Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Reem Abbas KHARTOUM, Jul 8, 2011 (IPS) – Sudan is closest to civil war since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005. Mariam Al Sadig, a leading figure in the Umma Party, one of Sudan’s main opposition parties, said that the conflict in Southern [...]
U.S.: Military Attack on Iran Recedes, but Tensions Remain High
June 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Barbara Slavin WASHINGTON, Jun 8, 2011 (IPS) – The likelihood of a U.S. or Israeli military attack on Iran’s nuclear installations seems miniscule during the remaining months of the Barack Obama administration’s first term. The U.S. is focused on domestic economic problems, winding down wars in Iraq, [...]
PAKISTAN: Quiet Town in Deep Shock
May 3, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ashfaq Yusufzai ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan, May 3, 2011 (IPS) – The killing of Osama Bin Laden in the garrison city Abbottabad in Pakistan has sent shockwaves among its citizens.The city of 600,000 seemed grief-stricken. Most people avoid media persons, who have arrived here in droves in this most [...]
Israel Lashes Out at Palestinian Reconciliation
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, May 2, 2011 (IPS) – Israel has lashed out at the recent ground-breaking deal in Cairo, which will see unification of the two main Palestinian political factions after four years of bitter infighting, by threatening economic sanctions against the Palestinians. "We have agreed to [...]
MIDEAST: War Clouds Back Over Gaza
April 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, Apr 12, 2011 (IPS) – After several days of intense violence, during which 19 Palestinians were killed and one Israeli wounded, a fragile calm has returned to Gaza. But political commentators argue that this could well be a precursor to Israel’s next war on [...]
U.S.-CHINA: Will Renewed Military Ties Relax Regional Tensions?
October 10, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Oct 8, 2010 (IPS) – While a growing dispute between the U.S. and China over the proper valuation of the renminbi is likely to dominate this weekend’s annual meeting here of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), another aspect of the complex bilateral relationship between [...]
CHILE: Society’s Incomprehension Fuels Mapuche Hunger Strike
September 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Sep 29, 2010 (IPS) – As concern grows for the health and lives of 38 Mapuche prisoners on a hunger strike in different prisons in southern Chile, IPS consulted academics about the problems underlying the conflict. None of the attempts by the government of [...]
POLITICS-INDIA: In Kashmir, Tensions Put Life on Hold
August 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Athar Parvaiz SRINAGAR, India, Aug 19, 2010 (IPS) – The doctors at the hospital that Khalida Begum’s husband brought her to in the frontier district of Kupwara knew she was in a dangerous state. They thus recommended that she be transferred soonest to the maternity hospital here [...]
U.N. Chief May Be Heading for Showdown with Israel
August 11, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10, 2010 (IPS) – When the Israeli government gave its blessings to a U.N. panel of inquiry probing the military attack on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza last May, there was widespread speculation that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon may [...]
COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Bolívar’s Heirs Clash on Bicentennial
August 4, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Aug 3, 2010 (IPS) – The latest political and diplomatic conflict between Colombia and Venezuela has coincided with celebrations of the bicentennial of the two countries’ independence, won by their common liberator Simón Bolívar, whose ideals of integration continue to be undermined. Colombian President [...]
