Viewpoint by Alon Ben-Meir Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a retired professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University (NYU). He taught courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies for over 20 years. NEW YORK (IDN) — Perhaps nothing has changed Turkey’s domestic and international trajectory since the establishment […]
The Elephant in the Room: Geopolitics and the ‘Great Reset’ in Sri Lanka
Viewpoint by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake* “But to watch cricket, there has to be a country left for us to watch it in, no?” A fan at the Galle Test Match that ended with an innings victory for Sri Lanka. July 11, 2022. COLOMBO (IDN) — Spirits were high on July 11 when the Sri Lankan cricket […]
Sri Lanka Faces Uncertain Future Amid Unmitigated ‘People Power’
Viewpoint by Alan Keenan Alan Keenan is Senior Consultant, Sri Lanka, at the International Crisis Group. LONDON (IDN) — In a stunning display of “people power”, massive crowds overcame large deployments of police and soldiers and other obstacles to storm the official residence and offices of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil […]
Keynesianism Might Help Tackle the Gathering Economic Crisis
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power The writer is the author of “Development Economics” (Pearson Longmans). For 17 years he was a foreign affairs columnist for the International Herald Tribune. See his website for more information: jonathanpowerjournalist.com LUND, Sweden (IDN) — The most peculiar aspect of the gathering economic crisis so far is that no one has […]
Can Businesses Fill in The Gaps Left by WHO?
Viewpoint by Christian Jahn The writer is Executive Director of the Inclusive Business Action Network (iBAN). BONN (IDN) — In September 1978, the member states of the World Health Organization adopted the Alma-Ata Declaration, officially establishing the goal of ‘health for all’ by the year 2000. The declaration was the first to recognise the need […]
Something Is Rotten in the State of Sri Lanka
Viewpoint by Asoka N.I. Ekanayaka Prof. Asoka N.I. Ekanayaka is an Emeritus Professor of Community Dentistry and former Dean of the Faculty of Dental Science University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. COLOMBO (IDN) — This article is not primarily about the woeful record of the present government. Nor is it about the abomination of governance by […]
Multi-Religious Nigeria’s Ruling Party Picks 2 Muslims as Top Candidates
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — If the flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s presidential election, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, thought a “placeholder” would be a lightning rod and maybe soften the blow of his final […]
Lessons to be Learnt from Sri Lankan Crisis
Viewpoint by Dr Ram Puniyani This article is the 22nd in a series of joint productions of South Asian Outlook and IDN-InDepthNews, the flagship of the International Press Syndicate. The writer is a former professor of biomedical engineering and former senior medical officer affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (now Mumbai) and, meanwhile, […]
Hong Kong: China Never Expected the British to Capitulate So Easily
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — The British emissary to Hong Kong who seriously misread the situation got recalled to London by fast clipper and reposted as consul-general to Texas. Charles Elliot became unstuck because, as Queen Victoria put it, “all we wanted might have been obtained if it had not been for […]
Dark Clouds Over North Korea
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 far from international attention, three problematic developments can be observed in North Korea: COVID-19 infections are a cause for concern, the election of the […]