Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK (IDN) — In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S. Congress are refusing to back down on the Democrats’ promises to […]
WTO Extends Measures for LDCs to Access Knowledge, But Why not Go the Whole Way?
Viewpoint by Teresa Hackett The writer is Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager at Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL). She oversees the development and delivery of a unique, copyright service for libraries in developing and transition countries, providing specialist resources in multiple languages, and individual assistance on legislative issues. VILNIUS, Lithuania (IDN) — When members of […]
The EU Sidelined?
Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission What do the Biden administration’s recent lonely foreign and security policy decisions imply for the EU? Perplexity and annoyance in Paris. Consternation in Brussels. Lots of open questions and no answers in Berlin.
Volunteerism Must be at the Centre of Our Common Agenda
Viewpoint by Simone Galimberti The Co-Founder of ENGAGE, a not-for-profit NGO based in Nepal, Simone Galimberti, is one of the participants at the IVCO 2021 conference. KATHMANDU, Nepal (IDN) — The ambitious plans put forward by UN Secretary-General António Guterres with the recent launch of Our Common Agenda, are based on key universal values and […]
Public Development Banks Fail to Meet Commitments to Human Rights & Community-led Development
Viewpont by Siddharth Akali The writer is an international lawyer who has been trained by local communities, Indigenous governments and peoples in Canada, India and Nepal. He works as director of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, a global coalition of social movements, civil society organizations, and grassroots groups working together to ensure that […]
As Asia Grapples ‘Living With COVID-19’ Media May Need to Shed Adversarial Culture
Viewpoint By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — Indonesia’s popular tourism islands of Bali opened for tourism October 14, while Thailand announced that from November 1 vaccinated travellers from 19 countries will be allowed to visit the kingdom including its tourism island of Phuket. Both those countries’ tourism industry, which is a major revenue earner, has […]
We Are in a Global State of Emergency on Extreme Poverty
Viewpoint by Shameran Abed The writer is Executive Director, BRAC International. Originally founded in 1972 as the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee and later known as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, BRAC’s operations have grown globally and with that growth, the organization is now simply known as BRAC.
How Hyperlocal Businesses can Save Biodiversity
Viewpoint by Julia Rohe-Frydrych and Luis Ebert BERLIN (IDN) — Markets have not been kind to biodiversity. Activities up and down the economic value chain take an enormous toll on the planet’s ecological riches, and many people believe conservation and private-sector commerce are mutually opposed. In recent years, some conservationists and economists have started to […]
Russian Threat Perceptions in American Foreign Policy
Viewpoint by James W. Carden This article was produced by Globetrotter in partnership with the American Committee for U.S.-Russia Accord. James W. Carden is a writing fellow at Globetrotter and a former adviser to the U.S. State Department. Previously, he was a contributing writer on foreign affairs at the Nation, and his work has also […]
About the First Islamic Bomb and Its Father
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Whenever I introduced Munir Khan to a friend I would say light-heartedly “and this is the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb,” just to enjoy the pleasure of watching the reaction. Khan himself would give a self-deprecatory smile. As Hans Blix, the former director of the International Atomic […]