Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Alice Slater While Medea Benjamin is codirect or of CODEPINK for Peace and author of several books, including Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic, Alice Slater serves on the Coordinating Committee of World Beyond War and is the UN Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace […]
Most Taiwanese Would Not Support A Hong Kong Style Arrangement With Beijing
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Those, like some highly placed people in the U.S. government and Congress, who say it is inevitable that Taiwan with its population of 24 million will one day return as part of mainland China rather as Hong Kong did, have really missed a beat. There is simply […]
An Exceptional Book With A Message Of Hope That Does Not Exist Today
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio* The following is the text of the Foreword to Riccardo Petrella’s In the Name of Humanity, English edition under way of Au nom de l’humanité. L’audace mondiale – Éditions Couleur Livres, 2015. Petrella is an Italian economist, political scientist and a leading figure in the anti-globalisation movement. He is Emeritus Professor […]
Syria Withdrawal Plan Tallies With America’s Wish To Bring Soldiers Home
Viewpoint by Ellen R. Wald The writer is a historian and author of ‘Saudi, Inc.’ She is the president of Transversal Consulting and also teaches Middle East history and policy at Jacksonville University, USA. Twitter: @EnergzdEconomy. This article first appeared on the Arab News on January 2, 2019. JACKSONWILLE, USA (IDN-INPS) – President Donald Trump […]
Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization Playing Havoc
Viewpoint by Jayasri Priyalal The writer is the Regional Director responsible for Finance Sector of UNI Global Union, Asia & Pacific Organization – Singapore. SINGAPORE (IDN) – Imagine the feelings of millions of Americans holding their pay cheques during the festive seasons and at a time getting ready to face the harsh winter, as a […]
Nonproliferation Policy and Priorities – U.S. Perspective
Viewpoint by Dr. Christopher Ashley Ford The author is Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. The following are extensive extracts from his remarks at the 7th European Union Nonproliferation and Disarmament Conference in Brussels, Belgium, on December 18, 2018. BRUSSELS | WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – A year ago at this European Union conference, […]
Multilateralism Works – With All Its Problems, With All Of Its Difficulties
By António Guterres The author is UN Secretary-General. Following are extensive extracts from his public lecture at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha, Qatar on 16 December 2018, which attracted more than 375 guests, including students, faculty and diplomats. DOHA (IDN-INPS) – We live in a world where, more and more, we have challenges that […]
Democracy Has Hit An Iceberg
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – In the Western world there is a constant debate about democracy. In the U.S. the Democrats charge quite correctly that the House’s constituencies are gerrymandered against them. Then there’s the insoluble issue of the Senate’s anti-democratic bias where its numbers are tilted against the Democrats by the […]
Of Cockroaches and Humans
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 […]
Africa – Realising The Promise of the Demographic Dividend
Viewpoint by Graça Machel The author, who writes this piece following the recent publication of the Africa Report on Child Wellbeing and the African Child-Friendliness Index, is the widow of Nelson Mandela and former First Lady of both South Africa and Mozambique. She is Chair of the International Board of Trustees of the African Child […]