Special IDN SDG News Feature* BENGALURU, India, 3 May 2023 (IDN) — India’s southern state of Karnataka is due to go to the polls on May 10, and sustainable development goals (SDG) issues such as sanitation, food security and free nutrition for the poor, free housing sites for the homeless and free cooking gas cylinders […]
Sri Lanka — The Status Quo Resumes?
By Charles Seevali Abeysekera BROMLEY, UK, 3 May 2023 (IDN) — Fast forward the clock nine months and the country appears to have got through the worst with funds being provided by friendly donor countries and more recently by the IMF. A semblance of normality has returned or so it appears on the surface.
What After Xi Jinping’s Overture to Zelensky?
Analysis by Shastri Ramachandaran The question is no longer whether China can broker peace in Ukraine. More pertinent would be to ask what will follow the Xi-Zelensky talk now that Xi has emerged at the top of the list of prospective peacemakers in Ukraine. NEW DELHI, 28 April 2023 (IDN) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s […]
An Open Letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu
You Can Still Be Hero If Only You Muster the Courage By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK, 21 April 2023 (IDN) — I can’t imagine how you must feel. Perhaps never throughout your political career have you faced a more fateful test in your life. You have placed yourself in an untenable state. If you win […]
Why Several Democratic Countries Do Not Support Ukraine
Some are Shifting Closer to Russia By Jose Caballero Dr José Caballero is a Senior Economist at IMD World Competitiveness Center, International Institute for Management Development (IMD). LAUSANNE, Switzerland, 14 April 2023 (IDN) — After over a year of the Ukraine war, efforts at building a global consensus against Russia seem to have stalled, with many […]
Arms Flow to Ukraine Threatens to Undermine US Fire Power
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, 31 March 2023 (IDN) — The uninterrupted flow of US weapons to Ukraine—running into billions of dollars—may ultimately have a negative fallout on American military security and its fire power. So far, US economic and military aid to Ukraine, along with security assistance, is estimated at about 100 billion dollars. […]
US Will Finally Have Envoy in Delhi as India’s Diplomatic Value Rises
By Arul Louis The writer is a New York-based non-resident senior fellow of the Society for Policy Studies, a New Delhi-based think tank. He can be contacted @arulouis. UNITED NATIONS, 16 March 2023 (IDN) — After an almost two-year delay during which India’s importance rose for US diplomacy, Washington will finally have an envoy in […]
The Road from Iraq to Ukraine Was Not So Winding
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK, 15 March 2023 (IDN) — March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large […]
Russia-Ukraine War: AI Has an Eight-Point Peace Plan
By Devendra Kamarajan NEW DELHI, 13 March 2023 (IDN) — As the fighting between Russia and Ukraine continues and a diplomatic solution does not seem to be on the cards, Vikas Swarup, a former foreign secretary at India’s External Affairs Minister and author of the bestselling book behind the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire shared the response […]
Are Indian Americans Taking Over the US—Slowly but Steadily?
By Thalif Deen NEW YORK, 9 March 2023 (IDN) — When Nina Davuluri became the first Indian American woman to be crowned Miss America back in September 2013, she virtually re-wrote history The victory at the beauty pageant—traditionally considered the intellectual birthright of white and Black Americans—came amidst the achievements of a rising generation of […]