Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1212
U.S. Sends Mixed Signals on Rights in Eurasia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 05 (IPS) - The United States is applying different standards in its public criticism of the human rights record of authoritarian states of the former Soviet Union (FSU), according to a new report released here Monday by the Open Society Institute (OSI).
Tsunami' of Diseases Waiting to Hit
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Feb 05 (IPS) - A tsunami is looming on the horizon and the world is unprepared for it. This one won't be a massive wall of water but a tidal wave of disease – and experts say the international community needs to act fast to keep it from crashing.
Davos Puts Protests Behind
- Inter Press Service
DAVOS, Feb 05 (IPS) - Barbed wire and safety fences are dismantled, the police and army are withdrawn and freedom of movement is restored. The 43rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) ended last month with negligible protests against the 'global leaders'.
World Social Forum Faces Criticism, Tragedy and the Arab Spring
- Inter Press Service
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Feb 05 (IPS) - The tragedy at the Kiss nightclub cast a dark shadow on proceedings at the Thematic Social Forum held in Porto Alegre, the southern Brazilian city renowned for hosting the first World Social Forum in 2001.
The Future of the Arab-Muslim World
- Inter Press Service
LIVERPOOL, Feb 04 (IPS) - The Middle East-North Africa – MENA -- is Arab-Muslim with a growing Jewish island in its midst. It was colonised for over four centuries by the Sunni Ottoman Turks and for the last half century by the secular West, England-Italy-France -- and is now under Jewish colonialism and U.S. imperialism.
Israeli Activists Invite Palestinian Vote
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, Feb 04 (IPS) - Unknown to the Israeli government or the Israeli electorate, hundreds of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza took part in the recent Israeli elections by default thanks to an act of civil disobedience by Israeli peace activists.
India Sails Into Troubled South China Sea
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Feb 04 (IPS) - With territorial tensions in the South China Sea entering a new phase of confrontation, there are signs of growing Indian involvement in regional affairs.
Solar Streetlights Light the Way Toward Green Energy in Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Feb 02 (IPS) - The tiny federation of St. Kitts-Nevis and its larger neighbour to the north, Jamaica, are leading the Caribbean's search for new ways to become more energy efficient by installing new solar streetlights, a green alternative to traditional ones.
It’s All About Israel
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 02 (IPS) - If former Defence Secretary-designate Sen. Chuck Hagel's lacklustre performance at his confirmation hearing Thursday heartened neo-conservatives and other hawks opposed to his nomination, those who argued that the Israel lobby has been exerting too great an influence on U.S. foreign policy were ecstatic.
Turkey's EU Hopes Could Free Media
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Feb 01 (IPS) - As negotiations in Turkey's efforts to join the European Union remain stalled, many worry that the Turkish government has little incentive to curb its ongoing crackdown on media freedoms and freedom of expression.
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