Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1137
Foreign Policy Elite Frets over Washington Shutdown
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 03 (IPS) - Three days into the partial shutdown of the federal government, foreign policy mavens are voicing growing concern about the closure's impact on U.S. credibility overseas.
OP-ED: Saudis Should Welcome a U.S. Move Toward Iran
- Inter Press Service
, Oct 03 (IPS) - Shortly after President Obama's startling telephone conversation with Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, a Saudi Arabian journalist wrote that "The phone call between Obama and Rouhani shocked the Gulf states, Jordan, Turkey, Israel, and other countries." No matter which president initiated the call, he wrote, "What is important to know is what stands behind the conversation and how deep the ties are between America and Iran."
Banning Nukes Still a Political Fantasy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 03 (IPS) - The General Assembly's first-ever high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament closed last week on a predictable note: the longstanding proposal for the elimination of nuclear weapons remains firmly in the realm of political fantasy.
Cybercrime Treaty Could Be Used to Go After Cyberespionage
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 03 (IPS) - Governments of countries that engage in large-scale electronic espionage, like the United States, and companies that develop spying software could theoretically face legal action for violating the Convention on Cybercrime.
Egyptian Revolution Brings an IVF Rush
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 03 (IPS) - The young couple inspecting Dr Bassem Elhelw's Cairo Fertility Clinic knew what they wanted from him: a baby boy. They also knew they wanted the child by in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
The Dark Side of International Migration
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - The number of international migrants continues its inexorable climb even as reports of slave-like conditions continue to proliferate.
Q&A: "Guinea Bissau Is Dangerously Close to Becoming a Failed State”
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Oct 02 (IPS) - Guinea Bissau is "close to becoming a failed state," but not due to ethnic or religious violence, which has never existed in that small West African nation, argues Nobel Peace laureate and United Nations envoy José Manuel Ramos-Horta.
Q&A: The Eleventh Hour for Climate Justice
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - Climate justice – the nexus between human rights and climate change – must be a pillar of the post-2015 development agenda, says former Irish president Mary Robinson.
For the Disabled, Progress Unearths More Questions
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a recent high-level meeting on disability and development that promised a place for the issue in the post-2015 agenda, he cited three examples of incapacity.
Less Hunger, But Not Good Enough
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 02 (IPS) - Every year, we take a snapshot of world progress in the fight against chronic hunger. This year, the picture is looking better, but it's still not good enough.
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