Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Matthew Cardinale* – IPS/IFEJ ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 31 (IPS) – The possibility of environmental catastrophe has led many leaders, scholars and average citizens to reconsider an economy based on constant growth. It is becoming clear that people, especially in the United States, will need to consume less in the [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Hunger and Conflict Go Hand in Hand
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Suzanne Hoeksema UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – Countries emerging from conflict need more international assistance to rebuild their food production, since hunger and scarcity may prompt a return to fighting, United Nations and development officials warned this week. Speaking at an event titled ”Food and economic crises in [...]
POLITICS: U.S. Mission to Burma Heralds Obama’s New Diplomatic Tack
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Oct 31 (IPS) – An upcoming mission by senior United States government officials to military- ruled Burma points to Washington’s commitment that engaging with oppressive regimes—than spurning them—is the way forward for change. The two-day visit by Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East [...]
POLITICS: On Nuke Disarmament, It’s Still ”You First”
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Analysis by Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – Is the ongoing controversy over Iran’s nuclear programme helping to advance the United Nations’ agenda on nuclear disarmament? To a number of diplomats and experts who have participated in past U.N. discussions on the spread of nuclear weapons, the [...]
BRAZIL: Five-Star Garbage
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Fabiana Frayssinet* – Tierramérica BARRA MANSA, Brazil, Oct 31 (IPS) – For the past 43 years, biologists Edna and Luiz Toledo have not waited for the garbage truck to collect their trash. Their three-storey house is in fact made out of ”garbage”, from the floor to the roof. Items [...]
AFGHANISTAN: Abdullah Plays For Time
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Commentary by Killid Correspondents KABUL, Oct 31 (IPS) – Soon after President Hamid Karzai acceded to a runoff two weeks ago, challenger Abdullah Abdullah put forward an avalanche of requests so complex, that his objective remains unclear. Abdullah called for transparency in this second round of voting and also [...]
MOZAMBIQUE: Quiet Progress Against HIV/AIDS
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Jessie Boylan COBUE, Mozambique, Oct 31 (IPS) – When Dorothy Kakongwe smiles, her creases tell stories no history book can recount. Now, as an elderly and humble nurse, she can reflect on the changes in the landscape and people around her. ”I’ve worked for 18 years in Cobue, and [...]
COTE D’IVOIRE: Without Better Storage, We Are Farming to Feed Insects
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Fulgence Zamblé BONDOUKOU, Côte d’Ivoire, Oct 31 (IPS) – Every year, Robert Assalé, a farmer at Tangamourou in the Bondoukou region in east-central Côte d’Ivore, produces an impressive amount of yams. He harvested 30 tonnes in 2007, 42 tonnes in 2008 and has almost surpassed 50 tonnes this year. [...]
RIGHTS: Rising China Poses Danger to Peace, Say Nobel Laureates
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (IPS) – An ascendant China that ignores human rights in Tibet and Xinjiang, poses a danger to world peace, say Nobel laureates Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Jody Williams. ‘’We do not want to see a China that pursues the path of hegemony [...]
RIGHTS: Karen Fear Military Offensive Near Planned Dam in Burma
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Oct 31 (IPS) – With the annual monsoon rains ending, there is a growing fear among the Karen ethnic minority living along military-ruled Burma’s eastern border of a dry season offensive. The most vulnerable are villagers residing in the vicinity of the controversial Hat Gyi dam. [...]
