THE RAYMOND DAVIS CASE: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN On January 27, 2011, Raymond Davis, a member of the staff of the US Consulate-General in Lahore, allegedly shot and killed two Pakistani motorcyclists at a traffic stop in Lahore. He claimed they were armed and about to rob him. A third [...]
U.S.-MIDEAST: Obama Riding a Tiger
January 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Jan 27, 2011 (IPS) – Suddenly faced with an unprecedented number of challenges across the Arab world, the administration of President Barack Obama is scrambling hard to keep up. The fate of President Hosni Mubarak, long regarded as Washington’s most powerful Arab ally, [...]
EGYPT-U.S.: Washington Struggles to Catch Up
January 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe and Ali Gharib WASHINGTON, Jan 28, 2011 (IPS) – With tens of thousands of demonstrators still milling around the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities Friday night, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama was struggling to come up with a policy response to [...]
EGYPT: Mubarak to Dissolve Govt in Wake of Mass Protests
January 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emad Mekay and Ali Gharib CAIRO/NEW YORK , Jan 28, 2011 (IPS) – After a day in which thousands of protesters called for his ouster and clashed with security forces, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced on state television after midnight Friday that he was dismantling the current [...]
EGYPT Army Loyalty to Mubarak Will be Crucial
January 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Cam McGrath CAIRO, Jan 29, 2011 (IPS) – Columns of tanks and armoured personnel carriers moved in to take up position vacated by weary riot police on Friday night as Egypt’s embattled president attempted to restore order to his nation’s capital. President Hosni Mubarak declared a dusk [...]
Food Worries Rise in China
January 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Mitch Moxley BEIJING, Jan 19, 2011 (IPS) – In China, a country with a history of famine and where rural dwellers still use the greeting "have you eaten?", food is close to sacred. Feeding the country’s massive population remains one of the biggest threats to future [...]
Pressure Builds to End Stalemate in Cote d’Ivoire
January 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Aprille Muscara WASHINGTON, Jan 18, 2011 (IPS) – Ten days before the two-month deadline for a negotiated solution to Cote d’Ivoire’s presidential deadlock comes due, pressure is mounting to end the stalemate in Abidjan, as observers pin the outcome of the power struggle on the future of [...]
US & CHINA: FRIENDS OR FOES?
January 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN China has emerged as a leading economic power next only in importance to the US. It is seeking to achieve a military capability commensurate with its economic strength, but its military capability cannot equal that of the US for many years to come. The US has no reason to [...]
Combating Poverty with Clean Energy
January 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Bernhard Schell IDN-InDepth NewsReport ABU DHABI (IDN) – Fighting poverty by promoting sustainable development and mitigating climate change is one of the priorities of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for 2011. With this is view, he is calling for a global revolution that would benefit some 1.6 [...]
