By Ben Aris – bne IntelliNews I’m going to get into trouble asking this question. The problem is that the whole situation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has become so emotional and polarised that even suggesting Russia is not entirely to blame for the flaring…
Human Wrongs Watch – UN Environment It is still possible to keep global warming below 2°C, but the technical feasibility of bridging the 1.5°C gap is dwindling. Global CO2 emissions increased in 2017, after a three-year period of stabilization. If the emissions gap is not closed…
By Jessica Loudis* – The Nation The country’s treatment of its Rohingya minority is vexing tourists, but not enough to stop the violence In 2014, the New York Times travel section published a feature on Myanmar. Declaring it was the Southeast Asian country’s “moment,” the writer…
By Busani Bafana* NAIROBI, Nov 2018 (IPS) – Africa risks being the worst plastic-polluted place on earth within three decades overtaking Asia, says a continental network calling for African contributions to solving the growing threat of marine waste. “Plastic pollution is real…
Analysis by Roland Oliphant* – The Telegraph If you were to looking for a time to re-ignite the slumbering conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Sunday would have been a good choice. With European leaders preoccupied with Brexit and the president of the United States silent…
Walter Shapiro* – The Guardian The president thinks justice only matters as it affects him. As his defenders fall away, he may find this all too painfully true A rational president, who had just bludgeoned Brett Kavanaugh onto the supreme court, would not jeopardize the…
By Daniel Gutman “In the south, Argentina had the worst drought in 50 years this year, after crops had been lost to flooding the previous year. And in the Caribbean, Dominica’s entire agricultural crop disappeared from the map in 2017 because of devastating hurricanes.” — Julio…
By Lee McIntyre* – The Conversation Most politicians lie. Even if we could find some isolated example of a politician who was scrupulously honest – former President Jimmy Carter, perhaps – the question is how to think about the rest of them.
Jon Sharman* – The Independent Migrants ‘will be at greater risk from traffickers and other criminal groups’ if new security decree is implemented, say special rapporteurs A rise in hate attacks in Italy cannot be separated from politicians “unashamedly embracing racist and…
Analysis by Stephen Collinson – CNN Washington (CNN)It is the Trump doctrine laid bare. By letting Saudi Arabia get away with the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the President sent a message of startling clarity about how the United States will conduct its…
