Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, May 23, 2011 (IPS) – "The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognised borders are established for both states." The seemingly neutral and quasi-consensual principle laid out by U.S. President [...]
Ten Non-Nuclear States Plead For Nuke Abolition
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jamshed Baruah IDN-InDepth NewsReport BERLIN (IDN) – While public attention worldwide is focussed on one authoritarian regime after another tumbling down on the Arab shores of the Mediterranean Sea, foreign ministers of 10 non-nuclear nations stretching across continents have called for "a Middle East free of [...]
Bolivia Steps Up Campaign at U.N. to Legalise Coca Leaf
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, Apr 30, 2011 (IPS) – Is coca a dangerous drug that should be tightly regulated, or an essential part of Andean indigenous people’s cultural and medicinal heritage? Or perhaps both? In the coming months, diplomats at the U.N. body will face the thorny [...]
Syria’s Crackdown Undermines Claim for Seat on Human Rights Council
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 2, 2011 (IPS) – When the General Assembly meets on May 20 to elect 15 new members for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the four candidates from the Asian Group – India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Syria – were until now considered [...]
GCC Brokers Power Transfer for Yemen’s Embattled Leader
April 27, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By David Elkins WASHINGTON, Apr 26, 2011 (IPS) – The official Yemeni opposition group, the Joint Meetings Party (JMP), has announced it will sign a deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Wednesday which will officially transfer President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s powers, temporarily, to his vice [...]
Asian Allies Back Burma Uneasily
April 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Larry Jagan BANGKOK, Apr 26, 2011 (IPS) – Already Burma’s new civilian government poses problems for its Asian allies as it tries to woo the international community. The month-old quasi-civilian administration, led by President Thein Sein has launched a new diplomatic charm offensive in an effort [...]
Name Blame Game As Israeli-Palestinian Deadlock Persists
April 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Bernard Schell IDN-InDepth NewsReport CAIRO (IDN) – While the United Nations is urging Israel and the Palestinian Authority to end the deadlock in peace talks, representatives of the two conflict parties continue to cross swords blaming each other for the unending cycle of violence and ‘retaliation’. [...]
RUSSIA: Eighteen Years of WTO Negotiations Continue
April 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, Apr 25, 2011 (IPS) – After almost 18 years of unsuccessful but persistent struggle to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), experts say that efforts by Russian authorities have not been enough and have often lacked political will. "Russia’s struggle to join [...]
China’s Green Blueprint Raises Stakes at U.N. Climate Talks
April 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Apr 14, 2011 (IPS) – China’s rise as a leader in the environmentally friendly, low-carbon economy is giving the Asian giant new diplomatic muscle for this year’s round of climate change negotiations leading up to the COP17 U.N. summit in Durban, South Africa [...]
U.N. Decries Stagnant Funding For Population Goals
April 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 13, 2011 (IPS) – As the international community readies to cope with a rising world population of some seven billion people by the middle of this year, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns that financial assistance for population-related activities has made no visible [...]
