English

Aniwa Gathering II, Fishkill

Hanne Strong is a central element of a major initiative in a black moment for human rights and minorities, the Aniwa Gathering II, Fishkill ,    that will take place in New York between September 14 and 16 of this year. According to the pillars that support its basic principles…

29 Aug 2018 · 5 min read
Civil Society

Why It Can Happen Here

By Paul Krugman — The New York Times

By Paul Krugman – The New York Times We’re very close to becoming another Poland or Hungary Soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a friend of mine — an expert on international relations — made a joke: “Now that Eastern Europe is free from the alien ideology of Communism, it…

28 Aug 2018 · 5 min read
Civil Society

A Journey From a Nepali Village to the Upper Ranks of UNICEF

By Sir Arthur Richard Jolly

By Sir Arthur Richard Jolly BRIGHTON, UK, Aug 28 2018 (IPS) – Kul Gautam’s memoir is everything which one hopes for from a good biography. There are difficulties all along the way, obstacles and challenges overcome and a vision pursued with extraordinary persistence in spite of…

28 Aug 2018 · 6 min read
English

Annan Victim of One of the Greatest Fake News Concoctions in History

By Ian Williams

By Ian Williams* UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 2018 (IPS) – Looking at the deserved outpouring of eulogies over Kofi Annan I could not help remembering the advice of the old Latin saying, “Say nothing about the dead unless it’s good.” But one can’t help wishing that there had been more…

27 Aug 2018 · 7 min read
Democracy

Tough Times for the Tough Guys

By Chris Patten — Project Syndicate

By Chris Patten* – Project Syndicate Authoritarian leaders worldwide are confronting mounting crises of their own making. But while Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin face slower-brewing challenges, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US…

24 Aug 2018 · 5 min read
Democracy

Trump’s Long War with Justice

By MICHAEL KRUSE* – POLITICO MAGAZINE He fought the law—and won. Could he do it again? n the year and seven months Donald Trump has been the president he has pummeled the Department of Justice on a nearly daily basis. He has put “Justice” in scare quotes on Twitter.

24 Aug 2018 · 21 min read
English

Rohingya Refugees Left in Limbo One Year On

By Jan Egeland

By Jan Egeland * OSLO, Aug  2018 (IPS) – Aid funding for refugee relief is running out while conditions are still not in place for the safe return of over 700,000 people forced to flee Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh after violence broke out one year ago. The mass human…

23 Aug 2018 · 3 min read