Viewpoint by Eva Cossé, Human Rights Watch The writer is Western Europe researcher, works on issues related to discrimination, migration, asylum and minority rights, with a focus on Greece. This article first appeared on Human Rights Watch, and is being reproduced with the author’s permission. LONDON | ATHENS (IDN) – The Greek government has begun […]
Tale of a Machiavellian US in the Middle East
The US Has to Work with Russia, Not Against It Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – The war in Syria has dropped out of the news, like almost everything else, in a time when the Coronavirus seems to dominate all discourse and reporting. But the regime of Bashar al-Assad continues to strangle its […]
Non-Aligned Movement Aligned Against COVID-19
By Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sr Lanka President The following is the text of the Sri Lankan President’s address on May 4 to the online summit meeting of the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) under the theme “United Against COVID-19”: COLOMBO (IDN) – I am pleased to be participating at this Summit, in support of global solidarity, unity […]
25 Years After the Indefinite Extension of The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: A Field of Broken Promises and Shattered Visions
By Tariq Rauf* VIENNA (IDN) – “I long ago took to heart the words of Omar Bradley, spoken virtually a half century ago, when he observed, having seen the aftermath of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, thus: ‘We live in an age of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We live in a world that […]
Beware of Weaponizing COVID-19
Viewpoint by Jayasri Priyalal SINGAPORE (IDN) – Weapons of Mass Destructions (WMD) were something that USA and UK coalition forces were trying to find in the armouries of Saddam Hussain in Iraq in March 2003. Anglo-Saxon media was painting the fears of death, destruction and sufferings to humankind unless those weapons were destroyed – justifying […]
Do Not Abuse Science for Corona Politics
Viewpoint by Cees Jan Hamelink* This article was originally published on Other News, a vehicle for “voices against the tide” and is being reproduced with thanks. AMSTERDAM (IDN) – As a scientist it is of course gratifying for me to hear that government policy on Covid-19 takes science seriously. And it is gratifying when press […]
After the Pandemic, Will We Return to Business as Usual?
Viewpoint by Francesc Badia I Dalmases* This article was originally published on openDemocracy. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of IDN-InDepth News BARCELONA (IDN) – Meteorologists have warned that this year is on track to become the hottest since records began. The climate crisis […]
Pandemics: Lessons Looking Back from 2050 – Part 2
Viewpoint by Fritjof Capra and Hazel Henderson* This article was originally published on Other News, a vehicle for “voices against the tide” and is being reproduced with thanks. Please click here for Part 1. Berkeley | JACKSONVILLE (IDN) – When the coronavirus struck in 2020, the human responses were at first chaotic and insufficient, but […]
COVID-19: An Open Letter from African Intellectuals to Africa’s Leaders
100 leading academics and writers call on leaders to govern with compassion and see the crisis as a chance for a radical change of direction. The following is the full text of the letter, being reproduced courtesy of African Arguments under a Creative Commons Licence 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). LONDON (IDN) – The threats […]
Pandemics: Lessons Looking Back from 2050 – Part 1
Viewpoint by Fritjof Capra and Hazel Henderson* This article was originally published on Other News, a vehicle for “voices against the tide” and is being reproduced with thanks. Berkeley | JACKSONVILLE (IDN) – Imagine, it is the year 2050 and we are looking back to the origin and evolution of the coronavirus pandemic over the […]