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 Barbara Crossette* – The Nation Unlike Nikki Haley, his aim is destruction, not repair It did not take very long after the appointment of John Bolton as Donald Trump’s national security adviser for the United Nations universe—diplomats, the Secretariat, organization outposts…
Editorial Donald Trump’s meeting was all about grabbing plaudits for his over-sized ego rather than a serious effort to achieve peace on the Korean peninsula The commemorative summit coin has just been minted, but the peace efforts are already spent. Donald Trump’s decision to…
By Maged Srour ROME, May 2018 (IPS) – According to the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in total, countries around the world spent $ 1.739 billion on arms in 2017. Although there was a marginal increase of 1.1 percent rise in real…
By Fred Hiatt* – The Washington Post With North Korea and other challenges, President Trump can succeed where others have failed, we are told, because he is so unpredictable. In fact, he is proving to be the most predictable of presidents.
Analysis by Bill Powell* – Newsweek For years, he’s been seen as a naïf or a madman. But what if Kim Jong Un is the smartest guy in the room? In early 2012, a few months after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was buried in an elaborate state funeral, I found myself in the…
by Gerry Rodgers* – Indian Express Inequality has figured prominently in Brazil’s economic reforms. India’s liberalisation regime focused on removing poverty, but strains caused by inequalities are sharpening. Thirty years ago, income distribution in India was regarded as…
