Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Joshua Kucera* ASTANA, May 18, 2012 (IPS/EurasiaNet) – The United States and Kazakhstan are exploring the idea of expanding the amount of military cargo passing through Kazakhstan into and out of Afghanistan. The focal point of the discussions is the Caspian port city of Aktau. Kazakhstani authorities [...]
Industrialised Countries Under Critical Spotlight at U.N. Meet
May 18, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Julio Godoy BONN, Germany, May 18, 2012 (IPS) – The latest session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place May 15-25 in the former German capital Bonn, is the perfect opportunity to reaffirm the enormous and growing body of scientific expertise on [...]
Brazil Drives Energy Integration in South America
May 18, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mario Osava SÃO PAULO, May 18, 2012 (IPS) – Energy integration in South America will be a reality "in the medium to long term," driven by hydropower and drawing on Brazil’s experience, predicts Altino Ventura Filho, secretary of planning in this country’s Ministry of Mines and Energy. [...]
US Asked to Abandon Cold War Nuke Strategy
May 17, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jamshed Baruah IDN-InDepthNews Report http://www.indepthnews.net/ BERLIN (IDN) – In run-up to the NATO Summit in Chicago on May 20, a new report is calling for abandoning the Cold War rationale and ushering in a systemic change in U. S. nuclear force structure, strategy and posture in order [...]
Hopes To Heal Economy Through Devaluation, Which Has Hit Poor Hard
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Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE, May 17, 2012 (IPS) – As Malawi’s poor struggle to afford food and other staple items since the 48 percent devaluation of the local currency against the dollar, economic commentators are optimistic that the move will provide an opportunity to boost the country’s export [...]
The Political Drones Get Louder
May 17, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, May 17, 2012 (IPS) – Growing numbers of activists are beginning to counter U.S. Drone attacks into Pakistani territory. The activists are confronting the U.S., but increasingly now the Pakistani government for allowing such attacks to continue. The Tehreek Insaf party led by former [...]
GEORGIA: Tbilisi Walks Diplomatic High Wire on Iranian Nuclear Issue
May 16, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Giorgi Lomsadze* TBILISI, May 15, 2012 (IPS/EurasiaNet) – Georgia is clearly the closest U.S. ally in the South Caucasus, moving in lockstep with American interests on just about every foreign policy issue – except one: Iran. Not wanting to become embroiled in a potential regional conflict, officials [...]
Ratko Mladic Goes on Trial for Genocide
May 16, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA, Qatar, May 16, 2012 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – The trial of General Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army chief accused of orchestrating war crimes and a campaign of genocide, has begun at a special U.N. court at The Hague in the Netherlands. Prosecutors at the [...]
Journalism is Not ‘More Fun’ in the Philippines
May 10, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Dennis Engbarth MANILA, May 10, 2012 (IPS) – Reporters working in the Philippines, the world’s third most dangerous nation for journalists, are having difficulty identifying with the "It’s More Fun in the Philippines" tourism promotion campaign launched by the Liberal Party-led government of President Benigno Aquino III. [...]
Chinese Dissident Chen Seeks U.S. Exile Deal
May 3, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * DOHA, May 3, 2012 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has said he wants to leave for the U.S. rather than stay in China, throwing into doubt a deal used to coax him out of the U.S. embassy in Beijing and defuse an [...]
