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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...

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WTO 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...

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DEALING 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...

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Political 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...

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OP-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...

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What’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...

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OP-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...

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OP-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...

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Australia 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...

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Warhead 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,...

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2012 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...

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OP-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...

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OP-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...

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Thinking 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...

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Mohamed 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...

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Sanctions 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...

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OP-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...

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OP-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...

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A 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...

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OP-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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