militarization

In Portland, Questions Swirl Around Local Police’s Coordination With Federal Officers

By Arun Gupta — The Intercept

By Arun Gupta* – The Intercept Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty agrees with other elected officials in Oregon who say federal police dispatched to the city by President Donald Trump are an “occupying army,” represent “a blatant abuse of power,” and are…

27 July 2020 · 15 min read

English

DEVNET INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATES IN CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME

by DEVNET JAPAN Devnet International is collaborating with private sector, other non-governmental organizations, and the Japanese Government in ensuring that the implementation of Japan’s Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP) fully incorporates the UN Guiding Principles on…

24 Jul 2020 · 3 min read

Human Rights

The Great Migration Clash

By Joseph Chamie

By Joseph Chamie* NEW YORK, Jul 2020 (IPS) – The world is in the midst of the Great Migration Clash, a bitter struggle between those who “want out” of their countries and those who want others to “keep out” of their countries. More than a billion people would like to move…

24 Jul 2020 · 7 min read

Economy / Finance

The covid-19 pandemic is forcing a rethink in macroeconomics

The Economist It is not yet clear where it will lead In the form it is known today, macroeconomics began in 1936 with the publication of John Maynard Keynes’s “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”. Its subsequent history can be divided into three eras.

24 Jul 2020 · 19 min read

Human Rights

Trump’s occupation of American cities has begun

Michelle Goldberg’s opinion – The New York Times The month after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Yale historian Timothy Snyder published the bestselling book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century.” It was part of a small flood of titles meant to help…

23 Jul 2020 · 4 min read

Armed conflicts

Time Is Not on Our Side in Libya

By Vijay Prashad — Independent Media Institute

By Vijay Prashad* – Independent Media Institute Ahmed, who lives in Tripoli, Libya, texts me that the city is quieter than before. The army of General Khalifa Haftar—who controls large parts of eastern Libya—has withdrawn from the southern part of the capital and is now…

23 Jul 2020 · 6 min read

Civil rights

When ‘Law and Order’ Means Maximum Chaos

By Sasha Abramsky — The Nation

By Sasha Abramsky* – The Nation As federal agents brutalize protesters in Portland, Trump threatens to unleash the same tactics across the country The election is barely 100 days away, and the Signal is that Trump—trailing Biden by large margins in national polls—is pursuing a…

22 Jul 2020 · 5 min read

Armed conflicts

The Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales

By George Friedman — Geopolitical Futures

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The British recently finished building two new aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales. Last week, Britain announced that one of the carriers would be based in the Pacific.

22 Jul 2020 · 8 min read

Development

OtherNews-TheAnalysis partnership

Brand new partnership leads to podcast series on global issues. Lorena Barberia, Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of São Paulo.

22 Jul 2020 · 1 min read