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.
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy(*), wins his bet GENEVA (24 October 2017) – The lifting of sanctions on Sudan by the United States on 12 October was a monumental event that recognized the importance of engaging in dialogue…
By Roberto Savio* ROME, Oct 2017 (Other News/IPS) – The last Austrian and Checks elections show clearly that media have given up on contextualising events. To do that, calls for a warning about Europe’s future, as a vehicle of European values is required. Europe has been…
Posted by Yves Smith – Naked Capitalism Despite, or more accurately, because so many markets are at high levels, often on thin trading volumes, many investors are edgy. Even though markets famously climb a wall of worry, I can’t recall a time when there have been so many…
By Matthew Massee – Daily Digests Blending the policies of his predecessors, the Chinese president is trying to liberalize with an iron fist. The world has changed since modern China was founded, and it seems that China, not for the first time, is changing with it.
