Coup in Africa: Zimbabwe Dumped Mugabe, But Will Other African Countries Do the Same To Their Dictators?

Daniel Gros- Project Syndicate The global economy today is dominated by three major players – China, the EU, and the US – with roughly equal trading volumes and limited incentive to fight for the rules-based global trading system. With cooperation unlikely, the world should…

Jonathan Freedland* – The Guardian The US president’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel turns a naked flame on the single most combustible issue in the conflict Not content with taking the US to the brink of nuclear conflict with North Korea, Donald Trump is now…

Byr Naimul Haq IPS Correspondent Naimul Haq interviews WILLIAM LACY SWING, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec  2017 (IPS) – In less than four months, over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled brutal persecution in Myanmar…

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD  of the New York Times You know you have a problem when you’ve been president for less than 11 months and you’re already relying on Richard Nixon’s definition of what’s legal. On Monday morning, Axios reported that Mr.

By Martin Khor* PENANG, Malaysia, Dec  2017 (IPS) – The growing crisis of antibiotic resistance is catching the attention of policy makers, but not at a rate enough to tackle it. More diseases are affected by resistance, meaning the bacteria cannot be killed even if different…

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures   For the moment, Iran has been freed to assert itself. Iran has always seen itself as being in competition with the Arab states for domination of the Persian Gulf.