Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1141
It's Afghanistan Again in a Turkish Town
- Inter Press Service
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey, Sep 21 (IPS) - People run back home at dusk, just when the shooting intensifies. To Sha Mehmed the experience is familiar. He was 11 when he left his native Afghan village to settle in this small Turkish town on the border with Syria.
Hard Times for Iran Hawks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 21 (IPS) - Just three weeks ago, Washington's hawks, particularly of the pro-Israel neo-conservative variety, were flying high, suddenly filled with hope.
Q&A: Faith Groups as Partners in Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 (IPS) - The United Nations is considered one of the world's most secular institutions, with 193 member states representing peoples of different faiths and cultures and professing religious and agnostic beliefs.
Heading Somewhere in Europe, Somehow
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Sep 20 (IPS) - While the relentless war in Syria continuously adds to the number of refugees travelling west to Europe, Greece is fast becoming a nation they are choosing to avoid.
Watchdog Body Will Oversee Private Military Contractors
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - Member governments, security companies and civil society organisations on Thursday formally created the first international body to be tasked with the monitoring and oversight of private military contractors' adherence to human rights standards and international law.
Q&A: Congolese Wrongly Branded as "Pathological"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - Western analysts all too often take a distorted and reductionist approach to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says Kai Koddenbrock, who analysed more than 50 policy papers for a study published in the journal International Peacekeeping in November 2012.
Syria Diplomacy Helps Shuffle Global Order
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 19 (IPS) - When U.S. President Barack Obama tried to drum up momentum for airstrikes in Syria to punish and deter the use of chemical weapons, he failed to gain much of a following.
Wanted for War Crimes, Sudan's President Threatens U.N. Appearance
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 18 (IPS) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accused of war crimes and genocide in the politically-troubled Darfur region, is apparently planning to visit New York and address the U.N. General Assembly next week.
OP-ED: High Opportunity for Nuclear Disarmament at High-Level Meeting
- Inter Press Service
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, U.S., Sep 18 (IPS) - Every nation in the world has been invited to participate at the highest political level in the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament scheduled for Sep. 26. This has never happened before. We have never been at such a moment of crisis and opportunity.
Credit Rating Reform Overlooks Developing World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 18 (IPS) - The concerns of developing countries about credit rating agencies (CRAs) risk going unheard as regulatory bodies around the world tackle questions raised after the 2008 financial crisis.
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