Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Collage of election pictures By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – "This first round (of post-Mubarak elections in Egypt) was truly great. No violence, good participation, many candidates. Orderly queues, waiting hours if need be….It is a most promising start for a new future. The people [...]
Russia Between Nostalgia and Bitter Reality
December 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Pilar Bonet By Pilar Bonet* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint** MOSCOW (IDN) – The 20th anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union is an occasion to share some observations about the "perestroika", that revolution which meant the end of a political system and also the end of a State and [...]
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 [...]
RURAL THAILAND STRIKES BACK
July 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN Rural Thailand has struck back in the general elections held on July,3,2011. And with what vehemence! 2.Since 2006, it was deprived of the leadership of its favourite son Thaksin Shinawatra, a Thai of Chinese origin, whose family belonged to Chiangmai in Northern Thailand. A cop turned businessman turned politician, [...]
Late Spring May Come to Morocco
July 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Simba Russeau CAIRO, Jul 1, 2011 (IPS) – As Moroccans head to the polls to vote in a referendum on reforms offered by King Mohammed VI in the wake of the Arab Spring, the debate continues as to whether the proposed changes are merely cosmetic or will [...]
Nepal Faces Critical Days Ahead
June 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Shastri Ramachandaran* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NEW DELHI (IDN) – Nepal has ceased to be a Hindu kingdom – and renamed itself into a federal democratic state – but it is far from certain where it is headed. Besides, though located between two turbo-charged emerging economies, India and [...]
ELECTIONS-PERU: Leftist Winner Promises "Growth with Social Inclusion"
June 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Milagros Salazar * LIMA, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS) – For the first time in the democratic history of Peru, a left-wing candidate has won the presidency. With the support of an overwhelming majority of voters in the provinces, retired lieutenant colonel Ollanta Humala defeated his right-wing rival [...]
PERU-US: Washington Urged to Cooperate with Humala
June 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS) – The United States should seek cooperative relations with Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala, a number of Andean specialists urged here Monday. "Humala all along has said he wants to maintain good relations with the U.S. government, and he sent nothing [...]
Taiwanese Ponder Democracy Deficit
May 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Dennis Engbarth TAIPEI, May 29, 2011 (IPS) – A coalition of Taiwan social activists has warned that the island country’s democracy is now in a state of ”stagnation” after three years of government under the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) administration of President Ma Ying-jeou. During [...]
TAIWAN: East Asia May Get its First Woman President
May 3, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Dennis Engbarth TAIPEI, May 3, 2011 (IPS) – Taiwan may become the first country in East Asia with a female head of state if opposition Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen wins the island country’s fifth presidential election next Jan. 14. "Gender equality in Taiwan is fairly [...]
