.” That’s how Ruben Figueroa describes the October exodus of thousands of people from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala fleeing north. “After … Continue reading →

 By Pier Francesco Zarcone* Sorry to say so, but the future of the Palestinians is darker and more bleak than ever, because the Sunni Arab countries have become disinterested in them and they have no powerful friends in the world. … Continue reading →

By Yascha Mounk* – Foreign Affairs With the Right Rising, Germany Needs to Do More Than Stay the Course As the head of the country’s biggest political party for eighteen years, and its chancellor for twelve, Angela Merkel has done more to … Continue reading →

Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz (*) – The Globe and Mail Imagine you’re buying a car. The first dealership you check out has a number of them. You can test drive these cars, you know other people who have them … Continue reading →

By Asoka Bandarage* – Asia Times The Parliament of World Religions is considered the “oldest, largest, most diverse and inclusive global interfaith event.” It has convened six times since its illustrious inaugural session in Chicago in 1893. The seventh Parliament … Continue reading →

Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Maurice Strong Two books[1], just published show how the UN has gained global influence through the leadership of exceptional individuals. They are fascinating both for the insights they offer and for the sharp contrasts in the personalities … Continue reading →

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Nov 1 2018 (IPS) – Globally, the people working to defend our human rights are increasingly under attack, reaching a “crisis point.” More than 150 human rights defenders (HRDs) from around the world gathered in … Continue reading →

By Silvio Marcacci* – Forbes –10 policies applied to the 20 largest-emitting nations, can meet the 2°C target –nearly 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions are generated by just 20 countries The world’s scientists estimate we have a decade to … Continue reading →