Viewpoint by Denise Garcia This article was issued by Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. BOSTON (IDN) — In May 2021, the United Nations Security Council met for the first time to discuss the role of emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), in peace and security. In the following month, […]
The Relevance of Keynes in The Covid Economic Crisis
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — One of the most peculiar aspects of the current debate in the US Congress on the big expenditure bills, and last month’s budget presentation before the British parliament, as the country struggles from the economic fallout from Brexit and the Pandemic, is that rarely has there been […]
Time To Bolster the NPT’s Disarmament Pillar
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The following by Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director of The Arms Control Association, was published on October 29, 2021 in Arms Control Today. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) — Twenty-six years ago, as states-parties negotiated the terms for the extension of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the future of the treaty was […]
The NPT Review Conference: Finally, New York, January 2022
Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf* “We now have the opportunity to carry out the important work of the Review Conference and to ensure the NPT maintains its place as the cornerstone of the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime and an essential pillar of international peace and security”, Ambassador Gustavo Zlauvinen. VIENNA (IDN) — It’s done, finally […]
New US Envoy to Colombo, Julie Chung, Emphasises Constructive Ties
Viewpoint by Sugeeswara Senadhira COLOMBO (IDN) — Recently, Sri Lanka has been wooed by world powers—particularly China, US, India and Russia—thus, in view of Sri Lanka’s desire to engage with major powers through continued cooperation in areas that are beneficial to the country, it is very interesting to note the American ambassador designate Julie Chung’s […]
What If… We Could Build Trust in Northeast Asia
Viewpoint by Hugh Miall This article was issued by Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. KENT | United Kingdom (IDN) — The new V&A Museum, designed by the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, opened in Dundee, Scotland in 2018. ‘What If’…’ is one of its opening exhibitions. A Scottish architectural practice brought […]
Need to Learn Lessons from NATO Overthrowing Libya’s Gadhafi
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — It’s 10 years since NATO hammered defenceless Libya and French jets drove the mercurial President Muammer Gadhafi into a drainage tunnel where members of a mob killed him. President Barack Obama, who had preached again and again of his abhorrence for any more military interventions, reversed himself, […]
COP26: Protect Peace and Justice at the Climate Change Summit
Viewpoint by Arunabha Ghosh and Isabel Studer Noguez While Dr Arunabha Ghosh is CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Dr Isabel Studer-Noguez is Director of Alianza University of California-Mexico. Both sit on the international expert panel for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) initiative Environment of Peace. STOCKHOLM (IDN) — When world leaders […]
A Day in the Life of an Editor
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — This topic reminds me of two recent incidents. I was in the office on the morning of Tuesday, July 13 when a colleague rushed in with his phone. He seemed quite animated, but there was […]
North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program is a Logical Response to Repeated Threats from the US-Japanese-South Korean Alliance
Viewpoint by Joseph Gerson The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security; Co-Founder of the Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy; and author of “Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World”. NEW YORK (IDN) — News reports recently broadcast North Korea’s ostentatious display […]