Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Aug 15, 2011 (IPS) – When the global economy was hit by a severe recession in 2008- 2009, the negative fallout impacted heavily on the world’s developing nations, hindering the U.N.’s key development goals, including plans for the elimination of extreme poverty and [...]
Why the Euro is Not Worth Saving
July 13, 2011 By
Republished on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy The Guardian Unlimited, July 11, 2011 See the article on the original website. By Mark Weisbrot The Euro is crashing today to record lows against the Swiss Franc, and interest rates on Italian and Spanish bonds have hit record highs. This latest episode in the Eurozone crisis is [...]
EU Ready to Help UN Ease Grave Libya Situation
April 8, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsReport BRUSSELS (IDN) – The United Nations is deeply concerned about the humanitarian conditions along the Libyan border as well as health, food and security situation in Benghazi and on the whole in eastern and north-western Libya. To make matters worse, new mines laid [...]
INDIA: EU Trade Deal May Curb Affordable Drug Supply
March 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI, Mar 24, 2011 (IPS) – As India prepares to seal a sweeping trade and investment deal with the European Union (EU) in April, civil society groups are campaigning to limit the agreement’s repercussions within the local generic drug industry here upon which millions [...]
EU: Family Ties with Rich Cousin Germany Turn Bittersweet
February 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Julio Godoy BERLIN, Feb 24, 2011 (IPS) – In terms of economics, the European Union (EU) includes one country – Germany – that is both friend and foe to the 27-member community, and their relationship has turned markedly bittersweet on the road to recovery after the global [...]
TRADE: "Poor Countries Have Already Given Enough in Doha Round"
February 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ravi Kanth Deverakonda GENEVA, Feb 14, 2011 (IPS) – South Africa has expressed sharp concern over concerted attempts by leading industrialised countries, particularly the U.S. and the European Union (EU), to extract onerous commitments from developing countries as a condition to concluding the stalled Doha Round trade [...]
Bringing NATO and the EU Closer Together
November 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jamshed Baruah IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis LISBON (IDN) – The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is convinced that the meeting of 28 heads of state and government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Lisbon will be "one of the most important summits in NATO’s history". History [...]
Fresh Warnings Against EU Bio-Fuels Policy
November 10, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Julio Godoy VIENNA, Nov 10, 2010 (IPS) – Massive increase in carbon emissions will worsen climate change if the European Union does not urgently revise its energy policy, experts warn. The EU plan to increase its share of bio-fuels to 20 percent by the year 2020 constitutes [...]
TRADE-SOUTHERN AFRICA: EPA Talks Will Miss Latest Deadline
November 5, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Servaas van den Bosch WINDHOEK, Nov 5, 2010 (IPS) – While a trade deal between the European Union and Southern African countries is close it will not be concluded before the end of this year. In the meantime, South Africa remains in pursuit of an ambitious regional [...]
