Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — In the Cold War days, some of us used to say, “Better red than dead”—to rebuff those who believed in “role-the-dice” nuclear deterrence as a way of political life that gave them security. Now those of us who are frightened that Vladimir Putin could start a nuclear […]
What Do We Know About Climate Change, Peace and Conflict?
Viewpoint by Tobias Ide This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. PERTH, Australia (IDN) — The impacts of climate change on peace and conflict are high on the agenda of policy makers and the general public. From UN Security Council debates about climate change and security […]
Biden’s Unhinged Call for Regime Change in Russia
Viewpoint by Norman Solomon SAN FRANCISCO, USA (IDN) — Ever since Joe Biden ended his speech in Poland on Saturday (March 26) night by making one of the most dangerous statements ever uttered by a U.S. president in the nuclear age, efforts to clean up after him have been profuse. Administration officials scurried to assert […]
Time Has Come for Women & Girls in The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Viewpoint by Claudia Ituarte-Lima Dr. Claudia Ituarte-Lima is a public international lawyer and scholar. She is senior researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and is also affiliated to Stockholm University and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. Ituarte-Lima holds a PhD […]
What If Russia’s Collective Security Treaty Partners Intervene in Ukraine?
Viewpoint by John P. Ruehl This article was produced by Globetrotter. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor to several other foreign affairs publications. He is currently finishing a book on Russia to be published in 2022. Source: Globetrotter.
Will Ukraine Crisis be Followed by Perpetual Peace?
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Through the fog of war, it is difficult to see blue sky. So it is with Ukraine. Pessimists and poets who have long argued that we humans are unfit for purpose have more grist for their mill. But let’s step back from the Ukrainian conflict.
From Moscow to Washington, the Barbarism and Hypocrisy Don’t Justify Each Other
Viewpoint by Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, USA (IDN) — Russia’s war in Ukraine—like the USA’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq—should be understood as barbaric mass slaughter. For all their mutual hostility, the Kremlin and the White House are willing to rely on similar precepts: Might makes right. International law is what you extol when you […]
Putin’s War in Ukraine: How To Get Out of the Catch-22 Situation?
Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. BONN (IDN) — War is back in Europe. What a shock. At the beginning of the year we asked ourselves: Are we back in the Cold War? Now it’s a hot war. It’s not the […]
Should Sri Lanka De-Dollarize? Beyond Bananas, Beaches, Bases and Dependent Development
Viewpoint by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake The writer, Dr Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Sociocultural and Medical Anthropologist based in Colombo. Her latest publication is ‘Multi-religiosity on Contemporary Sri Lanka: Innovation, Shared Spaces, Contestation”.(Routledge 2022) COLOMBO (IDN) — Necessity is the mother of invention: Protests are mounting by people from all walks of life in all parts of […]
Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Africa Concerned About Consequences for the Continent’s Economy
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | RABAT (IDN) — In an emailed interview with IDN’s Kester Kenn Klomegah, Dr Mohamed Chtatou, a senior professor of Middle Eastern politics at the International University of Rabat (IUR) and Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, discusses Africa’s position on Russia-Ukraine crisis, its effects on Africa as well as […]