Viewpoint by John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF), a project of the Institute for Policy Studies, issued this article on September 28, 2022. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) — When a country starts casting around for 60-year-old veterans to send to the front, you know something’s wrong. All hands don’t go on deck unless the ship […]
Lessons of the Cambodian-UN War Crimes Trials
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Finally, finally, the over-long, fifteen-year-long trials of the leaders of the murderous Khmer Rouge leadership of Cambodia are concluded. It has been water on stone, but the conclusion is the stone has cracked. The New York Times reported on September 22: “The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts […]
Sri Lanka: Nation Struggles as Noose Tightens
This article was issued by Asian Affairs (London). Viewpoint by Neville de Silva* LONDON (IDN) — Time is running out. Even as this is written, Sri Lanka is desperately canvassing support from within the 47-member UN Human Rights Council (HRC) now meeting in Geneva, to stave off a tougher and hard-hitting resolution that castigates the […]
Indigenous Women Fighting Back for A Future Free of Violence
By Romeo Jara* MANILA (IDN) — Fifteen years and almost nothing much has changed. This is the result of an Amnesty International (AI) report titled “The Never-Ending Maze” about sexual violence towards Indigenous women in the United States as shared by AI USA’s Tarah Demant. On September 14, the International IPMSDL hosted the online discussion […]
Irish Unification, Britain and the Gandhian Path
Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Jainendra Karn Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. is an ex-diplomat & ALCAP’s Special Adviser for Asia & Africa, and Jainendra Karn is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of IDN-InDepth News. […]
The Great Game in Ukraine is Spinning out of Control
Viewpoint by Jeffrey D. Sachs This article was published in Other News and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK (IDN) — Former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski famously described Ukraine as a “geopolitical pivot” of Eurasia, central to both US and Russian power. Since Russia views its vital security interests to […]
Kazakhstan Could Become “The Switzerland of the 21st Century”
Viewpoint by Dmitry Babich* This article was issued by The Astana Times. NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (IDN) — The 77th General Assembly of the United Nations was characterized by a general feeling of anxiety and alarmism. Some speakers limited themselves to accusations, blaming other members of the “community of nations” for the generally accepted fact that the […]
Brazil Has the Potential to Moving to the First World
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Brazil has long lived out its personal fantasy as the archetypal relaxed, tolerant and gregarious country with Copacabana beach, the samba, the carnival and a great deal of sexual freedom. But, as it was often said when Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva came to power in 2003, […]
Possible Deployment of North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons: “Automatically and Immediately”
Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. BONN (IDN) — In the shadow of the Ukraine war and the extraordinary media attention, the conflict over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions is currently receding into the background. For years, the government in Pyongyang has […]
In Memoriam: Dr. M.I.M Jameel
By A. L. A. Azeez COLOMBO (IDN) — Much-loved and respected Dr Mohamed Jameel of Sainthamaruthu passed away on September 24. The last time I visited him in 2020, he received me with open arms, shared with me his anxiety over what was then going on in the country and within the community, and discussed […]