News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1084
As Winds of Change Blow, South America Builds Its House with BRICS
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Jul 18 (IPS) - While this week's BRICS summit might have been off the radar of Western powers, the leaders of its five member countries launched a financial system to rival Bretton Woods institutions and held an unprecedented meeting with the governments of South America.
Public Stockholding Programmes for Food Security Face Uphill Struggle
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 17 (IPS) - Framing rules at the World Trade Organization for maintaining public stockholding programmes for food security in developing countries is not an easy task, and for Ambassador Jayant Dasgupta, former Indian trade envoy to the WTO, "this is even more so when countries refuse to acknowledge the real problem and hide behind legal texts and interpretations in a slanted way to suit their interests."
International Reform Activists Dissatisfied by BRICS Bank
- Inter Press Service
FORTALEZA, Brazil, Jul 17 (IPS) - The creation of BRICS' (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) own financial institutions was "a disappointment" for activists from the five countries, meeting in this northeastern Brazilian city after the group's leaders concluded their sixth annual summit here.
BRICS Forges Ahead With Two New Power Drivers – India and China
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jul 17 (IPS) - The Sixth BRICS Summit which ended Wednesday in Fortaleza, Brazil, attracted more attention than any other such gathering in the alliance's short history, and not just from its own members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Zarif and Kerry Signal Momentum on Nuclear Pact
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 17 (IPS) - As the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme approach the Jul. 20 deadline, both U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have signaled through their carefully worded statements that they are now moving toward toward agreement on the two most crucial issues in the talks: the level of Iranian enrichment capability to be allowed and the duration of the agreement.
BRICS Build New Architecture for Financial Democracy
- Inter Press Service
FORTALEZA, Brazil, Jul 16 (IPS) - The BRICS alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) launched the New Development Bank (NDB) and Contingency Reserve Arrangement (CRA) during its sixth summit, institutionalising a new financial architecture for the emerging powers.
What Selfies Have in Common with the SDGs
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (IPS) - "My cousin was a very successful and distinguished student. She said that she finished high school with excellent grades and enrolled in college, but a month later, her parents forced her to leave school and burned all her books and studying material. So, the girl set fire to herself."
Neighbours Turn Foes in Bekaa
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jul 16 (IPS) - Hezbollah clashes with Syrian rebels on the outskirts of Ersal seem to be widening the divide between residents of the Eastern Bekaa town – increasingly dominated by Syrian rebels, including the radical Nusra Front – and other regions as well as the Lebanese state.
North’s Policies Affecting South’s Economies
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 16 (IPS) - Since the onset of the crisis, the South Centre has argued that policy responses to the crisis by the European Union and the United States has suffered from serious shortcomings that would delay recovery and entail unnecessary losses of income and jobs, and also endanger future growth and stability.
Big Business Opportunities Seduce BRICS Entrepreneurs
- Inter Press Service
FORTALEZA, Brazil, Jul 15 (IPS) - The growing vitality of the group of countries made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), which is beginning to formalise its institutions even as it tries to bridge very disparate realities, seems to be partly cemented by increasing links between its companies.
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