Viewpoint by Jorge Heine This article was issued by Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. WATERLOO, ON Canada (IDN) — One joke making the rounds in Kabul’s diplomatic circles these days is that the power transition in Kabul from the Ghani government to that of the Taliban was smoother than the […]
China Resolute to Establish Geostrategic Foothold In A New Afghanistan
Viewpoint by BM Jain The writer is a Professor of Political Science and the Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Asian Affairs. NEW DELHI (IDN) — China is determined to establish a geostrategic foothold in the new Taliban-led Afghanistan. A decade ago, China forayed into Afghanistan’s strategic space by inking deals with the Afghan government […]
Women’s Empowerment and Yoga in Rural Morocco and in Your Life
Viewpoint by Catrin Waters The writer is a student at University of Virginia in the U.S. and a volunteer with the High Atlas Foundation, a U.S./Moroccan non-profit organization focused on sustainable development. VIRGINIA, USA (IDN) — Before you read this, I challenge you to pause and ask your body the question: how do you like […]
What Mark Zuckerberg’s Trial Says About Us
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, is having a torrid time. One by one, his worst fears are coming true. According to Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang, authors of An Ugly Truth, a scathing tell-all […]
Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare but Not F-35s?
Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK (IDN) — President Biden and the Democratic Congress are facing a crisis as the popular domestic agenda they ran on in the 2020 election is held hostage by two corporate Democratic Senators, fossil-fuel consigliere Joe Manchin and payday-lender favorite Kyrsten Sinema. But the very […]
Joe Biden Acclaimed for Transparency on Nuclear Arsenal
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The following statement by Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director of The Arms Control Association, was issued on October 6, 2021. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) — The Biden administration’s decision to declassify updated information on the number of nuclear warheads in the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal is a welcome step that reverses […]
Despite Brexit Europe Will Continue to Come Together
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — The lorries have no drivers. The supermarket shelves are emptying. The poor are having their subsidies cut. The British government ties itself in knots trying to square what is a circle in Northern Ireland. Brexit—the leaving of the EU—is failing the nation. But Europe itself is not […]
US Facing End of Its Unipolar Moment
Viewpoint by Shastri Ramachandaran* NEW DELHI (IDN) — Recent developments—such as the pandemic’s impact, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, its nuclear submarine deal with Australia and the release of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou—once again raise the question of whether the US remains the world’s sole superpower with its hegemony unchallenged. As is the wont in […]
EU Pivot to Asia
Viewpoint by Israel Rafalovich BRUSSELS (IDN) — The EU and Asia are undergoing rapid changes in an increasingly globalised World. The Asian trade community is gripped with fear and Asia’s economic growth will get to a slowdown because of the impact of coronavirus. The slowdown would be worse than the global financial crisis of 2008-09 […]
Enable Digital Equity For All Ages
Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana The writer is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). BANGKOK (IDN) — The growing number and share of older persons in Asia and the Pacific represent success stories of declining fertility and increasing longevity; the result of […]