Viewpoint by Gaitri Issar Kumar The following are extended excerpts from India’s Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels, Gaitri Issar Kumar’s keynote address on the 44th anniversary of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Group of States. It was celebrated at the ACP House on June 7 in Brussels, which ACP Secretary-General Dr Patrick […]
China’s Meteoric Rise Revives ‘Yellow Peril’ in the U.S.
Viewpoint by Kishore Mahbubani The writer is a Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the author of ‘Has the West Lost It?’ This analysis first appeared in EastAsiaForum on June 5, 2019 with the heading ‘A ‘yellow peril’ revival fuelling Western fears of China’s rise’. SINGAPORE (IDN-INPS) – Do we arrive at […]
Boosting Energy Access and Finance in Poorest Countries
Viewpoint by Youba Sokona The following are extensive extracts from keynote remarks by Youba Sokona, South Centre’s Senior Adviser on Sustainable Development, at the Global Conference on Scaling-up Energy Access and Finance in Least Developed Countries in Beijing, China. The United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and […]
Why African Retailers Should Shift to Data-Driven Business
Viewpoint Toros Esim The writer is Head of Digital Retail and Regional Director of Digital Strategy for the Middle East & Africa at Orange Business Services. Views expressed are the writer’s. JOHANNESBURG (IDN) – In a continent the size of Africa, comprising more than 50 countries, it can be very tempting to make sweeping generalisations […]
Era of Dissent & Defiance Inspired by 2011 Popular Arab Revolts
Viewpoint by James M. Dorsey James M. Dorsey – a senior fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, an adjunct senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and co-director of the University of Wuerzburg’s Institute of Fan Culture – offered this viewpoint to IDN. SINGAPORE (IDN) […]
Russia Isn’t a Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – I’m on the 250 km/hour train hurtling from Moscow to St Petersburg when it suddenly clicks in my mind. My apologies for being so stupid, but despite regular trips to Russia over many years I have only suddenly got it – I too have been brainwashed about […]
Call for Renewed Efforts to Resolve Asian Maritime Dispute
Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens GENEVA (IDN) – June 8 has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the World Oceans Day to highlight the important role that the United Nations has played in creating the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Nevertheless there are maritime […]
Beware the Early Warning Signs of Legitimising Repression of Minority Rights
Viewpoint by James M. Dorsey James M. Dorsey – a senior fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, an adjunct senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and co-director of the University of Wuerzburg’s Institute of Fan Culture – offered this viewpoint to IDN.
U.S. Targeting of Iran Is a Grave Travesty of Justice
Viewpoint by Chandra Muzaffar The writer, Dr Chandra Muzaffar, is the President of the International Movement for a Just World (JUST). KUALA LUMPUR (IDN) – A dangerous flashpoint has emerged in world politics at the moment. There is widespread fear that the United States and its allies might launch a military operation against Iran at […]
Protect Pristine Areas from Relentless Development
Viewpoint by Dominick A. DellaSala, William J. Ripple and Franz Baumann This article was first published in San Francisco Examiner on May 29, 2019. While Dominick A. DellaSala, Ph.D., is chief scientist for the Geos Institute in Ashland, William J. Ripple, Ph.D., is a distinguished professor of ecology at Oregon State University and the initiator […]