Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1222
U.S. Pivot Heightens Asian Disputes
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Dic 14 (IPS) - With newly re-elected President Barack Obama having chosen Southeast Asia as his first foreign destination, where he also attended the much-anticipated pan-Pacific East Asia Summit, the U.S. has underscored its commitment to its so-called strategic ‘pivot' to the Asia-Pacific region.
OP-ED: A Universal Climate Change Agreement Is Necessary and Possible
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 14 (IPS) - The results of the United Nations climate change conference that closed in Doha, Qatar on Dec. 8 show once again that the international negotiations are moving steadily in the right direction, but alarmingly slow.
Washington Struggles for Relevance as Assad’s Fall Approaches
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 14 (IPS) - This week, the United States officially recognised the newly-formed National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people, culminating a two-year process of legitimising the Syrian opposition with the U.S. government.
Civil War on the Egyptian Horizon
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Dic 14 (IPS) - Egypt is facing its worst political crisis since the January 2011 revolution ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak, with analysts warning of a possible civil war. Furthermore, unlike during the revolution, opposition to the current regime is bitterly divided between Islamists and more secular Egyptians.
First Muslim Human Rights Commission to Launch End December
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 14 (IPS) - Gathering for the first time here in Washington, representatives of the newly established human rights commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated Thursday that they plan to start their substantive work by the end of the month.
Despite Crises, Migration Still a Political Hot Potato
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 13 (IPS) - The United Nations will commemorate its annual International Migrants Day next week amidst reports of a rising tide of anti-migrant sentiments – primarily in Europe.
Constitutional Poll Polarises Egypt
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Dic 13 (IPS) - This Saturday, Egyptians will head to the polls to vote on a controversial draft constitution. The referendum has divided this nation – still pulsing with the revolutionary fervour that toppled former dictator Hosni Mubarak in early 2011 - with most Islamist parties and groups supporting the proposed national charter, while liberal, leftist and 'revolutionary' groups, in addition to Egypt's sizable pro-Mubarak demographic, are opposed to it.
Iranian Bomb Graph Appears Adapted from One on Internet
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 13 (IPS) - The suspect graph of a nuclear explosion reportedly provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as evidence of Iranian computer modeling of nuclear weapons yields appears to have been adapted from a very similar graph in a scholarly journal article published in January 2009 and available on the internet.
War Widows Struggle in a ‘Man’s World’
- Inter Press Service
DHARAN, Nepal/KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Dic 13 (IPS) - Sita Tamang's husband went missing sometime in 2004, two years before Nepal's civil war came to an end. A native of Dharan, a town about 600 kilometres southeast of Kathmandu, Tamang waited seven years after his disappearance before she tried to claim compensation offered by the government after the 2006 peace deal ended this country's bloodshed.
Major Study Suggests Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 12 (IPS) - Reporting on the results of a two-year investigation, on Wednesday the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch presented findings that suggest that the Sudanese government's aerial bombardment of civilians in the country's south could amount to crimes against humanity.
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