Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Bernhard Schell IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis AMMAN (IDN) – A new United Nations report has cautiously criticized Israel for undermining the prospects of a two-State resolution of the conflict by "breeding not only economic disparities but also social and political polarization" in Palestine. "Fragmentation and lack of contiguity within [...]
MIDEAST: Towards ‘Déjà vu All Over Again’
August 17, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, Aug 17, 2010 (IPS) – "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Sometimes, the nonsensical quote of the legendary New York Yankees baseball catcher Yogi Berra has a real message. It can pointedly be applied to [...]
Arab-Israeli Orchestra Spreads Message of Peace in Latin America
August 17, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Gonzalo Ortiz QUITO, Aug 16 (IPS) – ”The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra has proved that music can break down barriers previously considered insurmountable,” its Argentine-Israeli conductor, Daniel Barenboim, told IPS on a visit to Ecuador. After performing in Quito Aug. 13, to a standing ovation lasting more than 10 [...]
SOUTH SUDAN: Children Too Hungry to Return to Civilian Life
August 13, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Zack Baddorf SOUTH SUDAN, Aug 13, 2010 (IPS) – When Timothy was forced into the southern Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) at age 11, the first thing they did was beat him. Then they took him to a military base where his tasks were to carry other [...]
COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Sea Breeze Helps Restore Relations
August 11, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Constanza Vieira SANTA MARTA, Colombia, Aug 11, 2010 (IPS) – "The Santa Marta breeze cools off any conflict, it calms tempers. The city is the ideal place for the Santos-Chávez summit," Colombian journalist Ernesto McCausland wrote on his Twitter blog ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, which indeed patched [...]
Peace Signals from U.S. Nuclear Footprint Sites
August 9, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – History is in the making with two sites where the United States left its indelible nuclear footprints — the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall archipelago and Japan’s legendary city of Hiroshima — sending new signals. The World Heritage Committee meeting [...]
Despite Iraq Withdrawal, Greater Mideast Not Looking Good
August 3, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Aug 2, 2010 (IPS) – While President Barack Obama Monday touted the continuing U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq as a key marker in the success of his regional policies, the latest news from the Greater Middle East, as well as a new public [...]
UN Youth Year to Encourage Dialogue and Understanding
August 2, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Nirode Masson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) – Twenty-five years after the first International Year of Youth was observed at the behest of the United Nations, countries around the world are being called upon to celebrate the second such year from August 12, 2010 to August 11, 2011. [...]
UN in a Blind Alley as Peace Eludes Darfur
July 29, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) – As the mandate, being carried out by the UN-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID), comes to an end on July 31, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s report to the Security Council indicates that the situation in Sudan’s western region is [...]
SRI LANKA: War Over, But Women Wage Battle For Survival
July 26, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Amantha Perera VAHARAI, Sri Lanka, Jul 25, 2010 (IPS) – It was a typically hot, humid day in this eastern coastal village. The sun burned down from a cloudless sky, roasting the skin as an angry sea breeze swatted the faces of the few foolish enough to [...]
