Leonnig, Shane Harris e Josh Dawsey – The Washington Post In one of his first calls with a head of state, President Trump fawned over Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling the man who ordered interference in America’s 2016 election that he was a great leader and apologizing…
By Roberto Savio* Opening reflections for the September 2019 GTN forum LOOKING BACK The first World Social Forum in 2001 ushered in the new century with a bold affirmation: “Another world is possible.” That gathering in Porto Alegre, Brazil, stood as an alternative…
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post A year ago, Jamal Khashoggi — a Saudi commentator and dissident living in de facto exile — entered his nation’s consulate in Istanbul, never to return. The months since Khashoggi’s abduction and brutal killing by a Saudi hit squad have…
By Blerim Mustafa* GENEVA, Sep 2019 (IPS) – Increasing economic inequality is a defining challenge of our time. In recent years, it has triggered analysis and reflection by many scholars, politicians and others on its causes and consequences on economic growth and…
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post NEW YORK — About two years ago, Bangladesh let in some 750,000 Rohingya people fleeing a military-led campaign of ethnic cleansing on the other side of the border. Authorities in Myanmar view the Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim minority…
By Rym Momtaz – POLITICO Document seen by POLITICO was basis for meeting and negotiations PARIS 10/1/19 — Donald Trump and Hassan Rouhani agreed on a four-point document brokered by Emmanuel Macron in New York last week as a basis for a meeting and relaunching negotiations…
By Laura Gil – Africa Renewal (through IPS) VIENNA, Dec 7 2018 (IPS) – Years back, nuclear energy was a fancy option limited to the industrialized world. In due course, nuclear could be an energy source for much of Africa, where only South Africa currently has a nuclear power…
James Pennington and Ariel Kastner – World Economic Forum (WEF) As world leaders gather in Katowice, Poland for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), signs are evident that several long-time influential players…
By José Ramos-Horta* Regional and Multilateral Systems Inadequate As I stared at the picture of seven-year-old Amal Hussain dying of hunger I couldn’t contain my anguish, tears flooding my eyes. Some hours earlier I was wining and dining with friends whom I told about my…
Hazel Henderson * – Ethical Markets Media We humans are at the absurd stage in our technological evolution when we seem to have abandoned our common sense. Billions are spent by governments, corporations and investors in training computer-based algorithms (i.e. computer…
