Viewpoint by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka The writer is UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, of UN Women. NEW YORK (IDN) – What’s a family? Classically, we think of a mother, a father and the children. The father goes out to work, the mother takes care of the children, maybe she works part time, at home or close […]
Science & Technology Can Contribute to Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu The following are extensive excerpts from the statement by Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at the High-Level Panel “CTBT: Science and Technology in a Changing World” on 24 June at Hofburg Palace, Vienna, in the opening session of the Science and Technology Conference2019 (SnT2019) 24 June-28 June […]
Send in to the Persian Gulf a Flotilla Under the UN Flag
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – In 1980 in his State of the Union address President Jimmy Carter said: “Any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States and such an assault will be repelled […]
Trump Administration Should Rethink its Failing Iran Policy
Viewpoint by Kelsey Davenport and Daryl G. Kimball Iran has announced that it will exceed a limit on enriched uranium set by the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The following is the text of a statement by Kelsey Davenport, director for nonproliferation policy and Daryl G. […]
Resist Erosion of NPT to Rid the World of Atomic Bombs
Crumbling Security Landscape Ahead of the 2020 Review Conference Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte Ambassador Sergio Duarte 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 forthcoming 50th anniversary of the […]
ACP States Are A Key Factor in India’s Extended ‘Act East Policy
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) […]