Viewpoint by Ramesh Thakur * The article was first published in International Politics and Society Journal. on May 20, 2021, by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Brussels office. CANBERRA (IDN | IPS-Joural.EU) — A ‘no first use’ (NFU) policy is an official commitment by a nuclear-armed state that it will not be the first to use nuclear weapons against […]
Rivers Are Crucial for Restoring Biodiversity Worldwide
Viewpoint by Alessandra Korap Munduruku*, Darryl Knudsen** and Irikefe V. Dafe *** This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. ITAITUBA, Brazil | OAKLAND, USA | ADDIS ABABA | Ethiopia (IDN) — In October 2021, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet in China to […]
Netanyahu Has Raised the Stakes Over Jerusalem
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Poets as diverse as William Blake and Yehuda Amichai have sung the praises of the heavenly Jerusalem, a land without strife or rancour, war or bitterness, envy, acquisitiveness or hatred. Israel, Fatah and Hamas, in the midst of the present chaos and carnage, have the historic opportunity […]
Stop Muddying The Waters On The Appointment Of The CTBTO Executive Secretary
Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf* “And so … ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country”, President John Kennedy, 20 January 1961. VIENNA (IDN) — For the better part of a year, diplomats from more than 180 countries have been feuding over the appointment of the […]
Put People Before Runaway Military Spending
Viewpoint by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Izumi Nakamitsu Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka Executive Director of UN Women and Ms Nakamitsu is UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. This OpEd was first published on May 6. NEW YORK (IDN) — For all of us, but especially women, the pandemic is a reminder that traditional notions of “security” that fuel […]
Education For Sustainable Development as Overarching Framework to Achieve the SDGs
Viewpoint by Simone Galimberti The writer is Co-Founder of ENGAGE, a not-for-profit in Nepal. He writes on volunteerism, social inclusion, youth development, and regional integration as an engine to improve people’s lives. He can be reached at simone_engage@yahoo.com KATHMANDU, Nepal (IDN) — A life insurance policy for humanity, this is how Audrey Azoulay, the UNESCO […]
COVID-19: Africa Needs to Break the Circle of Dependency
Interview by Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW (IDN) — Africa Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) primarily aims at promoting the establishment of sustainable human vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa. Since its establishment, AVMI together with multiple and different partners, have been advocating for the establishment of vaccine development and manufacturing in Africa. With the outbreak of coronavirus, […]
Canada’s LTTE-Inspired Myopic View On ‘Genocide’
By Sugeeswara Senadhira The writer is Media Advisor at the Presidential secretariat. COLOMBO (IDN) — Genocide is the intentional destruction of a particular group through killing, serious physical or mental harm, preventing births and/or forcibly transferring children to another group and this term has been applied to the experiences of Indigenous peoples in Canada, particularly […]
Widespread Frustration in Nigeria Would Not Justify a Coup
The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — These days, it seems all right to play with fire. The blaze started as a solitary spark in Mali in August when the streets, the elite, and jihadists banded to remove President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The former president had […]
The Nuclear Threat in the New Information Age
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The writer is the executive director of Arms Control Association and publisher of Arms Control Today since 2001. The following is the text of Mr Kimball’s Foreword to 2021 Joint Media Project Report of the Non-Profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as flagship agency in partnership with Soka Gakkai […]