Viewpoint by Christian Vicedo The writer is Senior Defense Research Officer in the Research and Special Studies Division, National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP). The views expressed are the author’s own and do not reflect the official position of the NDCP. EastAsiaForum first carried this article on 2 August 2018. – The Editor MANILA (IDN-INPS) […]
Tanzania’s Indigenous Communities Racing to Secure Land Eyed by Investors
By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM (IDN) – Helena Magafu smiled as she held a piece of paper that recognizes her as the sole owner of a disputed farmland in her village was handed over to her, thus resolving a raging dispute with her neighbours. “I am very happy, I don’t think anyone with ever […]
Towards the End of Elite Foreign Policymaking in Malaysia
Viewpoint by Adam Leong Kok Wey Dr Adam Leong Kok Wey is an Associate Professor in Strategic Studies and the Deputy Director of Research with the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies at the National Defence University of Malaysia. This article was first carried by EastAsiaForum on 29 July 2018. – The Editor KUALA […]
EU-Facilitated Dialogue Vital For Kosovo-Serbian Accord
By Ramesh Jaura This is the second report from Kosovo, stressing the importance of an EU-facilitated dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade. The first is titled Kosovo Looks Forward To UN Membership. – The Editor BERLIN | PRISTINA (IDN) – In the wake of the Kosovo War, in the whirl and muddle of Yugoslav Wars, and […]
Kosovo Looks Forward To UN Membership
By Ramesh Jaura This is the first of two reports from Kosovo, on its efforts to garner international recognition in the aftermath of unilateral declaration of independence in February 2008 subsequent to the breakup of Yugoslavia after Josip Broz Tito’s death in the 1980s. – The Editor BERLIN | PRISTINA (IDN) – The United Nations […]
Nikki Haley Blames Rights Groups for Her Misguided ‘Reform’
By Kenneth Roth Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations, which operates in more than 90 countries. This article was published in The Hill on 29 July 2018. NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – Shortly after arriving in New York as Donald Trump’s representative to the […]
Kazakh Chair of UN Sanctions Committee Calls for Support to Peace in Horn of Africa
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – Applauding the landmark rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, ending two decades of hostility, the UN Security Council has called for providing all necessary support to build peace in the Horn of Africa. The appeal came in the briefing on July 30 on the Council’s recent visit to the […]
Asia’s Evolving ‘Free’ Trade Deal May Not Benefit Workers
By Kalinga Seneviratne SINGAPORE (IDN) – A Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – a “free” trade agreement between the 10 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and its major trading partners in the region – is expected to be signed later this year. But labour unions and workers’ rights advocates in the region fear that […]
ACP Group Striving for Interrelated Sustainable Development
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit opens a new era for a repositioned African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP Group) to continue and deepen its decisive role in supporting all 79 […]
Can Pakistan’s New PM Resolve The Kashmir Issue?
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – I haven’t played cricket with Imran Khan, the newly elected prime minister of Pakistan, but I did interview him back in 2005 when only a rare foreign journalist was interested in him despite his fame as having been the world’s best cricketer. Now he has won a […]