By Prabhat Patnaik* – The Telegraph, India Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to reduce unemployment in the US is not a matter of mere idiosyncrasy The decision of the American president, Donald Trump, to remove several of India’s exports to the United States of America from the…
By Ambassador Idriss Jazairy and Roberto Savio (*) Joint Opinion Editorial For over 70 years, the UN system has been perceived as the guardian of peace and development in the world. However, multilateralism today is undeniably under strain. The effectiveness of global…
*Press release disseminated by the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue 12 March 2019, GENEVA – Multilateralism must be people-driven. The current rise of populism around the world is inextricably linked to a feeling of being excluded and kept out of…
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The countries that aligned to help protect Assad may be reconsidering their allegiances Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel and Russia had agreed to cooperate on withdrawing foreign forces from…
By Thalif Deen * UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations headquarters is in mourning – and the UN flag is at half mast. The deaths of 21 UN staffers March 10, on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight in Addis Ababa, is one of the biggest tragedies in the extended UN…
By Nicholas Casey, Christoph Koettl and Deborah Acosta – The New York Times CÚCUTA, Colombia — The narrative seemed to fit Venezuela’s authoritarian rule: Security forces, on the order of President Nicolás Maduro, had torched a convoy of humanitarian aid as millions in his…
By Roy Morrison* – EcoCivilization Our current path is that of a netocracy and triumph of the billionaires. Jeff Bezos and his billionaire cohort will successfully follow their plans for customer service, fast delivery, cost cutting, labor saving and eventually own almost…
The Economist The European People’s Party has tolerated the Hungarian leader’s authoritarianism for too long ON JUNE 16TH 1989 Hungarians gathered to rebury Imre Nagy. The liberalising prime minister’s overthrow had prompted the uprising against Soviet rule 33 years before.
By Karessa Ramos* MADRID, Mar 8 2019 (IPS) – Imagine a world where women fully participate in society, and enjoy equal access to resources and opportunities. Most probably, the 2030 Agenda would be nearing its fulfillment and we would be closer to achieving the better planet we…
By LILI BAYER, MAÏA DE LA BAUME AND PHILIP KALETA – POLITICO Hungarian leader at heart of crisis for Europe’s center right faces big decisions on his party’s future. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is at a crossroads.
