By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — The Rwandan government’s human rights record is under a harsh spotlight over its role in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sen. Robert Menendez, chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he would place a hold on U.S. security assistance to […]
The Poor Can be Saved from the Coming Depression
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — The gathering economic crisis, which the financial papers are sombrely predicting, has too many of the makings of turning into a World Depression and must be a time for mental stock-taking. If we wind back the clock just a few years to the beginning of the century […]
A Briefing on Carbon Capture Technology and Sustainable Energy Transition
By Razeena Raheem UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — The Group of 77 and China, the largest single coalition of developing nations, hosted an Ambassadorial-level briefing on carbon capture technology at the United Nations. The briefing, which took place August 1, was titled “Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage—Technology Essential for an Equitable Energy Path Forward.” Addressing the […]
The Irrevocable End of Russia-US Relations
Moscow says NYET to Washington’s “Rules-based Order” By Somar Wijayadasa* “After the present crisis in Ukraine, there can be no return to attempts at a rapprochement with the US and its allies”. – Alexey Drobinin NEW YORK (IDN) — Alexey Drobinin, Director of policy planning of Russia’s Foreign Ministry, has published a keynote article on […]
Nuclear Submarines and The Non-Proliferation Treaty: Brazil Gets a Jump on Australia?
By Tariq Rauf* VIENNA (IDN) — Originally scheduled for April-May 2020, due to postponements because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tenth Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) finally convened in these turbulent times at the United Nations in New York on 1 August and will conclude its deliberations on 26 August. NPT review […]
NPT Review Conference Urged to Seek “No First Use” of Nuclear Weapons
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — When academics, anti-nuclear peace activists and civil society organisations (CSOs) met at the United Nations earlier this month to discuss the growing threats of a nuclear war worldwide, one of the underlying themes was captured in the title: “Avoiding Nuclear War: What Short-Term Steps Can be Taken?” The […]
Squaring the Circle
Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. Immediately after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all the governments of the EU and the European NATO countries reacted. Not only with support for Ukraine but also by announcing an increase of their own military […]
Coalition Calls for Securing Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Viewpoint by Galina Angarova (Buryat), Executive Director, Cultural Survival CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, USA (IDN) — On August 9, 2022, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous leaders will launch a new site—www.sirgecoalition.org—as part of the official public announcement of a new coalition to Secure Indigenous People’s Rights in a Green Economy (SIRGE Coalition).
Russia and the EU Continue Transition to Wartime Economies
Viewpoint by John P. Ruehl This article was produced by Globetrotter. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor to several other foreign affairs publications. He is currently finishing a book on Russia to be published in 2022.
From Hiroshima, UN Chief Calls for Global Nuclear Disarmament
UN News HIROSHIMA (IDN) — It is totally unacceptable for states in possession of nuclear weapons to admit the possibility of a nuclear war, António Guterres underscored early on August 6 in Japan at a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. “Nuclear weapons are nonsense. Three-quarters of a century later, […]