By M.K. Bhadrakumar The writer is a former Indian diplomat. This article was published by Indian Punchline. NEW DELHI, 23 June 2023 (IDN) — If only the US President Joe Biden had a time machine as in the post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, he should have used that vehicle or device to […]
De-Risking, Not De-Coupling: Is It More Than A Smart Shift In Terminology?
Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. BONN, Germany, 22 June 2023 (IDN) — How to deal with China? The Western industrialised countries have been trying for some time to find a convincing China strategy. One result of the recent G7 summit […]
Global South Unites to End Western Ambitions for Hegemony
Viewpoint by Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury* DHAKA, Bangladesh, 21 June 2023 (IDN) — When analysts ask, what does the Ukraine war have to do with Bangladesh or Brazil, most of the people may say, perhaps not much. But in reality, Western sanctions on Russia following the outbreak of the Ukraine war is causing tremendous suffering […]
The Madness of Missiles, An Ode to Daniel Ellsberg
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden, 20 June 2023 (IDN) — The nuclear weapon missile business is contradictory, full of missteps, highly dangerous and prepared in its madness (Mutually Assured Destruction, aka MAD, they used to call it in Cold War days) to plunge the world into a nuclear war that could reduce much if not […]
Daniel Ellsberg Has Passed Away. He Left Us a Message.
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, USA, 16 June 2023 (IDN) — When Daniel Ellsberg died on Friday (16 June), the world lost a transcendent whistleblower with a powerful ethos of compassion and resolve. Ellsberg’s renown for openly challenging the mentalities of militarism began on 23 June 1971, when he appeared on CBS Evening News ten […]
A Climate Finance Goal That Works for Developing Countries
By Richard Kozul-Wright The writer is Director of the Globalization and Development Strategies Division, UNCTAD. GENEVA (IDN) — After years of failing to meet climate finance commitments, the new climate finance goal under discussion in Bonn (at the Climate Change Conference 5-15 June) is critical, but without supporting reforms of the global financial architecture we […]
The new Cold War between Russia and the West Is Unnecessary
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden, 13 June 2023 (IDN) — George Orwell, the author of “Animal Farm” and “1984”, was the first person to use the phrase “Cold War” in a 1945 newspaper article, written just after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He argued that “the surface of the earth is being parcelled […]
Behind Water Stresses Around the World
By John P. Ruehl Around the world, significant issues are negatively impacting water security. While the situation appears dire, cooperation initiatives show some signs of relief. This article was produced by Globetrotter. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor to […]
Reversing Child Labour is Possible
By Simone Galimberti* KATHMANDU, Nepal, 9 June 2023 (IDN) — A little more than an year ago the international community gathered in Durban, South Africa to chalk out a way forward in the fight against child labour. The gathering, officially the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, did indeed provide a roadmap, […]
Nuclear Clouds Over the 38th Parallel
Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. BONN, Germany, 8 June 2023 (IDN) — North Korea has continued to advance its nuclear weapons program and has launched more than 100 missiles since the beginning of 2022, some with intercontinental range. In South […]