Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1160
Hamas Strikes Just the Wrong Note
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Jul 16 (IPS) - Mohammed Assaf is on to a winning track with recordings in Dubai and performances scheduled across Arab countries after winning the Arab Idol contest. But the 23-year-old who has become Gaza's pride is virtually disowned by the government in Gaza.
Critics Warn Pacific Pact Could Jack Up Drug Costs
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (IPS) - As a new round of talks behind a major proposed free trade area, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), get underway this week, the United States is pushing several developing countries to accept provisions that critics say would make it more difficult for their citizens to access medicine.
Israel Resumes Threats Against Iran as Experts Urge Patience
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (IPS) - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumed his threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, 29 former senior U.S. experts and foreign diplomats urged President Barack Obama to show greater flexibility in anticipated negotiations following the inauguration of President-elect Hassan Rouhani.
Russia Contests U.S. Proposal for Major Antarctic Conservation Zone
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 15 (IPS) - International negotiations between more than two-dozen countries to set up conservation areas in the Antarctic seas were thrown into confusion Monday when the Russian and Ukrainian delegations questioned the body's legal standing to make such designations, despite previous precedent.
Q&A: Will the Iranian Nuclear Conflict Change With Rouhani?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 15 (IPS) - The Jun. 14 election of Hassan Rouhani, nicknamed the "diplomatic sheik" during his service as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator from 2003-2005, to Iran's presidency was met with hopeful celebrations within the country but much cooler reactions from key world leaders.
Turkish Women Push Back Against Patriarchy
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Jul 13 (IPS) - Among the many issues bringing protestors together at Gezi Park, the now-iconic site of struggle in Istanbul's Taksim Square, is the demand for women's liberation.
Obama’s Many Middle East Miseries Multiply
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 13 (IPS) - No doubt the administration of President Barack Obama had hoped that this week's foreign policy news would be dominated by the high-level U.S.-China Strategic and Economic and Dialogue (S&ED) that just ended here Thursday.
Children of Conflict
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 13 (IPS) - Malala Yousafzai and Muhammad Qasim have a lot in common.
Q&A: In Search of "Missing Girls" in TV and Film
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) - Apart from being an actress, film producer and writer, Geena Davis is a leading advocate of equal gender portrayal in the entertainment media.
Big Brother Is Watching Us
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 12 (IPS) - We were afraid this would happen. We had been warned by books (George Orwell's "1984") and films (Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report") that with the progress being made in communication technology, we would all end up under surveillance.
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