Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1234
Home Is Not for Visiting
- Inter Press Service
SAFED, Northern Israel, Nov 12 (IPS) - It came like a bolt from the blue on this serene city perched in the hills of Galilee. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared on Israel's Channel Two television earlier this month, "I want to see Safed! It's my right to see it, but not to live there."
Obama’s Historic Cuban-American Vote Opens Window for Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (IPS) - While political and media attention remains focused on the unprecedented support President Barack Obama received in Tuesday's election from Latinos, one particular subset of those voters - one with potential foreign policy clout - is drawing intense interest.
Major Malaria Vaccine Less Effective than Hoped
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 09 (IPS) - Researchers unveiling critical trial results of a potentially major anti-malaria vaccine are expressing disappointment that the drug's efficacy levels have proved lower than they had anticipated.
It Was the Demography, Stupid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 09 (IPS) - Twenty years ago, Democratic pol James Carville immortalised the phrase "It's the economy, stupid" in explaining how former Arkansas governor Bill Clinton would unseat President George H. W. Bush, who was riding high off his smashing military victory in the first Gulf War.
OP-ED: Hurricane Sandy Says, "Welcome to the New Normal"
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 08 (IPS) - I am aware that my arrival last week helped re-elect U.S. President Barack Obama. Superstorms like me don't play politics, but it should be clear by now that your refusal to tackle global warming has serious consequences. Higher sea levels and amped-up hurricanes like me are just two of them.
OP-ED: Unfinished Business Awaits Obama’s Second Term
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 08 (IPS) - Several critical issues of unfinished business in the Middle East face President Barack Obama as he begins his second term. Washington must become more engaged come January because these issues will directly impact regional stability and security and U.S. interests and personnel in the region.
Billions in Subsidies Prop up Unsustainable Overfishing
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 08 (IPS) - Calls are mounting for the world's big fishing powers to stop subsidising international fleets that use destructive methods like bottom trawling in foreign coastal waters, drastically reducing the catch of local artisanal fishers who use nets and fishing lines.
Brazil Emerging as Key Player at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 08 (IPS) - When a U.N. member state agrees to hold an international conference in its capital, the host country is not only offered the privilege of chairing the mega meeting but also given pride of place as the keynote opening speaker.
Bolder Obama on Middle East, Climate in Second Term?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 08 (IPS) - With President Barack Obama winning re-election, foreign policy analysts here are pondering whether his victory will translate into major changes from the rather cautious approach he followed overseas in his first term.
For Champions of Degrowth, Less Is Much More
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 07 (IPS) - The concept of degrowth is not a very comfortable one in overdeveloped countries such as the United States.
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