By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW | 2 December 2024 (IDN) — After the first Ministerial Conference on Russia-Africa, Louis Gouend, founder of Hello Africa and founding Executive Director of the African Business Club, noted that instability and security is still fragile across the African continent, but with an innovative and balanced approaches with Russia’s engagement, […]
The BRICS Plan for a New Financial Architecture
By Anuradha Chenoy* This article was published in Economic&Political Weekly (Vol. 59, Issue No. 48, 30 Nov. 2024) and is being republished with the author‘s permission. NEW DELHI | 1 December 2024 (IDN) — The Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) has established itself as a multilateral organisation distinct from others, evident from […]
Sri Lanka: The IMF’s Remarkable Timing and a President’s Mandate for Debt Justice
By Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake* COLOMBO | 30 November 2024 (IDN) — At Annual Meetings in Washington in October, International Monetary Fund head Kristalina Georgieva claimed Sri Lanka as a debt restructuring ‘success’ story.[i] Left unsaid was that Sri Lanka’s external debt had ballooned from $26 billion to a purported whopping $100 billion during two years of […]
Ukraine War: Polls Show Most Ukrainians Now Support a Negotiated Peace
By Stefan Wolff and Tetyana Malyarenko BIRMINGHAM, England | ODESSA, Ukraine (IDN) — The war in Ukraine is at a critical juncture. Kyiv has been given permission to use western-supplied Atacms and Storm Shadow missiles against targets inside Russia. It did so as soon as that permission was granted, with strikes against Russian military facilities […]
Fighting Cybercrime Is No Hack Job
By Abhishek Jain* Governments and businesses need to invest in cybersecurity to combat ever-evolving, sophisticated cybercrimes. GURGAON, India | 29 November 2024 (IDN) — They are going after our drinking water systems. Earlier this year, the US government warned state governors about foreign hackers carrying out disruptive cyberattacks against water and sewage systems. Increasing digitisation […]
Global Inter-Faith Leaders Appeal for a Safe, Secure & Sustainable World for Children
By Dr. Mustafa Y. Ali* NAIROBI, Kenya | 27 November 2024 (IDN) — Leaders from the world’s largest religions and faiths, representatives from international organizations, the United Nations, and governments have adopted a ground-breaking Declaration and Plan of Action to address the unprecedented challenges that the children face in the world today. The landmark Abu […]
The Evil That America Does Lives After It
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 27 November 2024 (IDN) — American foreign policy makers often wonder aloud why it is that much of the world has such an anti-American reflex. Why the “Ugly American”? Graham Greene would never have written a novel entitled the “Ugly Russian” or even the “Ugly German”. It is not […]
Ukraine War: The Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Strike Is A Strong Warning
By Stephen Bryen* This article was issued by Weapons and Strategy and is being republished with their permission. WASHINGTON, D.C. | 26 November 2024 (IDN) —The Ukrainians, NATO and the United States have been alarmed about Russia’s use of the Oreshnik Intermediate Range Ballistic missile on a defense manufacturing plant in Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk). The […]
Sustainable Transport Key to Achieving Asia-Pacific Region’s Development Ambitions
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana* BANGKOK, Thailand | 26 November 2024 (IDN) — Across the Asia-Pacific region, especially in urban centres, electric cars and buses are increasingly replacing gasoline-powered ones as a means of transportation. Aided by the ubiquity of smart devices, smart mobility and other transport innovations are significantly reshaping everyday life through ride-sharing apps, […]
From Genocide Joe to Omnicide Joe?
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 25 November 2024 (IDN) — President Biden has never wavered from approving huge arms shipments to Israel during more than 13 months of mass murder and deliberate starvation of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Biden’s crucial role earned him the name “Genocide Joe.” That nickname might seem shrill, but it’s […]