Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has announced that in a month’s time he will start to annex the large-scale Jewish settlements inside Palestinian territory, a step as provocative as one can imagine. Not even President Donald Trump’s Administration which has supported Israel with many measures has […]
Tackling the COVID-19 Crisis the Wrong Swedish and Effective Indian Way
Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Jainendra Karn * NEW DELHI (IDN) – Since time immemorial, humanity has confronted natural disasters and pandemics continually, and yet survived. But COVID-19 is unique in the sense that it has shaken and stirred both the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the world to the core. With over […]
Multilateralism, The Covid-19 Pandemic and The NPT Review Conference
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte Ambassador, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) – On April 24, the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace was observed at the United Nations. At the occasion, Secretary-general António Guterres called for a “networked multilateralism, strengthening […]
Australia Loses Big If China Ties Unravel
Viewpoint by James Laurenceson The author is Professor and Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at The University of Technology Sydney (UTS). This article first published on May 24 in EastAsiaForum, is part of an EAF special feature series on the novel coronavirus crisis and its impact. SYDNEY (IDN) – In 2016, the Executive Director […]
India Pivots to The United States to Balance China
Viewpoint by C Raja Mohan The writer is Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at The National University of Singapore. This article first appeared on EastAsiaForum on 19 May 2020. A longer version is available in the most recent edition of East Asia Forum Quarterly, ‘Middle Power Game’, Vol. 12 No. 1. SINGAPORE (IDN) […]
COVID-19: How the U.S. Ignored the Chinese and WHO Warnings
Viewpoint by Vijay Prashad* This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. KOLKATA, India (IDN) – On March 20, just after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic on March 11, the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) sent a cable to U.S. State Department instructing officials how they […]
China Abandons the Strategy of Persuasion and Compromise
Viewpoint by Vijay Gokhale This article by a former Foreign Secretary of India and a former Ambassador to China first appeared on The Hindu on 20 March 2020. It is republished because of an insider’s view of the changing nature of China’s diplomacy characterised by unilateralism and a one-size-fits-all approach. “China, post-COVID-19, will be operating […]
NPT’s 50th Anniversary Encourages 17 Signatories To Remind Five Nuclear-Weapons States of Their Commitments
By UN Bureau NEW YORK (IDN) – The upcoming 2020 Review Conference of a landmark international treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, presents “a timely opportunity for the States Parties to undertake a comprehensive review and assessment” of its current status, says the Joint Communiqué issued on […]
COVID Crisis Has Shone A Spotlight on Long-Festering Inequality
The Future Is Wide Open Viewpoint by Nathan Gardels, The World Post The author is WorldPost co-founder and editor in chief. This article appeared first on THEWORLDPOST* on 23 May 2020 and is being republished in view of its forward-looking approach. BERLIN (IDN) – The first real-time global pandemic has so broken the inertia of […]
COVID-19: Strong Global Partnerships Key To Bolstering Africa’s Response
Viewpoint by Bience Gawanas The author is UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, OSAA. The following is the text of the statement by Ms. Gawanas from the OSAA website*. NEW YORK (IDN) – If there ever was a time for full-scale global solidarity and cooperation to fight for health rights that time is now […]