Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) – Global response to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Africa has been remarkable, especially following fears that should the virus take hold, its impact on the continent could be catastrophic. Twenty of the 80 […]
The Second World War: Flawed and Ignorant Thinking in Both Russia and The West
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – The tanks will roll across Moscow’s Red Square on June 24. It is the day of the great parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War. In the West it’s not that well-known a fact that the Soviet Union lost many […]
If We’re Going to Defund Militarized Police Departments, Why Not Add the Pentagon?
The U.S. military’s budget, like so many police department budgets, is bloated, and diverts our tax dollars into forces of domination and violence. Now is the time to question our spending priorities at the local and federal level. Viewpoint by Sonali Kolhatkar This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent […]
Why Global Arms Embargo Against Iran Must Remain in Place
Viewpoint by Hassan Mahmoudi The writer is a social analyst, researcher, an independent observer and commentator of Middle Eastern and Iran. The article reflects his personal perspectives and opinions, which are not necessarily shared by the International Press Syndicate Group and its flagship IDN-DepthNews. STOCKHOLM (IDN) – The global arms embargo against Iran, imposed by […]
McDonald’s and the Ongoing Indo-Chinese Conflict
Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Jainendra Karn * NEW DELHI (IDN) – Thomas Friedman first put forward the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention in 1996 which claimed that no two countries that both had McDonald’s had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald’s. However, life has its own logic […]
A Framework to Achieve the Model for Development in Morocco
Viewpoint by Yossef Ben-Mei * MARRAKECH (IDN) – There may be irony in Morocco now reconsidering and revamping its development model, which is its national guiding frameworks for social and environmental fulfilment. I have long been and remain a believer in Morocco’s existing structures for people’s development. There is, after all, a lot to like. […]
Why COVID-19 Offers A Chance to Transform UN Peacekeeping
Viewpoint by Charles T. Hunt and Adam Day * LONDON (IDN | The Conversation) – United Nations Peacekeeping may be entering a period of major change. Over the past four years, there has been a steady decline in the number of peacekeepers deployed worldwide. And two of the largest peacekeeping missions in history are beginning […]
Looking Beyond the COVID-19 ‘Pandemic of Fear’
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Perspective and proportion are everything in this Pandemic of Fear that now consumes our attention and our daily lives. With very rare exceptions the media ignores this. As I write there have been world-wide 436,005 deaths from Coronavirus. But a remarkable, barely noticed, 4,137,712 have recovered.
Time to Act on Dr King’s Call to Tackle Evils of Racism, Economic Exploitation, and War
Viewpoint by Alice Slater The writer serves on the Board of ‘World Beyond War’, and represents the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation at the United Nations. NEW YORK (IDN) –The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) just issued its 2020 Yearbook, reporting on developments in armaments, disarmament, and international security. In light of the drumbeat of […]
The European Union Still Hasn’t Considered an Economic Proposal That Can Save It
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) – On May 5, Germany’s constitutional court ruled that parts of the European Central Bank’s bond-buying operations to avert a mounting economic depression were illegal. […]