OP-ED: The Sacred and the Secular – Promoting Muslim Democracy
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Asef Bayat* CHICAGO, May 26, 2011 (IPS) – The presence of religion in public space challenges our ideas about the roles of faith in our lives and...
View ArticleWTO Needs a Shot in the Arm
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jürgen Wiemann* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BONN (IDN) – At first sight, it may seem far-fetched to see a link between the icon of Islamist...
View ArticleDEALING WITH SOMALI PIRACY: STILL GROPING IN THE DARK
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN (To be read in continuation of my article of April 19,2011, titled “Somali Pirates Say They Are At War With India” at...
View ArticlePolitical Expediency May Forfeit Reform in Somalia
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By Abukar Arman The worst thing that could happen to Somalia at this critical juncture—in its recovery from two decades of bloodshed and chaos— is to disrupt...
View ArticleOP-ED: Drilling Deep Mistakes in the Arctic
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kumi Naidoo* THE INSTITUTION PRISON, NUUK, Greenland, Jun 20, 2011 (IPS) – Nuuk is a long way from my hometown of Durban, and the Arctic is a long...
View ArticleWhat’s Really Wrong With the Thiel Fellowships
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Ian Fletcher In case you missed it, the Thiel Foundation, founded by Peter Thiel of PayPal fame, just announced the first batch of winners for its “20 Under...
View ArticleOP-ED: The Good News About Coal
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Lester R. Brown* WASHINGTON, Jun 28, 2011 (IPS) – During the years when governments and the media were focused on preparations for the 2009...
View ArticleOP-ED: The Future of Carbon Markets: Taking Politics Seriously
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Peter Newell * BRIGHTON, United Kingdom, Nov 22, 2011 (Tierramérica) – Carbon markets are under attack on all sides, despite ongoing faith in their...
View ArticleAustralia Going Solar – Gonna Cost Ya, Mate
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By. John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com Green activists, take note – for Australia fully to embrace solar power, Canberra would have to spend $100 billion, with...
View ArticleWarhead Elimination: A Roadmap
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Frederick N. Mattis* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint ANNAPOLIS, USA (IDN) – A nuclear ban (abolition) treaty, often called a Nuclear Weapons Convention,...
View Article2012 Election Fable
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Ian Fletcher Once upon a time there was a republic. Like many republics before and since, it was immensely proud that it was not ruled by a king. Long ago, in...
View ArticleOP-ED: Unfinished Business Awaits Obama’s Second Term
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Emile Nakhleh WASHINGTON, Nov 08 (IPS) – Several critical issues of unfinished business in the Middle East face President Barack Obama as he begins his...
View ArticleOP-ED: Hurricane Sandy Says, "Welcome to the New Normal"
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 08 (IPS) – I am aware that my arrival last week helped re-elect U.S. President Barack Obama. Superstorms like me...
View ArticleThinking Out Loud About the Financial Crisis and Austerity
By Alan Fogelquist The reason societies like those of Eurozone the United States don’t move effectively to address the real causes of economic crisis and the unnecessarily high levels of unemployment...
View ArticleMohamed Morsi’s Big Goal is New Egypt
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Eric Walberg* | IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint Revolutions are never tea parties. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have a clear vision and, along with the...
View ArticleSanctions Do Not Lead To Nuke Abolition in Asia
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Kalinga Seneviratne | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis SINGAPORE (IDN) – North Korea’s response to the United Nations Security Council’s expanded sanctions...
View ArticleOP-ED: Change in Cuba Comes in Stops and Starts
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Leonardo Padura. Credit: Courtesy of the author Leonardo Padura HAVANA, Mar 28 (IPS) – The reform process launched in Cuba by the government of...
View ArticleOP-ED: Islam Is Not the Solution to What Ails the Middle East Global...
Barbara Slavin WASHINGTON, Jul 08 (IPS) – During the decades when Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was a barely tolerated opposition party, it campaigned against the reigning secular autocrats under the...
View ArticleA New Bretton Woods, to Prevent Future Crises?
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Supachai Panitchpakdi GENEVA, Jul 09 (IPS) – Almost five years have passed since the global financial crisis, and the world economy is still reeling...
View ArticleOP-ED: Honour Killings – India’s Crying Shame
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Nupur Basu DOHA, Nov 30 (IPS) – According to statistics from the United Nations, one in five cases a year of honour killings internationally comes from...
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