Viewpoint by Paul W. Franks and Joacim Rocklöv* LUND | Umeå, Sweden (IDN) – More than half a million people have died from COVID-19 globally. It is a major tragedy, but perhaps not on the scale some initially feared. And there are finally signs that the pandemic is shuddering in places, as if its engine is […]
Putin’s “Soft Authoritarian” Regime and Russian Freedom
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – One of the founders of Russia’s Pussy Riot rock band, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, was interviewed at length on the BBC this past weekend. She has no time for President Vladimir Putin. When the group played inside the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour she was sent to jail for […]
Will Trump Go, If He Loses?
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) – After three and a half years of his presidency, US President Donald Trump appears to have exhausted all surprises in the bag, except, of course, the next one. And that next one could be […]
Malthus Revisited: Close Relationship between Population and Environment
Viewpoint by John Scales Avery* COPENHAGEN (IDN) – The total human population and economy have imposed excessive weight on the global environment, as discussed in my new book circulated and freely downloadable from http://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malthus-Revisited-by-John-Scales-Avery.pdf Thomas Rpbert Malthus’ “Essay on The Principle of Population”, the first edition of which was published in 1798, was one of […]
There’s a Hidden Economic Trendline That Is Shattering the Global Trade System
Viewpoint by Marshall Auerback and Jan Ritch-Frel Marshall Auerback is a market analyst and commentator and Jan Ritch-Frel the executive director of the Independent Media Institute. This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NEW YORK (IDN) – Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has recently conceded: “In […]
ARCTIC: Protecting the Sacred Place Where Life Begins
Viewpoint by Nick Engelfried* BELLINGHAM, Washington (IDN) – As the Trump administration neared the end of its first year in office in 2017, it seemed environmental activists had lost one of the most hard-fought battles in the movement’s history. Thanks to a last-minute manoeuvre by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Congressional Republicans succeeded in passing legislation […]
An Illuminating Farmer-to-Farmer Story in Morocco
Viewpoint by Yossef Ben-Meir The writer, Dr Yossef Ben-Meir, is a sociologist and president of the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) in Morocco. MARRAKECH (IDN) – Bill Nichols served as a volunteer consultant to the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) through the Farmer-to-Farmer Program (F2F) for two weeks in January 2020. Originally from New Mexico, now residing […]
What the EU’s Corona Fundraising Tells us about Global Solidarity
Viewpoint by Inge Kaul The writer, Dr Inge Kaul, is Senior Fellow, Hertie School, Berlin and Non-resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC. BERLIN (IDN) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen organized two spectacular fund-raising events, one on May 4 and the other on June 27, 2020. The first drive collected […]
We Won’t Have a Truly Global Economy Until People Start Taxing It That Way
Viewpoint by Marshall Auerback The writer is a market analyst and commentator. This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NEW YORK (IDN) – Major talks between the United States and the European Union to establish a shared tax framework for multinational companies broke down on the issue […]
Put Women at The Centre of Syria Crisis Response
Viewpoint by Dr Natalia Kanem and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Dr Natalia Kanem is the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Executive Director of UN Women. NEW YORK (IDN) – As the Syria crisis enters its 10th year, the situation is especially dire for women and girls, with the effects […]