Global powers are competing intensely for critical minerals like lithium and cobalt essential for green technology, with China, the US, and EU targeting Latin America and Africa’s vast reserves through strategic investments and trade partnerships to reduce supply chain vulnerabilities.
Davies – Common Dreams (*) Denis Halliday is an exceptional figure in the world of diplomacy. In 1998, after a 34-year career with the United Nations—including as an Assistant Secretary-General and the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq—he resigned when the UN Security Council…
by DEVNET JAPAN Mr. Fumiyasu Akegawa In March 2013, I established Devnet Tokyo, now Devnet Japan, as the East Asian country’s sole branch of Devnet International, which, since 1995, enjoys a Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
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.
Bloom* WASHINGTON DC, Mar 17 2020 (IPS) – “Demography is destiny” is an oft-cited phrase that suggests the size, growth, and structure of a nation’s population determines its long-term social, economic, and political fabric. The phrase highlights the role of demographics in…
Allen White* – Great Transition Initiative Opening reflections for a GTI forum Transnational corporations, the engines of global capitalism, have become the target of efforts to create an economic system both socially just and environmentally sustainable. The unprecedented…
By Anis Chowdhury * and Jomo Kwame Sundaram** SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 2020 (IPS) – The latest November 2019 UBS/PwC Billionaires Report counted 2,101 billionaires globally, or 589 more than five years before. Earlier, Farhad Manjoo had seriously recommended…
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury (*) KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Nov 13 2019 (IPS) – Almost nine decades ago, newly elected US President Franklin Roosevelt introduced the New Deal in 1933 in response to the Great Depression. The New Deal consisted of a number of mutually…
Burrowes* About 12,000 years ago, late stone age humans precipitated the neolithic (agricultural) revolution that marked the start and steady rise of civilization. Coincidentally, this occurred at the same time as the beginning of what is now known as the Holocene Epoch, the…
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…
