Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pavol Stracansky BISHKEK, Feb 27, 2011 (IPS) – As revolutions and popular protests against dictatorships spread across northern Africa and the Middle East, questions are being raised whether they will inspire similar uprisings in Central Asia. Activists say that it is now a question of when, not [...]
Never Tip the Army in Egypt
February 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mohammed Omer EL-ARISH, Feb 25, 2011 (IPS) – Abu Mustafa Al Matriah and Abu Ahmed Abu Amrah, both Bedouins in Northern Sinai are thankful to the army that they can complete their daily deliveries without having "to pay so much baksheesh" (gratuity). Now that the Mubarak regime [...]
EGYPT: Net Tightens Around Mubarak Cronies
February 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Cam McGrath CAIRO, Feb 24, 2011 (IPS) – Toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s cronies and political allies could not be touched for years, but his departure has stripped them of protection. Now they are under investigation for corruption and graft – and many Egyptians expect to finally [...]
Wake-up Call for G20 to Banish Bribery
February 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jutta Wolf IDN-InDepth NewsReport BERLIN (IDN) – Tunisia and Egypt should serve as a wake-up call to the Group of 20 (G20) industrial and emerging economies to put into practice long overdue decisions to root out corruption in public life, Transparency International (TI) and Global Witness, [...]
CORRUPTION: Egyptians Can Claim Mubarak’s Stolen Billions
February 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Julio Godoy GENEVA, Feb 13, 2011 (IPS) – For decades, European bank accounts and trusts and the real estate market were havens for dictators seeking safe places to deposit billions of dollars they were stealing from their countries of origin. The pressure exerted upon European private banks [...]
CORRUPTION TO BE FOCUS OF NEXT INSTALMENT OF WIKILEAKS?
December 1, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN Wikileaks announced through Twitter on November 22,2010, that it will be shortly releasing its third instalment of classified US documents. 2. The first instalment of 77,000 documents related to Afghanistan. The second instalment of 400,000 documents related to Iraq. According to the Twiiter message, its third instalment will contain [...]
G-20 Urged to Push for Eradicating Corruption
October 26, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN G-20 Urged to Push for Eradicating Corruption By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – While releasing the 2010 ‘Corruption Perceptions Index’, Transparency International has lauded the Group of 20 (G-20) for recognising corruption as "a global problem that must be addressed in global policy reforms". "It is [...]
CHINA: Journalists Risk Their Lives to Expose Corruption
September 11, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Gordon Ross BEIJING, Sep 11, 2010 (IPS) – Despite what are often overwhelming obstacles, a gutsy minority of investigative reporters in China continues to expose official corruption and criminal behaviour. But they do so at their own peril. Both China’s constitution and the official National Human Rights [...]
