As multilateral institutions attempt to respond to today’s unprecedented global challenges, one that already works well is the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Established in 1959 and headquartered in Washington DC., the IDB is widely recognized for its important role in…
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram* PENANG, Apr 3 2020 (IPS) – Martin Khor Kok Peng passed away just after the end of the first quarter of 2020. He leaves behind an unusually rich legacy.
By Aparna Gopalan* – The Nation The 2019 Nobel Prize winners in economics represent a new strain of neoliberal thought. In 1974, the neoliberal Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek was awarded the newly instituted Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred…
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has begun minor operations to try to quell the unrest in Hong Kong. This is a step that the Chinese hoped to avoid.
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 2019 (IPS) – A Republican US Senator of a bygone era was once quoted as saying “a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” And, not surprisingly, at the UN, when it comes to the implementation of its…
Por Fernando Ayala and René Castro* COP 25 is an opportunity to relaunch multilateralism and save the planet All countries and their inhabitants are responsible for the future of the Earth, especially the new generations that will inherit a world in a coma, so it is not only…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Sep 5 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations will be hosting six high level plenary meetings –- unprecedented even by its own standards—during the beginning of the 74th session of the General Assembly in late September. The meetings are being viewed…
Editorial Boris Johnson’s government is hastening towards a no-deal Brexit. All MPs who oppose this catastrophic national danger must cooperate in the cause of preventing it Britain’s exit from the European Union without a withdrawal deal would be an unequivocal national…
By Alexandra Stevenson*, Amie Tsang and Matt Phillips – The New York Times Stocks in the United States swerved up and down on Thursday after China sent conflicting signals about how it would respond to President Trump’s threats of new tariffs and investors took some solace in…
Dominic Rushe* – The Guardian Trade war rhetoric ratchets up as Beijing responds to US claim of being ‘a currency manipulator’ China stepped up the trade war rhetoric on Tuesday, accusing the US of “deliberately destroying international order” with “unilateralism and…
