Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1158
Imported Torture Haunts Poland
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Jul 21 (IPS) - The only sign of life at Szymany's "international airport" are mosquitoes eager to suck blood out of a rare visitor. The gate is locked with a rusted chain and a padlock.
Advocates of Iran Engagement Get Unexpected Boost
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 20 (IPS) - For the first time in many months, supporters of intensified diplomatic engagement with Iran appear to be gaining strength here.
OECD Proposes Plan to Curb International Tax Avoidance
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Finance ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) countries on Friday received a previously requested strategy under which the world's largest economies could crack down on international tax avoidance, particularly on the part of multinational corporations.
Fight over NSA Spying Spills into U.S. Courts
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 19 (IPS) - A wide variety of individuals and organisations have filed lawsuits challenging the National Security Agency (NSA) and other federal agencies and officials for conducting a massive, dragnet spying operation on U.S. citizens that was recently confirmed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
OP-ED: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Exclusion Breeds Radicalism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - The Egyptian military's removal of the democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood from power upended the MB's 20-year old political participation programme. If the new regime aims to achieve genuine reconciliation and political consensus, the MB and its supporters must be included in the restructuring of Egyptian politics.
BOOKS: Iran’s Coup, Then and Now
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Ervand Abrahamian, a leading historian of modern Iran, has recently explored the 1953 Anglo/American-sponsored coup that overthrew Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq.
When Israelis Boycott a Settlement
- Inter Press Service
ARIEL, Occupied West Bank, Jul 19 (IPS) - As the European Union delegitimises the settlement enterprise further by officially announcing that, effective Jul. 30, its 28 member states are required to differentiate between pre-1967 Israel and Israeli-occupied territories, Israelis supportive of a two-state solution vigorously lead their own boycott campaign against this settlement town of 20,000.
Economists’ Fantasies, Planetary Nightmares
- Inter Press Service
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Jul 19 (IPS) - While debating a high frequency trader recently, I encountered the familiar rationalisations that high frequency trading (HFT) contributes to liquidity and price discovery in markets. Assertions about liquidity are hard to justify after the "flash crash" of May 6, 2010, where the "faux liquidity" of HFT disappeared when needed and the traditional market-making obligations of the old specialists were absent.
U.S. Urged to Safeguard Trade Benefits for Low-Income Countries
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - A broad spectrum of interests are urging U.S. lawmakers to extend a law offering trade preferences to developing countries, slated to expire at the end of the month.
Q&A: Armed Groups Find a Payday in Wildlife Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (IPS) - In a recent report to the U.N. Security Council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged the possibility of poaching as a threat to not just wildlife or endangered species, but to the greater stability and peace in general.
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