By Raghav Gaiha and Vani S. Kulkarni (*) NEW DELHI and PHILADELPHIA, Oct 31 2017 (IPS) – Undernutrition is widespread and a key reason for poor child health in many developing countries.
By Jon Wiener* – The Nation Amy Wilentz explains psychiatrists’ “duty to warn the public.” Amy Wilentz is a long-time contributing editor at The Nation and the former Jerusalem correspondent for The New Yorker. She’s best known for her award-winning books on Haiti, most recently…
Blow – The New York Times With the recent rash of high-profile accusations of sexual harassment and assault — from Harvey Weinstein to George H. Bush to Mark Halperin — I found myself feeling shocked at the pervasiveness of this sort of behavior, and embarrassed that I was…
Larry Elliott* – The Guardian It was a symbolic moment. High in the Swiss Alps, before an audience of the super-rich gathered for their annual shindig in Davos, China’s Xi Jinping delivered a powerful defence of globalisation. Protectionism, he said, was like locking yourself in…
By Farhaan Uddin Ahmed – The Daily Star, Bangladesh The Myanmar military’s latest campaign against the Rohingyas began after the attack on multiple police posts in Rakhine on August 25, 2017. The country’s military leadership, with the support of radical Buddhist elements, is…
Williams* – The Nation It is a tribute to the strange unreality of our time that among the children’s Halloween outfits being sold online, there was this: an Anne Frank costume. “100% polyester,” read the product description. “Easy to put on and take off. Visits to the toilet…
By Baher Kamal ROME, Oct 26 2017 (IPS) – The prevailing “Take-Make-Dispose” linear economic model consisting of voracious depletion of natural resources in both production and consumption patterns has proved to be one of the world’s main killers due to the huge pollution it…
By CHRIS BUCKLEY – THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING — President Xi Jinping thrust China into a new era of strongman politics on Wednesday, unveiling a leadership team without a likely successor among the six officials who will help him rule for the next half decade. In a nationally…
Burrowes* Around the world activists who are strategic thinkers face a daunting challenge to effectively tackle the multitude of violent conflicts, including the threat of human extinction, confronting human society in the early 21st century. I wrote that ‘activists who are…
By George Friedman – Daily Digest The idea of old nations reasserting themselves and questioning the legitimacy of borders terrifies the EU. For centuries Europe has fought wars over borders.
