By ANNE BARNARD and MARIA ABI-HABIB – The New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s prime minister, Saad Hariri, was summoned at 8:30 a.m. to the Saudi royal offices — unseemly early, by the kingdom’s standards — on the second day of a visit that was already far from what he…
By Martin Khor* PENANG, Malaysia, Dec 2017 (IPS) – In 2017, Donald Trump dominated the year by using US clout to change many aspects of global relations, and not for the better. What a year it has been!
by Tyler Durden – Zerohedge Though at first glance it sounds straight out of The Onion, Nikki Haley has formally invited the 64 countries who either voted ‘against’ or abstained (or just didn’t show up) for Thursday’s UN General Assembly vote on the Jerusalem resolution to a…
By Roberto Savio* First of all, as we focus on the future, it is essential to look at the past. As Paul Raskin eloquently notes, we are united by a shared future, but we are united by a shared past as well.
By Ishaan Tharoor * – The Washington Post “You will not replace us!” went the guttural cry from a small, torch-wielding crowd of American white nationalists and neo-Nazis. They marched in August through a leafy Virginia town in defense of monuments to Confederate leaders…
“The Geneva Centre” 20 December 2017, GENEVA – On the occasion of the 2017 International Day of Human Solidarity observed on 20 December, the Chairman of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue H. Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim* calls for peace for…
By Baher Kamal + MADRID, Dec 20 2017 (IPS) – If you are in Madrid and have some spare time, just go to an area which residents consider a “high class” neighbourhood situated in a district bordering Barrio de Salamanca, one of the richest areas in the Spanish capital. There you…
Editorial – The Guardian The US faces serious challenges. The document presented by the US president is not a blueprint for responding Ignore the title: it is not really a strategy.
By FRANK CHEN – Asia Times China media accuses former White House chief strategist of poisoning America’s understanding of the country and says it is happy that such a demagogue is now a Washington ‘outcast’ Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon unleashed a volley…
Kaushik Basu * – Project Syndicate As inequality continues to deepen worldwide, we do not have the luxury of sticking to the status quo. Unless we confront the inequality challenge head on – as we have just begun to do with another existential threat, climate change – social…
