Shapiro* – Geopolitical Futures A Grexit is finally here. Only it’s not the one that kept many of us up at night for years.
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram* KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 2018 (IPS) – Protracted economic stagnation in rich countries continues to threaten the development prospects of poorer countries. Globalization and economic liberalization over the last few decades have integrated developing…
By Ivan Krastev* – The New York Times Donald Trump’s former Svengali is palling around the Continent with a far-right Hungarian prime minister. How does this end? “If there’s an explosion or fire somewhere, Steve is probably nearby with some matches,” one of Steve Bannon’s…
Editorial – The Observer* Leadership has been sadly missing, from the Genoa bridge collapse and Turkey’s financial plight to Trump’s US A pledge by Rory Stewart, the prisons minister, to resign if his new plan to combat drugs and violence in 10 target jails does not work stood…
Kofi Annan departed on the journey of no return By José Ramos-Horta* Tributes are pouring in from all over the world. I do not wish to repeat what surely is being written and spoken by many in more eloquent and detailed prose than I could possibly do.
By Anders Wijkman* Looking at ecological and economic realities, time has come for demanding a new development model, one that fits our time and circumstances. The current model – the economy in particular – was designed and developed in an empty world, with a population between…
Burrowes* There is almost unanimous agreement among climate scientists and organizations – that is, 97% of over 10,000 climate scientists and the various scientific organizations engaged in climate science research – that human beings have caused a dramatic increase in the…
Editorial – The Independent, UK Blaming EU budget constraints is plainly wrong: planned improvement works that could have averted the collapse were bitterly opposed by one of the government coalition parties Shameless even by their own low standards, the gang of populists…
Lucy Handley – CNBC.com More than 300 U.S. newspapers are running editorials Thursday that promote press freedom to counter Donald Trump’s attacks on the media, in a move coordinated by The Boston Globe. President Trump has often attacked some media reports as “fake news” and…
By Kate Kizer* – The Nation Maybe it’s time to ask, ‘With friends Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who needs enemies?’ Though August is supposed to be slow for news, the young month has already seen two extraordinary events. Both have largely flown under the radar, but each has…
