Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Nov 23, 2011 (IPS) – Days of clashes between protesters and security forces culminated on Tuesday evening in what was estimated to be a million-man rally in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand an end to military rule. The new political [...]
Iran Prepares for Parliamentary Elections amid Uncertainty
September 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Yasaman Baji TEHRAN, Sep 11, 2011 (IPS) – Uncertainty and confusion, particularly among the highly factionalised conservatives that have dominated Iranian politics since 2005, appear to be the order of the day some seven months before next March’s parliamentary elections. Given the harsh repression that followed the [...]
Arab Spring Slips Into Tunisian Fall
August 22, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Simba Russeau TUNIS, Aug 22, 2011 (IPS) – Seven months after Tunisia’s historic uprising which saw the ouster of long-time dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and gave birth to the region’s Arab Spring, many Tunisians are losing confidence in the progress of their revolution. Last year, Tunisia [...]
Pockets of Resistance As Rebels Claim Tripoli
August 22, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA and TRIPOLI, Aug 22, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – The head of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) has announced the end of the Muammar Gaddafi era, while sporadic fighting continued across the capital, Tripoli. Fighting and gun battles erupted in parts of Tripoli on Monday after [...]
NATO Bombs Leave Gaddafi Unimpressed
July 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Alexander Cockburn* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint PETROLIA, USA (IDN) – After three and a half months of bombing and arms supply to various rebel factions, NATO’s failure in its efforts to promote "regime change" in Libya is now glaring. Obviously NATO’s commanders are still hoping that a lucky [...]
What Is Sadr’s Game on Future U.S. Troop Presence?
July 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Jul 14, 2011 (IPS) – The big question looming over U.S.-Iraqi negotiations on a U.S. military presence after 2011 is what game Shi’a leader Moqtada al-Sadr is playing on the issue. U.S. officials regard Sadr as still resisting the U.S. military presence illegally and [...]
Pyrrhic Victory for the Israeli Ship Of State
July 14, 2011 By
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 [...]
MIDEAST: Palestinians Won’t Learn Israeli Lessons
July 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours EAST JERUSALEM, Jul 12, 2011 (IPS) – Widespread strikes across Palestinian civil society could be in store for East Jerusalem at the start of the next school year, as the municipality moves ahead with its current plan to implement an Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools. [...]
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 Latin Lessons for Arab Revolutionaries
July 8, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Hari Seshasayee* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis MUMBAI (IDN) – The scenes that plagued Latin America through the 1980s bear a striking resemblance to those enveloping the Arab World since Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze in Tunisia nearly 30 years later. In Latin America, street protests reflected the rising [...]
