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: ‘Flytilla’ Debacle Another PR Nightmare For Israel
July 10, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mel Frykberg BEN GURION AIRPORT, Tel Aviv, Jul 10, 2011 (IPS) – Confused foreign tourists arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Friday would be forgiven for thinking that a terrorist attack was about to take place. Hundreds of armed Israeli soldiers and police spread throughout [...]
The Coming Upheaval in Republican Economics
June 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Ian Fletcher Since the late 1970s, when the Eisenhower-to-Nixon era of accommodation to the New Deal sputtered to a close, what it has meant to be a Republican in economics has been obvious. It has meant free markets. Republican free-market ideology was, in fact, so successful for most of this [...]
SRI LANKAN TAMILS: A DISCONCERTING SITUATION FOR INDIA
June 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN My attention has been drawn to a disturbing documentary titled “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” produced by Mr.Jon Snow of the Channel4 TV channel of the UK. 2.The documentary highlights the results of a forensic investigation into the bloody culmination phase of the counter-insurgency operations of the Sri Lankan Security [...]
U.S.: Obama’s Claim of Libya War Powers Widely Disputed
June 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jun 17, 2011 (IPS) – President Barack Obama’s claim that U.S. military operations against Libya should not be subject to the War Powers Act and do not require Congressional approval is drawing heavy fire from friends and foes alike. In a 38-page report submitted [...]
OP-ED: Experts Fear Israeli Design to Balkanise Arab States
June 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Jun 18, 2011 (IPS) – Developments in Libya have raised fears among Egyptian analysts and political figures of the possible break-up of the North African nation into two warring halves. To support the assertion, they point to longstanding Israeli [...]
Can Mexico Shed Image as Ground Zero in Narco Wars?
June 6, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kanya D’Almeida WASHINGTON, Jun 4, 2011 (IPS) – Last year, the online branding company East-West Communications ranked Mexico 191st out of 200 countries on its Brand Perception Index, which is generated by analysing buzzwords in the international media’s quarterly and annual coverage of a certain country. Addressing [...]
HOW TO WARD OFF THREATS TO PAK NUCLEAR ARSENAL?
May 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The daring commando style raid into a Pakistani naval base at Karachi on May 22 by terrorists of the Pakistani Taliban has highlighted once again the poor state of physical security at sensitive infrastructure in Pakistan and the undetected infiltration by extremist elements into the Pakistani Armed Forces. Since [...]
Asia Responds to Norway Shooting with Disbelief and Advice
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 [...]