Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1193
BOOKS: Afpak Insider Dissects Obama's Policy Missteps
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (IPS) - Publication this month of Vali Nasr's "The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat" is well-timed.
For Climate Action, 2013 “Good as It’ll Get”: Nicholas Stern
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (IPS) - A confluence of factors could make 2013 the most fruitful opportunity in years – and for years – for potentially major action on climate change, according to a leading voice on climate change policy, the British economist Nicholas Stern.
Escalating Korea Crisis Dims Hopes for Denuclearisation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (IPS) - With all sides seeming to climb further up the escalatory ladder over the last several days, defusing the ongoing crisis on the Korean Peninsula -- let alone persuading Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arsenal as it once promised to do -- looks daunting.
Venezuela’s Elections Crucial to Latin American Left
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Apr 02 (IPS) - The São Paulo Forum, which groups leftist political parties and organisations of Latin America and the Caribbean, sees a victory by Venezuela's acting President Nicolás Maduro in the Apr. 14 elections as key to the future of the left in the region, and to "containing the right".
U.N. Greenlights Long-Awaited Arms Trade Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 02 (IPS) - For many in the international community, the iconic sculpture outside the U.N. Visitors' Centre appears more prominent today, as the majority of member states tightened its knot by adopting the first ever Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
Israel Criticised for Harsh Treatment of Palestinian Children
- Inter Press Service
World Bank Aims to End Extreme Poverty by 2030
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 02 (IPS) - World Bank President Jim Kim has unveiled a series of new institutional goals aimed at ending extreme poverty by 2030 and focusing on the promotion of "shared prosperity" – increasing the incomes of the poorest 40 percent in each country while placing increased focus on dealing with climate change.
U.N. Goes Global to Set Post-2015 Economic Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 02 (IPS) - The United Nations apparently lacked the online resources of the fast-growing digital age when it created its highly-touted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2001, with a targeted deadline of 2015.
Now for a Vacation in Gaza, Maybe
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Apr 02 (IPS) - "We wanted to help foreigners in Gaza, so we created an English map of Gaza City," says Amir Shurrab, one of the minds behind the foldable Gaza Tourist Map.
P5+1 Coalition Fraying on Eve of Second Almaty Talks with Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 01 (IPS) - On the eve of its second round of talks with Iran on curbing its nuclear programme in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the so-called P5+1 (U.S., Britain, France, China, and Russia plus Germany) is showing signs of growing disunity, according to the European Union's former top foreign policy official.
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