Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1220
Internal Audit Warns of IMF Politicisation by the U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 20 (IPS) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s internal auditor has criticised the Fund's recent policy on foreign currency reserves, and has offered an implicit warning that the United States' outsized influence within the institution has resulted in policy that was insufficiently evidence-based.
Marching Toward a Third Uprising?
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Dic 20 (IPS) - While the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip hasn't been so quiet for the past two decades, it's now the turn of the occupied West Bank to show signs of eruption.
A Third Intifada on the Horizon?
- Inter Press Service
HEBRON, Occupied West Bank, Dic 19 (IPS) - A new Palestinian group called the National Union Battalions (NUB), comprising Palestinians from across the political spectrum, has called for a third Palestinian uprising or Intifada. Simultaneously, Israeli intelligence is warning that conditions on the ground in the West Bank are ripe for another Palestinian revolt.
Neo-Cons, Israel Lobby Mobilise to Pre-empt Obama Pentagon Favourite
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 19 (IPS) - Neo-conservatives and leaders of the powerful Israel lobby are mobilising their forces in what looks like an all-out campaign to pre-empt the nomination by President Barack Obama of an outspoken former Republican senator and decorated Vietnam War hero to replace Leon Panetta as secretary of defence.
Ahead of Mali Resolution, Worries Grow over Military Intervention
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 18 (IPS) - Even as U.S. and French officials suggest that a United Nations resolution on military intervention in Mali could come by the end of the week, concerns are rising that such action could do far more harm than good.
The Frightening Scenario of the Nuclear War
- Inter Press Service
NORTHAMPTON, U.S., Dic 18 (IPS) - Soon after President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, hundreds of leaders of the global medical community wrote an open letter to him, and to newly elected Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, urging them to make the abolition of nuclear weapons their highest priority:
Detained at the Eastern Border – Part 2
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Dic 18 (IPS) - Twenty-two years ago today, on Dec. 18, 1990, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
Women and Activists Lament Japan’s Election Outcome
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Dic 18 (IPS) - The return to power of Japan's conservative and hard-line Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Sunday indicates that voters traded urgently needed social and environmental reforms for traditional male-led leadership, according to analysts here.
China is Opening a Confrontation on the Sea
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, BAHAMAS, Dic 18 (IPS) - The victory of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the recent Japanese elections, with Shinzo Abe coming back as prime minister after five years, will probably mean an escalation of tensions with China. Both countries are embarking on a fresh burst of nationalism, but for different reasons.
Financial Crimes Cost Developing World At Least a Trillion Dollars
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 18 (IPS) - The developing world lost nearly one trillion dollars in 2010 as a result of corruption, tax evasion, and other financial crimes not involving cash transactions, according to a new report released here Monday by Global Financial Integrity (GFI).
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