By ANTONIA BHAGWAN* SUVA, Fiji | 28 September 2026 (IDN|Wansolwara) — The South Pacific region with its many vulnerable island nations may have moved beyond the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but its economic consequences continue to weigh on governments across the region. Once again, countries are facing rising debt levels. In its 2026 Pacific […]
Is Quad’s Port Development in Fiji Really Development Assistance?
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY, Australia | 9 June 2026 (IDN) — At the Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) in New Delhi late May, a grand “aid” scheme to develop ports in the South Pacific was announced, starting with the Fiji Islands. As QUAD looks for relevance in an environment in Asia […]
Situation Report: PLF aims to reinstate pre-war administration
Situation in Ethiopia (per 20 April) The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) reportedly decided to reinstate the pre-war status quo where the regional council elected in 2020 would take charge, rejecting the Tigray Interim Regional Administration arrangement under the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement. The decision was adopted during a TPLF’s central committee meeting in […]
FIJI: As Sugar Industry Declines, Vanua Levu Is poised for Ecotourism-led Transformation
By Riya Bhagawan* MACUATA, Fiji | 23 February 2026 (IDN/Wansolwara) — Long seen as a quiet, small, and tranquil town nestled among lush mountains with a simple, peaceful lifestyle, Macuata is now rapidly evolving and positioning itself as a centre of attraction in Fiji’s second largest island of Vanua Levu with a population of 160,000. […]
India Between Power Blocs
Indo-Europe and BRICS 2026 crucial to New Delhi ‘Multi-Alignment’ By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 23 January 2026 (WorldView) — For close to eight decades since World War II, world trade has been based, though imperfectly, on the premise that rules matter. This was from the General Agreement on […]
2025 Exposed A Myth: The ‘American Dream’ Is A Debt Trap
By Kalinga Seneviratne* BANGKOK, Thailand | 5 January 2026 (IDN) — The US President Donald Trump’s Tariff War on the rest of the world in 2025 should go down in history as the year when the ‘American Dream” unraveled as a Debt Trap. In 2008, the so-called subprime lending crisis gave a hint of it, […]
African Women Lead the Charge for Economic Justice and Innovation
By Byron Adonis Mutingwende Originally posted on spikedmedia. MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA | 31 July 2025 (IDN) — The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) precinct in Midrand, South Africa, was transformed into a powerful stage for women’s voices and visions during the Pan-African Women’s Day commemoration held under the bold theme: “Women Driving Africa’s Economic Justice and Innovation: […]
Russia Strengthening Africa’s Food Import Dependency
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | 14 July 2025 [IDN] — As global geopolitical dynamics evolve, Africa is anticipated to adapt accordingly. It has gone far, particularly with Russia, opening new directions in bilateral economic cooperation after their joint historic summits. It is also time to make critical appraisals of Russia’s policy towards Africa. By […]
Fair Fiscal Policies Must Start with the People Who Know the System Best
By Michael Jarvis* WASHINGTON DC | 20 June 2025 (IDN) — Fiscal justice is often treated as a technical topic, the domain of economists and policymakers. But at its core, it’s about fairness. For example, it’s about how public money is raised and spent, and who gets a say in those decisions. It also means […]
Kuala Lumpur Summit Reflects Shift To The East In The Global Economy
By Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK, Thailand | 6 June 2025 (IDN) — The last week of May marked an important landmark in the shift in the global economy to the East when countries representing over 2 billion people and a combined economy of over US$ 25 trillion came together to chart a new path for a […]