Global IssuesClimate Change: Dark Clouds Gathering Over Copenhagen
Saturday, November 07, 2009
It has been a bad week for the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. During the week the last meeting in the formal round of pre- Copenhagen talks collapsed in Barcelona. Then, meeting here on the weekend, the G20 finance ministers put the seal on that failure by failing to agree to a financial package.
Climate Change: Dark Clouds Gathering Over Copenhagen
Saturday, November 07, 2009
It has been a bad week for the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. During the week the last meeting in the formal round of pre- Copenhagen talks collapsed in Barcelona. Then, meeting here on the weekend, the G20 finance ministers put the seal on that failure by failing to agree to a financial package.
Politics: Thai-Cambodia Diplomatic Row Bares Decades-Long Rift
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Thailand’s swift and strong response to Cambodia’s decision to appoint ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser exposed an emotional faultline rooted in decades of mutual suspicion and hatred.
Sri Lanka: Colombo’s Diplomatic Sparring Games with EU, U.S.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
One thing that has set apart the current administration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa from those of his predecessors is its diplomatic duals with international heavyweights.
Climate Change-Us: Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?
Friday, November 06, 2009
The momentum that U.S. climate change legislation has picked up in recent weeks will not be enough to get it through prior to the Copenhagen climate talks that kick off Dec. 7. It has also come at a steep price for those most committed to seeing such legislation pass.
Honduras: Unilateral 'Unity Government' Announced; Deal 'Dead'
Friday, November 06, 2009
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that the agreement reached last week to solve the four-month crisis triggered by a coup d'etat was 'dead.'
Rights-Nicaragua: Mudslinging Match Between Gov't, Activists
Friday, November 06, 2009
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has been accused before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights of responsibility for a series of violent incidents, which in the view of some analysts and civil society organisations have harmed democracy in the country.
Mideast: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again
Friday, November 06, 2009
As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship flying the Antiguan flag, Israeli politicians were sifting through the various talking points that could be offloaded from the vessel.
Africa: We Are the Government
Friday, November 06, 2009
As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
U.s.: 'War Comes Home' with Ft. Hood Shootings
Friday, November 06, 2009
While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident 'brings the war home'.
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