Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jake Lippincott TUNIS, Apr 20, 2012 (IPS) – Thousands of centre-left demonstrators violently clashed with police in street battles that completely shut down central Tunis last week, left scores seriously injured and underlined the persistent divisions in Tunisian society. The demonstrations were organised by several political parties, [...]
Argentina’s Critics Get it Wrong Again
April 18, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Originally Published on The Guardian Unlimited, April 18, 2012 See the article on the original website. Mark Weisbrot The Argentine government’s decision to re-nationalize its formerly state-owned oil and gas company, YPF, has been greeted with howls of outrage, threats, forecasts of rage and ruin, and a rude bit of [...]
The War on Public Sector Workers
April 16, 2012 By
Republished on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Truthout, April 16, 2012 See the article on the original website By Dean Baker Politicians across the country are using heaping doses of the politics of envy to try to arouse the anger of workers. However, their targets are not the corporate CEOs pulling down tens of millions [...]
Returning Sudanese Child Soldiers Their Childhood
April 16, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Andrew Green* JUBA, Apr 15, 2012 (IPS) – As the process of reintegrating South Sudan’s child soldiers into their old lives begins soon, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army renewal of its lapsed commitment to release all child soldiers from its ranks in March could mean that within [...]
Standing Down as Iran’s Power Struggle Unfolds
April 16, 2012 By
Republished on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By Jen Alic of Oilprice.com A strike on Iran, however limited, would push the current internal power struggle to a premature end that would not be in the US’ best interests – that is the message, whether intentional or not, of the recent "intelligence leak" that has provided [...]
GREECE-CYPRUS-ISRAEL ENERGY TRIANGLE: DYNAMICS AND POTENTIALS IN THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
April 15, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Republished with the author’s permission Read the article in the original form on the RIEAS site. Petros Makris-Kourkoulos (RIEAS Research Associate and Energy Security Analyst) In the mid-60s, John F. Kennedy stated the famous geography has made us neighbors, history has made us friends, economics has made us partners and [...]
Shale Gas a Bridge to More Global Warming
January 24, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 24, 2012 (IPS) – Hundreds of thousands of shale gas wells are being "fracked" in the United States and Canada, allowing large amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, to escape into the atmosphere, new studies have shown. Shale gas production [...]
BELARUS: Political Prisoners Facing Oppression
January 24, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Robert Stefanicki WARSAW, Jan 24, 2012 (IPS) – "I had to fight to be treated like a human, not animal," dissident Nikolai Avtukhovich wrote from prison. Last month Avtukhovich, Belarusian political activist and entrepreneur, convicted to five years in the penal colony for illegal storage of five [...]
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Informal Economy Ensures Equitable Development
January 24, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Catherine Wilson PORT MORESBY, Jan 24, 2012 (IPS) – Although Papua New Guinea is known as a resource-rich country, 85 percent of the population depends on the informal economy for a living. The need for a grassroots-led economic enterprise to aid equitable and sustainable development is nationally [...]
