Viewpoint by Shastri Ramachandran* Balochistan – the largest of the four provinces of Pakistan in terms of land area, forming the southwestern region of the country – is aggrieved at not getting its due share of development out of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), flagship of the Belt and Road Initiative. This has caused resentment […]
Let Saudi Arabia Suffer Until bin Salman is Brought to Justice
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – How can Saudi Arabia be brought low? If the King won’t remove from power his 33-year old son, Prince Mohammad bin Salman, there may be no alternative but to do battle (non-violently) with its regime. There seems to be no doubt that it was bin Salman who […]
Asia-Pacific Reviews Ambitious Targets of 1994 Cairo Conference
Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Natalia Kanem Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Dr. Natalia Kanem is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). BANGKOK (IDN) – Ministers and […]
Iran Looks East in the Face of Crippling U.S. Sanctions
Viewpoint by Micha’el Tanchum The author is a Fellow at the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University and an affiliated scholar with the Center for Strategic Studies at Başkent University in Ankara, Turkey (Başkent-SAM). This article first appeared in EastAsiaForum on 22 November 2018. ANKARA (IDN-INPS) – Tehran has taken a […]
Stop Preventable Scourge of Violence Against Women
By UN Women NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – To commemorate this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Secretary-General’s UNiTE Campaign is calling upon us to stand in solidarity with survivors and survivor advocates and women’s human rights defenders who are working to prevent and end violence against women and girls. Our duty is not only to stand […]
Continuing Political Instability Impacting Economic Policy-Making in Sri Lanka
By Friday Forum The following media release issued by the Friday Forum (FF) on November 22, 2018 expresses grave concern about the situation in the aftermath of Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s move to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and prorogue Parliament on October 26, 2018. The FF is an informal group of concerned citizens pledged […]
The Cambodian-UN War Crimes Trials are Finally Over
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Finally, finally, the over-long, ten year trials of the leaders of the murderous Khmer Rouge leadership of Cambodia, are over. The two defendants, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, were each given a life sentence at the end of the first trial in August 2015 for crimes against […]
Governments Unable to Take Climate Responsibility Seriously
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 […]
A Punitive Approach to Iran’s Missile Activities Will Not Fix the Problem
Europe Should Promote a Regional Security Mechanism in the Middle East Viewpoint by Dr Tytti Erästö * European powers deserve credit for their efforts to maintain the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but their current coercive approach to Iran’s missiles is counterproductive, writes Dr Tytti Erästö, a researcher in the Stockholm International Peace […]
Cities Have the Potential to Shape the Future of Humankind
Viewpoint by Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury* The following are extensive extracts from the opening address by Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, who is the Chairman of the Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS) since 2008, at the 13th GFHS Annual Session in Bangkok on 30 October 2018. […]