Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS PRAGUE, Jan 21, 2012 (IPS) – The Russian opposition movement which has risen to prominence since the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections has not said its last word, says 35-year-old Sergey Udaltsov, one of its most visible figures. Leader of the leftist political alliance Left Front and of the [...]
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 [...]
RUSSIA: Eighteen Years of WTO Negotiations Continue
April 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, Apr 25, 2011 (IPS) – After almost 18 years of unsuccessful but persistent struggle to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), experts say that efforts by Russian authorities have not been enough and have often lacked political will. "Russia’s struggle to join [...]
DISARMAMENT: Bridges Could Become Barricades
March 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, Mar 5, 2011 (IPS) – Although the ratification of a new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) with the United States is considered a top priority for the Medvedev administration, experts are debating whether such an agreement could threaten to reduce Russian military [...]
What Russia has in Common with Pakistan and Somalia
January 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – What does Russia have in common with countries such as strife-torn post-war Iraq, unpredictable North Korea, crisis-ridden Pakistan and the failed state called Somalia? A new report says that along with those four and six others caught in either [...]
Obama Pushes START Treaty to Top of Legislative Agenda
December 3, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Dec 2, 2010 (IPS) – With time running out before he faces a much more hostile and Republican Congress, President Barack Obama appears to have made Senate ratification of the pending New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia his top legislative priority. Not [...]
Russia’s Agony a "Wake-Up Call" to the World
August 11, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Stephen Leahy VIENNA, Aug 11, 2010 (IPS) – A wind turbine on an acre of northern Iowa farmland could generate 300,000 dollars worth of greenhouse-gas-free electricity a year. Instead, the U.S. government pays out billions of dollars to subsidise grain for ethanol fuel that has little if [...]
Rising Threats to Minorities in Sudan, Russia, Philippines
April 27, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 (IPS) – The growing threats against minorities and ethnic groups – who are vulnerable to mass killings and genocides – have significantly increased in three countries: Sudan, Russia and the Philippines. A new survey by the London-based Minority Rights Group International (MRG) concludes [...]
Emerging Powers Cooking Up New International Order
April 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Analysis by Beatriz Bissio * RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 16 (IPS) – Since the emergence of the Non-Aligned Movement, there has been no louder and more compelling call for a rethinking of the international economic system as the one issued this week in Brazil by the leaders of the [...]
B.RAMAN – LIBYA: OPTIONS FOR INDIA & RUSSIA
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN I can understand the decision of India, Russia and China to abstain in the voting in the UN Security Council (UNSC) on March 18,2011, on the resolution authorising the enforcement of a No Fly Zone over Libya to prevent Libyan air stikes against anti-Muammar Gaddafi rebels and civilians and [...]