By George Friedman * – Geopolitical Futures Major news publications around the world are rife lately with articles noting how the decline in birth rates has reached a critical mass. Over the past years, life expectancy has increased – particularly in advanced industrial…
By Khaleda Rahman* – Newsweek Biden Announces Border Crackdown: ‘Republicans Left Me with No Choice’ President Joe Biden’s executive action on the border is having little effect on the number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. Biden signed the executive order on…
Editorial – The Guardian The French president’s decision to call a snap parliamentary election, after Marine Le Pen’s triumph in European polls, is a fateful moment Ahead of Sunday’s European election results, attention was understandably focused on the impact of a potential…
By Ramesh Jaura* BERLIN | June 2024 (IDN) — Iran is gearing up for a new presidential election to replace Ebrahim Raisi, who lost his life in a helicopter crash on May 19. Iran’s Interior Ministry has released the final list of candidates for the presidential election scheduled…
By Karen Gilchrist* – CNBC A more polarized parliament could make it difficult to pass EU legislation on issues ranging from climate and immigration to industrial strategy and defense. Divisions within and between right-wing parties could, however, limit their…
By Thalif Deen* – Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2024 (IPS) – The continued veiled threats from Russia, warning of nuclear attacks on Ukraine, have prompted some politicians in Europe to visualize a nuclear-armed European Union (EU). But Volkert Ohm, Co-Chair of…
By Hall Gardner* – The Hill In a show of European unity, French President Emmanuel Macron and a more reluctant German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed at their May 28 Council of Ministers meeting that they would permit Kyiv to strike military targets on Russian territory with…
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter/Independent Media Institute Each year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) releases its World Migration Report. Most of these reports are anodyne, pointing to a secular rise in migration during the period of neoliberalism.
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter/Independent Media Institute Each year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) releases its World Migration Report. Most of these reports are anodyne, pointing to a secular rise in migration during the period of neoliberalism.
By Taro Ichikawa- IDN-InDepthNews TOKYO | SEOUL | 6 June 2024 (IDN) — Three decades after Japan organised the First International Conference on African Development (TICAD)—in collaboration with the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African…
