Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1081
Peaceful Transitions From The Nuclear To The Solar Age
- Inter Press Service
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, May 23 (IPS) - Japanese Buddhist and president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Daisaku Ikeda's Peace Proposal 2014 elevated my focus from the daily news to my longer term concerns for more peaceful, equitable and sustainable human societies to assure our common future. These broader concerns are now shared by millions of humans who have transcended purely personal, local and nationalistic goals and become prototypical global citizens.
Tracking the Democratic “Alternative from the South”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 23 (IPS) - Democratic governance offers a viable option for developing countries to achieve economic growth and inclusion, yet this doesn't need to follow the Western model, new research released here this week suggests.
Narendra Modi: More Continuity Than Change in Foreign Policy
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 23 (IPS) - The Congress Party took a beating in India's recent parliamentary election and has been now sidelined by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People's Party, or BJP).
Hawaii to Host 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, U.S., May 22 (IPS) - The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Council announced Wednesday that the 2016 World Conservation Congress (WCC) will meet in Hawaii - the first time in its 66-year history that the world's largest conservation conference will be hosted by the United States.
Sanctioning Venezuela Unlikely to Defuse Tensions
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 22 (IPS) - Pending legislation calling for U.S. President Barack Obama to impose sanctions against key Venezuelan officials is unlikely to defuse the ongoing crisis there and could prove counter-productive, according to both the administration and independent experts here.
OP-ED: The Ugly Truth about Garbage and Island Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
BONN, May 21 (IPS) - Some of the Earth's most delicate tropical paradises are being disfigured by the by-products of the modern age - marine debris: plastic bottles, carrier bags and discarded fishing gear.
Is the Sewol Tragedy South Korea’s Katrina?
- Inter Press Service
SEOUL, May 21 (IPS) - In the weeks since the South Korean ferry Sewol sank—taking with it the lives of over 300 passengers, the vast majority of them high school students—the country continues to be wracked by a palpable mix of grief, guilt, and outrage.
Days After African Leaders Vow to Defeat Boko Haram, Bombings and Terror Continue
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, May 20 (IPS) - Multiple car bombs killed dozens Tuesday in the central Nigerian city of Jos, Plateau state, days after a security summit in France where African leaders committed to a "war" on Nigeria's Islamist rebels, Boko Haram.
Tibetans Divided Over Cult of Martyrs
- Inter Press Service
DHARAMSALA, India, May 20 (IPS) - Nestled in the Kangra Valley in the shadow of the Dhauladhar Mountains in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamsala is beautiful to behold. But the scenic landscape belies a dark reality: the cult of martyrs that has developed in this town, home to the Tibetan government-in-exile since 1959.
Syrian Rebel-held Mountain Villages Preparing for Bigger Battles
- Inter Press Service
JABAL AL-AKRAD (SYRIA), May 20 (IPS) - In the mountains east of the coastal port of government-held Latakia, three years of regime bombardment has left swaths of blackened stumps in the mountain forests and crumbling concrete structures in Sunni villages, most of whose inhabitants support opposition forces.
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