Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The author is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. He wrote this editorial for the January-February issue of Arms Control Today. WASHINGTON ; DC (IDN-INPS) – Next month, it is very likely the Trump administration will take the next step toward fulfilling the president’s threat to “terminate” one of […]
Time To Leave The Nuclear Age, Create A Green Planet At Peace
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 […]
Myanmar Buddhists Say International Media Is ‘Unfair’
Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne This article is the 26th in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. YANGON, Myanmar (IDN) – When I checked into a hotel at 10.00 pm in Central Yangon near the iconic Sule Pagoda, seeing a lot of South Asian Muslims around […]
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 […]
African Leaders Confront A ‘Blue Wave’ Demanding Change
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – When Democrats captured one House seat after another in the U.S. midterm elections, observers brushed it off as a “blue trickle”. Later they had to admit: it was a giant blue wave. Africans are also yearning for change and their frustration is erupting across the continent […]
Former President Jacob Zuma Reveals Plans For New Career
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – After a brief spin as President of South Africa, the multi-talented Jacob Zuma is plunging into a new and exciting career path – he’ll be a recording artist of liberation songs from the anti-apartheid struggle. A full-length album will be recorded in April during the […]
3,500 Lose Jobs As New Currency Shortage Hits Zimbabwe
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Over 3,500 youth officers have been laid off as part of the nation’s shortage of currency amid efforts to streamline the wage bill. It was explained that the layoffs would save the country a substantial amount while the nation’s economy is limping. Public Service Commission […]
Strengthening The Evidence Base To Deliver On The 2030 Agenda
Viewpoint by Gemma Van Halderen The writer is Director, Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). This article appeared as blog on the UNESCAP website on January 2, 2019. BANGKOK (IDN) – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has set an ambitious agenda of 17 global […]
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 […]
New Agreement Seeks To Resist Powerful Greenhouse Gases
By Devendra Kamarajan NAIROBI (IDN) – A new agreement signed in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, promises to fight global warming. Known as the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, came into force on January 1, 2019. According to UN Environment, it will reduce the projected production […]