Viewpoint by Dr J. Enkhsaikhan The writer is former Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations, and Chairman of Blue Banner NGO. The following is his foreword to the annual publication, ‘Toward A World Without Nuclear Weapons’. The latest edition will be online in the next few days on https://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php/archive/project-publications. ULAANBAATAR (IDN) – The […]
The Media Can Stimulate Sustainable Development in Africa
Viewpoint by Siddharth Chatterjee The writer is the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya. Follow Siddharth Chatterjee on twitter- @sidchat1. The following is his foreword to the annual publication, ‘Striving for People, Planet and Peace’. The latest edition will be online in the next few days on SDGsforAll.net. NAIROBI (IDN) – When 17-year-old high school […]
Policing Is Irrelevant for Public Safety—Here Are Some Alternatives That Are Proven to Work
Society doesn’t need a large group with a license to kill. Viewpoint by Justin Podur * Justin Podur is a Toronto-based writer and a writing fellow at Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. You can find him on his website at podur.org and on Twitter @justinpodur. He teaches at York University in the […]
Using Covid-19 Donations to Give Charity A Bad Name
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 […]