News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1051
Q&A: Comprehensive Ban on Nuclear Testing, a Stepping Stone to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 29 (IPS) - With the four-week-long review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) underway at the United Nations, hopes and frustrations are running equally high, as a binding political agreement on the biggest threat to humanity hangs in the balance.
Opinion: Continuing the Centennial Work of Women and Citizen Diplomacy in Korea
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 28 (IPS) - A century ago, the suffragist Jane Addams boarded a ship with other American women peace activists to participate in a Congress of Women in The Hague.
European Biofuel Bubble Bursts
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Apr 28 (IPS) - Ten years of debate in the European Union over the detrimental effects of the demand for biofuels for transport on food prices, hunger, forest destruction, land consumption and climate change have come to an end.
As Nuke Talks Begin, U.N. Chief Warns of Dangerous Return to Cold War Mentalities
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of a new Cold War between the United States and Russia, two of the world's major nuclear powers, the United Nations is once again playing host to a four-week-long international review conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Opinion: Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realising Rights
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 (IPS) - Our world is out of balance. It is both wealthier and more unequal today than at any time since the Second World War.
No Woman, No World
- Inter Press Service
The U.N. at 70: A Time for Compliance
- Inter Press Service
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada, Apr 27 (IPS) - At key anniversaries of the U.N., there have been calls for compliance with international instruments.
Middle East Conflicts Trigger New U.S.-Russia Arms Race
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 (IPS) - The escalating military conflicts in the Middle East – and the month-long aerial bombings of Yemen by an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia – have triggered a new arms race in the politically-volatile region.
Opinion: Arab Youth Have No Trust in Democracy
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 27 (IPS) - The results of a survey of what 3,500 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 – in all Arab countries except Syria – feel about the current situation in the Middle East and North Africa have just been released.
Push to Privatise Education in Global South Challenged
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Apr 24 (IPS) - The multinational education and publishing company Pearson PLC was challenged during its annual general meeting on Apr. 24 by representatives of civil society and trade union groups over various profit-driven programmes aimed at expanding private education in numerous countries in the global South.
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