Climate Change Means Lifestyle Change

Viewpoint by John Scales Avery * COPENHAGEN (IDN) – I would like to announce the publication of a book, which deals with the world’s failure to adequately address the existential danger of catastrophic climate change. The book consists mainly of book chapters and articles that I have previously published, although a considerable amount of new […]

The World as A Whole Is Getting Happier

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Can we be happier? All of us probably experience grave unhappiness at some point in our lives – a bereavement of someone close, a job loss, a bad illness, a vindictive boss, a drop in income or status, a loss of love for or from one’s partner, […]

US-China Trade Deal – The Show Isn’t Over Yet

Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Dr. Yiyong Liang* NEW DELHI | BEIJING (IDN) – Trade wars are fascinating where not only the outcomes but also the tactics and strategy matter. Sun Tzu said: “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory […]

Breaking the Impasse on Donbass

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – The struggle for the Donbass region in the eastern and southern Ukraine goes on, seemingly never endingly. It’s now six years since dissident militias threw off the yoke of the central government in Kiev and declared their de-facto independence. They were supported by Russian troops which at […]

The Laws of Nature and the Passions of Mankind

Viewpoint by John Scales Avery The following are excerpts from ‘The Passions of Mankind’ in which John Scales Avery discusses human emotions from an evolutionary perspective. The book consists mainly of chapters and articles that he has previously published, although some new material has been added. It can be freely downloaded and circulated from the […]

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