Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu The following are extensive excerpts from remarks by Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), at the International Conference on ‘Capturing Technology. Rethinking Arms Control’ in Berlin on 15 March 2019. BERLIN (IDN-INPS) – Many of us feel a growing sense of unease about the challenges rapid […]
Reflections on Evolving International Security Landscape
Viewpoint by A.L.A. Azeez The writer is Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva. GENEVA (IDN) – The security landscape in most regions, as well as globally in general, is becoming increasingly constrained by the day. It is, therefore, timely to reflect on some trends and developments in the international […]
Mexico: A Growing Global Crisis of Confidence
By Bill Dahl* At least one child dies from a residential home fire every day. Another three hundred are injured as a result of fire. However, before the fire breaks out, there’s something smoldering before it bursts into flames. The same is true with the economic sectors of nations. In this article, we examine two […]
Strategic Realities Impeding Nuclear Disarmament
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The writer is President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, and a former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. He was president of the 2005 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference. NEW YORK (IDN) – The advent of weapons of mass destruction, in particular the nuclear weapon, was the most dramatic […]
Getting the Priorities on Human Rights Right in Syria
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – The long war is almost over in Syria. Tyranny has won. Violence has won. Most have suffered, many unspeakably. For too long all sides were stalemated by each other’s brutality. Now the government of Bashar Al-Assad has come out on top, aided by Russia and Iran What […]
Smart Tech Must Go with the Fundamentals for Its Uptake
Viewpoint by Ibrahim Thiaw The author is Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). This OpEd is issued in the context of the International Women’s Day observed on 8 March 2019, and the UN’s focus on Science and Technology that enhances gender equality, innovation […]
The Trump-Kim Hanoi Summit Disappointing But Not Devastating
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball This article by the Executive Director of Arms Control Association appeared on February 28. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – Not only did the summit in Hanoi between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fail to produce meaningful results, but Trump and his team have clearly squandered […]
Criticism of Israel is Not Anti-Semitism
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – After the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 70 the Jews were thrust into the outer world – many into Arab countries, later to become Muslim, where they were extended protection, and later into the Roman and then Christian world where they were accepted for […]
Soft- and Hard-Power Challenges in China-India Diplomacy
Viewpoint by P S Suryanarayan The writer is a Visiting Senior Fellow with the South Asia Programme, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore and the author of ‘Smart Diplomacy: Exploring China-India Synergy’ (2016). The author’s views are his own and do not represent the position of any institution. […]
The Long Walk from World Social Forum to World Party
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio The writer is publisher of Other News, a vehicle for “voices against the tide”, and founder of IPS-Inter Press Service News Agency. This article is being reproduced courtesy of Other News with the writer’s permission. He can be contacted at utopia@robertosavio.info and his articles and comments can be read on Facebook @robertosavioutopia ROME (IDN) […]