Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN Coinciding with the US-South Korea joint naval exercise from July 24 to 27,2010, in the Sea of Japan, a large-scale naval exercise was held by the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea. Wide publicity was given to it by the China Central Television (CCTV). The Chief of General [...]
Bribery Will Eat into Gains of East African Integration
July 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NAIROBI (IDN) – A new report has warned that unless bribery is banned, 126 million citizens of the East African Community will be deprived of the benefits that economic integration promises to bring in its wake. These words of caution stem from the [...]
As Sanctions Rise, China Steps Deeper Into Iran
July 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Antoaneta Becker LONDON, Jul 30, 2010 (IPS) – The European Union’s new sanctions against Iran appear to open a new space for eager Chinese companies to expand their investments in a country viewed as a rogue player by much of the western world. With China recently [...]
PERU: President Admits Corruption Has Tarnished Government
July 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Ángel Páez LIMA, Jul 29 (IPS) – In his Independence Day speech in the Peruvian Congress, which was broadcast nationwide, President Alan García admitted that corruption has tarnished his administration, although he lectured the judicial branch for delays in punishing those responsible. The president, who is entering his [...]
MADAGASCAR: Women Form Own Political Parties for Fair Representation
July 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Lova Rabary-Rakotondravony ANTANANARIVO, Jul 29 (IPS) – Brigitte Rasamoelina and Yvette Sylla are women with two different approaches to politics in Madagascar. One formed a political party, while the other decided to legalise her organisation as an association. But both women are considering running in Madagascar’s November elections. [...]
GREECE: Society Begins to Crack Under Harsh Measures
July 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Apostolis Fotiadis ATHENS, Jul 30, 2010 (IPS) – Every working day, more than a hundred people crowd around the entrance of the merchant and passenger boats’ reconstruction industry, well known as ‘The Zone’, in the southern suburb of Attiki. Most of them are unemployed steel workers and [...]
NEED FOR INDIA-VIETNAM STRATEGIC NAVAL DIALOGUE
July 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN " It is clear that military clashes would bring bad results to all countries in the region involved, but China will never waive its right to protect its core interest with military means."— From a "Global Times" editorial of July 26,2010 ——————————————- After having adopted a soft policy towards [...]
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Thailand Faces Flak for Backing Mekong Dams
July 29, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Jul 29, 2010 (IPS) – Northern Thai villagers living on Mekong River’s banks are poised to join a growing tide of opposition against a planned cascade of 11 dams to be built on the mainstream of South-east Asia’s largest body of water. These communities, [...]
JAPAN: Rising Wages Won’t Scare Investors Away from China
July 29, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Jul 29, 2010 (IPS) – Common business wisdom would have it that rising wages are bad news for foreign investors, but analysts here say that workers’ clamour for higher pay in Japanese factories in China will not send them packing from that country anytime [...]
Developing Countries should be paid for Eco Disasters
July 29, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Martin Khor* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint GENEVA (IDN) – The 20 billion U.S. dollar put aside by BP to pay for the effects of the Gulf oil spill contrasts with the lack of accountability of big firms that cause environmental harm in developing countries. In a widely publicised move [...]
