This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf A satirical essay that skewers the age of instant experts BONN (IDN) — A glance at the analyses and conclusions of just about any major newspaper or news website will confirm: the self-proclaimed military experts […]
From Limits to Growth to Regeneration 2030
Viewpoint by Jeffrey D. Sachs This article was published in Il Sole 24 Ore for the Trento Festival of Economics, June 4, 2022, and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK (IDN) — Fifty years ago, Italian business leaders in the Club of Rome gave a jolt to the world in their path-breaking […]
Cultivating The Flowers of Hope
Viewpoint by Anabella Rosemberg The writer is International Programme Director at Greenpeace International. AMSTERDAM (IDN) — On days like World Environment Day, intriguing, outraging and surprising data about the damage being done to the environment are often shared and spoken of. Too often these stories about our ailing planet only further eco-anxiety and stunt rather […]
Southern Nigeria’s Hypocrisy Will Produce Another Northern President
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — After the primary by Nigeria’s opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate for next year’s presidential election, political leaders in the South of the country have […]
Suddenly Awake. About ‘Cancel’ And ‘Woke’ Culture
Viewpoint by Jan Servaes BRUSSELS (IDN) — Several years ago, when I provoked a discussion about the word “ho” during my hitherto popular “Hip hop for social change” course at the University of Massachusetts, nearly half of the enrolled students immediately cancelled me. They didn’t show up again the following week. “How could I, a […]
War Monger Henry Kissinger Has Become A Peacenik
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Henry Kissinger used to be a totally different kettle of fish than he is these days. It was Kissinger who helped engineer a coup d’état in democratic Chile that led to a great deal of torture and suffering. Second, turn to the war in Vietnam, Cambodia and […]
IPCC Mitigation Report, 2022: What it Implies for Developing Countries
This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. Viewpoint by Robert Mizo NEW DELHI (IDN) — There is no doubt that climate change needs to be addressed by all countries in a concerted manner. The fact remains, however, that there is a wide variance among countries both in terms […]
Ukraine War: Germany Stops Appeasing Russia
Viewpoint by Franz Baumann This article was issued by Meer and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK (IDN) — The “special military operation,” launched on 24th February by the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, did not go as planned. It also had unexpected consequences. For instance, Ukraine defended itself fiercely, indeed heroically, against […]
Gun Violence is a Fact of Life in America
Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN) — Once again, for the umpteenth time, another massacre of young school children shocked the United States of America (US), and the heart-breaking news reverberated across the world. On Tuesday (5/24) in a deadly rampage, an 18-year-old shooter slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at the Robb Elementary […]
Asia-Pacific Will Attain Development Goals Only in 2065
Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana The writer is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. BANGKOK (IDN) — The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today—to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future.