Viewpoint by Shen Dingli The author is a professor at the Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai. This article first appeared on China Daily on 4 December 2018. SHANGHAI (IDN-INPS) – Of late, there has been talk of and concern over a possible “Cold War” between the United States and China. The argument goes […]
Sri Lanka’s Heroic Freedom Struggles of 1818 and 1848 – Part 1
By Dr. Palitha Kohona The author is former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and former Foreign Secretary. The following is Part 1 of the text of his keynote address delivered at Sri Lanka’s University of Peradeniya, Kandy, on 26 November 2018. COLOMBO (IDN-INPS) – We look back on a […]
U.S. INF Treaty Termination May Once Again Trigger Nuclear Arms Race
By Daryl G. Kimball and Kingston A. Reif The following is the text of the analysis in Issue Brief (Volume 10, Issue 10, December 4, 2018) by the Arms Control Association (ACA). Daryl G. Kimball, is the executive director and Kingston A. Reif the director for disarmament and threat reduction policy of ACA. – The […]
Africa Should Focus on Young People – Say Experts
By Ronald Joshua KIGALI (IDN) – Africa’s “easy decade” of accelerated economic growth is coming to an end, and only accelerated job creation and integration will ensure sustainable growth and development across the continent, Prof. Paul Collier, one of the world’s most influential development economists has warned. A Professor of Economics and Public Policy in […]
ICC Leaders Join in Global Initiative to Break Down Gender Barriers
By Robert Johnson THE HAGUE (IDN) – Top officials of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) – President Chile Eboe-Osuji, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and Registrar Peter Lewis – have joined the International Gender Champions network, an important initiative to break down gender barriers at all levels. This global leadership network brings together decision-makers […]
Significant Progress in Ending All War
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – “We need jaw jaw not war war,” said Winston Churchill rather hypocritically. Still, he would be glad to see that the number of wars around the world has fallen dramatically since the end of the Second World War, despite the wars in Korea, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, […]
Africa Seeks Commitments to Fight Climate Threat at COP24
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Seyni Nafo, spokesman of the African delegation at the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 taking place in Katowice in southern Poland from December 2-14 is not one to mince words about the serious climate threat now facing the African continent. “We are the most vulnerable, […]
Muggings Mar Mandela Centenary Concert in South Africa
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | JOHANNESBURG (IDN) – A massive turnout of die-hard fans of superstars Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z filled every available square inch of the Johannesburg FNB stadium for the closing night of the Global Citizen Festival organized to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson […]
UN Chief Calls for Katowice to Lay Down Ground Rules for the Paris Agreement
By António Guterres Following are extensive excerpts from the UN Secretary-General’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP14) from December 2-14 in Katowice, Poland. KATOWICE (IDN-INPS) – We are in trouble. We are in deep trouble with climate change. Climate change is running faster than we are and we must […]
Polish Perspectives of the UN Climate Change Conference
By Aleksandra Gadzinski KATOWICE (IDN) – “We can’t afford to fail in Katowice,” declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his opening remarks to the two-week-long 24th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in southern Poland. The political will to fight climate change had faded since the Paris Agreement three years ago. The […]