Viewpoint by Alexander Kozul-Wright* The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) hosted its biennial debt management conference on December 5-7. The forum brought together governments, international organizations and academia to share views on the current debt landscape in developing countries. LONDON (IDN) — Covid-19 shuddered the world economy to a halt, and the […]
Strategic Dilemma: Germany in Search of an Effective China Strategy
Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. BONN (IDN) — German-Chinese relations are currently being reassessed in Germany. This is the result of a longer development that also took place in the EU. The shock of Germany’s dependence on Russian gas, coal […]
Sky Shield & the Spiraling U.S.-NATO Arms Race
Viewpoint by Joseph Gerson The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security and Co-Convener of the Peace & Planet International Network. NEW YORK (IDN) — The Biden Administration’s recent National Security Strategy announced that the post-Cold War order is now history, and that the yet to be named new era […]
President Biden Wants to Prevent a Strong Primary Challenge
But He Shouldn’t Get Away with It Viewpoint by Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO (IDN) — Joe Biden has directed the Democratic National Committee to reduce the danger that progressives might effectively challenge him in the 2024 presidential primaries. That’s a key goal of his instructions to the DNC on December 2, when Biden insisted on […]
Washington Should Offer Iran a Nuclear Deal It Cannot Decline
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — The policies of Iran’s government are not set in stone, as critics interminably suggest. Only three days ago (on December 4), Iran’s prosecutor-general was reported as saying that the morality police were being disbanded. Clearly, two months of demonstrations, led mainly by women, and now with open […]
Sanctions Hit Russia as Moscow Attempts to Overcome Them
Viewpoint by John P. Ruehl 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 several other foreign affairs publications. He is currently finishing a book on Russia to be published in 2022. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) […]
Nuclear Risks and Technological Proliferation
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The writer is a former High Representative of the United Nations for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) — 60 years after the Cuban missile crisis, the spectre of the imminent use of nuclear weapons once again haunts humankind. On that […]
Sri Lanka’s Economic Recovery? False Positive
By Neville de Silva* This article was issued by Asian Affairs (London). LONDON (IDN) — The sense of economic optimism expressed by Sri Lanka’s increasingly despotic president is not shared by the country’s long-suffering people. Presenting his first budget since assuming office as president after his predecessor fled the country, Ranil Wickremesinghe seemed to see […]
US President Biden’s Disappointing Nuclear Posture Review
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The writer is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association (ACA). The following text was published in the organization’s monthly journal, Arms Control Today. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) — Since the end of the Cold War, every U.S. president has conducted an in-depth review of the nation’s nuclear strategy. Each […]
India Pledges “One Earth, One Family, One Future”
Viewpoint by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India The Indian Express issued this article, and it is being republished because it announces India’s agenda during its G20 Presidency, which commenced on December 1. NEW DELHI (IDN) — The previous 17 Presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results—for ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving […]