Viewpoint by Professor Gerrit Olivier and Michèle Olivier Gerrit Olivier is an emeritus professor at Pretoria University and former South African Ambassador in Russia and Kazakhstan. Michèle Olivier is a consultant in international law. PRETORIA, South Africa | HULL, England (IDN) — A seemingly non-negotiable principle of South Africa’s foreign policy, is to be on […]
Looks Like Another “Bad Blue” Just Bit the Dust
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, USA (IDN) — Three years ago, we helped write a report for RootsAction.org targeting 15 corporate Democrats in Congress who deserved to be “primaried.” We called the report “Bad Blues.” A common reaction back then was that those establishment pols were too strong and entrenched to be […]
The World Is on Way to Ending War, Despite Ukraine
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — An ugly cloud of pessimism hangs over many parts of the world. War that seemed to be in retreat, has returned with a vengeance with the second-largest military in the world, Russia’s, battling a very under-resourced neighbour, Ukraine. It’s getting a lot of people down. Yet there […]
The Latest IPCC Report: No Good News for Pacific Islands Countries
Viewpoint by Volker Boege This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. QUEENSLAND, Australia (IDN) — The latest IPCC report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability shows that the effects of climate change are more severe than previously thought, that the situation will deteriorate globally faster than expected […]
Malvinas, Falklands and the Lines on the Map for the United Kingdom
Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Jainendra Karn Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. is an ex-diplomat & ALCAP’s Special Adviser for Asia & Africa and Jainendra Karn is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of IDN-InDepth News. […]
Costly Road to Nigeria’s Presidency
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwen The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — After emerging as the consensus Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in March, Abdullahi Adamu was faced with a major crisis. Healing the deep divisions in the party was urgent but it was not […]
Ending the War of Attrition in Ukraine
Viewpoint by Jeffrey D. Sachs This article was issued by Project Syndicate and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK (IDN) — Wars often erupt and persist because of the two sides’ miscalculations regarding their relative power. In the case of Ukraine, Russia blundered badly by underestimating the resolve of Ukrainians to fight […]
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair — A Tale of Two Cities 1859 Viewpoint by Joseph Camilleri This article was issued by the Toda Peace […]
Endless Wars
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The writer is an Ambassador, former United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affair, and President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) — The Charter of the United Nations consolidated important norms of international law. Its Preamble affirms the decision to “save succeeding generations from the scourge […]
The Legacy of The Opium Trade in Hong Kong
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — During the difficult years that preceded the British handover of Hong Kong to China the Chinese government’s intense antipathy to opium and the still-fresh memories of the evil that eighteenth-century buccaneering Britain had inflicted on China and Hong Kong added an extra emotional charge to what, anyway, […]