It Is High Time to End Reliance on Nuclear Armaments

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — It’s almost twenty-five years since General George Lee Butler made his confessional statement before the National Press Club in Washington—that as commander in chief of the US Strategic Command, which controls all army, navy and air force nuclear weapons, he’d had moral qualms and profound doubts about […]

Prosperous Dubai and Its Paradoxes

Viewpoint by Rahul Singh The writer is a veteran journalist. This article first appeared in The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India. DUBAI, UAE (IDN) — Dubai must be one of the most unusual places in the world. It is one of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE), […]

Are We Heading for a Cold War with China?

Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. In recent months, we have often heard that the return of the Cold War is imminent, this time with China. How great is this danger? Some developments point at a dangerous confrontation; others are completely different […]

What Xi-Biden Summit Means for India and the World

Viewpoint by Shastri Ramachandaran* NEW DELHI (IDN) — The text as well as the subtext of the three-hour-long virtual meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden held on November 15-16 is certain to be debated and dissected long after the event fades from the headlines before there is any conclusive view […]

The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation over Ukraine

Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK (IDN) — A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine describes grave fears of a new offensive by Ukrainian government forces, after increased shelling, a drone strike by a Turkish-built drone and an attack on Staromaryevka, a […]

Universal Birth Registration in Asia-Pacific Significant for Realizing Human Rights and Equality

viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Gillian Triggs While Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is Executive Secretary of ESCAP, Gillian Triggs is Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR. BANGKOK (IDN) — Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible achievement and a significant milestone in realizing human […]

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