Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By J. C. Suresh IDN-InDepth NewsReport TORONTO (IDN) – When an international commission headed by Nobel laureate Willy Brandt drew attention to global economic interdependence in its report in 1980, the world was divided between rich North and the poor South. More than three decades later, the International [...]
A Heaping Helping of Ridicule for the Fed, Please
January 18, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Originally published on The Guardian Unlimited, January 18, 2012 See the article on the original website By Dean Baker In keeping with its policy of releasing transcripts with a five-year lag, the Federal Reserve Board just released the transcripts from its 2006 Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. There is much [...]
Egypt Continues March to Democracy
January 18, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Woman casting her vote By Ernest Corea* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – As the January 23 deadline for the inauguration of Egypt’s first post-Mubarak People’s Assembly (parliament) approaches, the thoughts of politically conscious Egyptians must inevitably turn to the conundrums that lie beyond the recently concluded elections. [...]
SPECULATION REGARDING ZARDARI
December 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The “Dawn News” of Karachi has reported as follows: “President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday (December 6,2011) arrived in Dubai for a medical check-up. According to presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar, the President has traveled to Dubai along with his team of doctors for an extensive medical examination. He added [...]
Millions Stand to Benefit from Farmers’ Co-ops
November 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Elizabeth Whitman UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22, 2011 (IPS) – The 925 million people who went hungry in 2010 are just one facet of an ever-worsening food security crisis. Both food producers and consumers face the consequences of price volatility and unsustainable agricultural practices – challenges that leave [...]
Debt deal distracts from the economy’s real problems.
August 2, 2011 By
Statement on the Debt Ceiling Deal Debt deal distracts from the economy’s real problems. Center for Economic and Policy Research, CEPR For Immediate Release: August 1, 2011 Contact: Alan Barber, (202) 293-5380 x115 Washington, D.C.- Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), issued the following statement on the debt ceiling [...]
Asia Responds to Norway Shooting with Disbelief and Advice
July 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Kalinga Seneviratne IDN-InDepth NewsReport SINGAPORE (IDN) – The terror attacks in Norway on July 22 caught many Asians by surprise as Norway has branded itself very successfully over the years as a land of peacemakers. Now it seems that this image of Norway in particular and [...]
Pyrrhic Victory for the Israeli Ship Of State
July 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint By Eric Walberg* CAIRO (IDN) – Israel has extended its criminal siege of Gaza and occupation of the West Bank to Greek and other European airports. In doing so, it is encouraging anti-Jewish sentiment where there is none, by way of insisting it speaks on [...]
KARACHI, BEIRUT OF SOUTH ASIA
July 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN Karachi stands in danger of turning into another Beirut of the 1970s and 1980s if the Government of Pakistan does not wake up in time to the implications of the unending clashes between the Mohajirs and the Pashtuns, between the Barelvis and the Deobandis and between the Shias and [...]
MIDEAST: Into an Unsettled New Year
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mya Guarnieri HEBRON, Jan 22, 2012 (IPS) – An elderly Palestinian woman spent last week on hunger strike to protest violent attacks by Israeli settlers. Hana Abu Heikel went on the hunger strike on behalf of her family after settlers burned the family car during the previous [...]