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Photo: Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan, chairman of the Group of 77 and China.

A Briefing on Carbon Capture Technology and Sustainable Energy Transition

By Razeena Raheem

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — The Group of 77 and China, the largest single coalition of developing nations, hosted an Ambassadorial-level briefing on carbon capture technology at the United Nations. The briefing, which took place August 1, was titled "Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage—Technology Essential for an Equitable Energy Path Forward."

Addressing the meeting, Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan, chairman of the G77, said: "I think our goals as the Group of 77 and China are clear."

: Thalif Deen; SUSTAINABILITY; Climate Action; 08 August 2022

Photo: President of Russia Vladimir Putin meeting with US President Joseph Biden (via videoconference). Source: Kremlin.ru. CC BY 4.0

The Irrevocable End of Russia-US Relations

Moscow says NYET to Washington's "Rules-based Order"

By Somar Wijayadasa*

"After the present crisis in Ukraine, there can be no return to attempts at a rapprochement with the US and its allies". - Alexey Drobinin

NEW YORK (IDN) — Alexey Drobinin, Director of policy planning of Russia’s Foreign Ministry, has published a keynote article on Russia’s foreign-policy concept describing that Russia’s special military operation was a milestone on the way to new world order.

The document entitled "The Lessons of History and the Vision of the Future: Reflections on Russia's Foreign Policy" aptly describes Russia’s thousand-year history as well as the imperial ambitions of Sweden, France, and Germany.

: Somar Wijayadasa; THE WORLD; Russia; 08 August 2022

Photo: (Left) Álvaro Alberto, Brazil's first nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) concept, courtesy of Serviços e Informações do Brasil; (Right): US Navy Virginia-class SSN, courtesy of General Dynamics Electric Boat Public Affairs, Creative Commons Licence 040730-N-1234E-002)

Nuclear Submarines and The Non-Proliferation Treaty: Brazil Gets a Jump on Australia?

By Tariq Rauf*

VIENNA (IDN) — Originally scheduled for April-May 2020, due to postponements because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tenth Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) finally convened in these turbulent times at the United Nations in New York on 1 August and will conclude its deliberations on 26 August.

NPT review conferences are held every five years to assess the implementation of the NPT across its three "pillars": nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, and cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

: UN Bureau; ARMAMENTS; Nuclear Weapons; 08 August 2022

Photo credit: Katsuhiro Asagiri. IDN-INPS Multimedia Director

NPT Review Conference Urged to Seek "No First Use" of Nuclear Weapons

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — When academics, anti-nuclear peace activists and civil society organisations (CSOs) met at the United Nations earlier this month to discuss the growing threats of a nuclear war worldwide, one of the underlying themes was captured in the title: "Avoiding Nuclear War: What Short-Term Steps Can be Taken?"

The discussion included a call on the world's five major nuclear powers—the UK, US, France, Russia and China, all permanent members of the UN Security Council—to commit "No First Use" of nuclear weapons.

: Thalif Deen; ARMAMENTS; Nuclear Weapons; 07 August 2022

Squaring the Circle

Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf

This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission.

Immediately after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all the governments of the EU and the European NATO countries reacted. Not only with support for Ukraine but also by announcing an increase of their own military spending. There are some indications that not everything can actually be financed.

: Opinion Editor; OPINION; 07 August 2022

Coalition Calls for Securing Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Viewpoint by Galina Angarova (Buryat), Executive Director, Cultural Survival

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, USA (IDN) — On August 9, 2022, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous leaders will launch a new site—www.sirgecoalition.org—as part of the official public announcement of a new coalition to Secure Indigenous People’s Rights in a Green Economy (SIRGE Coalition).

: Opinion Editor; OPINION; 07 August 2022

Russia and the EU Continue Transition to Wartime Economies

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.

: Opinion Editor; THE WORLD; Russia; 07 August 2022

Photo: The Secretary-General António Guterres attends the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. Ichiro Mae/UN Photo

From Hiroshima, UN Chief Calls for Global Nuclear Disarmament

UN News

HIROSHIMA (IDN) — It is totally unacceptable for states in possession of nuclear weapons to admit the possibility of a nuclear war, António Guterres underscored early on August 6 in Japan at a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

“Nuclear weapons are nonsense. Three-quarters of a century later, we must ask what we’ve learned from the mushroom cloud that swelled above this city in 1945”, he urged during the solemn event at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park attended by dozens of people, including hibakusha, young peace activists, Japan’s Prime Minister and other local authorities.

: UN Bureau; OPINION; 06 August 2022

The “Non-Stop” Flow of Arms to Ukraine Amidst Reports of Black Marketeering

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — The flow of weapons to battle-scarred Ukraine has been “non-stop”, says Rear Admiral Duke Heinz, the European Union’s chief logistician, as the fighting continues uninterruptedly ever since the Russian invasion last February.

And US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III was quoted as saying: “Ukraine needs the firepower and the ammunition to withstand its barrage and to strike back at the Russians launching these attacks from inside Ukraine’s own territory”.

: Thalif Deen; THE WORLD; USA and Canada; 05 August 2022

Image credit: IDN-INPS with Serbian and Kosovo flags from Wikimedia Commons.

Is Serbia Planning a "Special Operation" in Kosovo?

Viewpoint by Aurora Weiss

The possibility of the Serbian president Vučić starting to play the role of the Balkan Vladimir Putin with an eventual invasion of Kosovo seems never to have been more serious.

VIENNA (IDN) — Escalation: it's like lighting a match. Two separate components, Phosphorus and Match, can spark several times before the flame catches and finally lights up the fire. From the first, second or third attempt, it is only a matter of time before it starts burning.