Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1242
Clock Running Out on Afghan Political Solution
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - After more than a decade of international military intervention in Afghanistan, U.S. policymakers have come to accept that a political solution is the way forward in Afghanistan, analysts here are suggesting.
South-South Cooperation Transcends Sharing Technical Knowhow
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (IPS) - When the United Nations commemorated the Day of South-South Cooperation last month, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon singled out a new development that transcends sharing technical know-how: coordination of government policy among developing nations.
Anti-Iran Hawks Maintain P.R. Offensive
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly last month that Iran’s nuclear programme was unlikely to breach his “red line” for presumed military action until next spring or summer, many observers here looked forward to some relief from the nearly incessant drumbeat for war by U.S. neo-conservatives and other hawks.
Co-operatives Hold Their Own in Free Market Jungle
- Inter Press Service
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Oct 10 (IPS) - Cooperatives may face an immense challenge in garnering broader public recognition among consumers, but when it comes to chasing growth, they haven’t held back.
Untreated Mental Illness the Invisible Fallout of War and Poverty
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Oct 10 (IPS) - About 50 percent of Afghanis over 15 years of age suffer from mental health problems - depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder. In northern Uganda, nearly every family suffered during the vicious 20-year rebellion during which thousands of children were kidnapped and turned into child soldiers in the Lord's Resistance Army.
New Poll Finds Shifts in U.S. Public Opinion Towards Middle East
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - The attacks on U.S. embassies in Libya and Egypt last month shocked and scared Americans, but the majority of Americans nevertheless recognise that the violence was the work of extremist minorities and not the majority of the population, according to a new poll.
When it Comes to Hunger, Zero is the Only Acceptable Number
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 09 (IPS) - New data from the United Nations reveals that there has been progress in reducing the number of hungry people worldwide. But an estimate that nearly 870 million people, one in eight, suffered from chronic undernourishment over the last two years is “unacceptable”, experts say.
Q&A: Global Economy, Meet One Billion Co-op Members
- Inter Press Service
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Oct 09 (IPS) - The international rally to take the global cooperative movement to the next level is in full swing at the International Summit of Cooperatives here, which kicked off on Monday.
How the U.S. Quietly Lost the IED War in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 09 (IPS) - Although the surge of “insider attacks” on U.S.-NATO forces has dominated coverage of the war in Afghanistan in 2012, an even more important story has been quietly unfolding: the U.S. loss of the pivotal war of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to the Taliban.
Israeli Academics Fight for Freedom
- Inter Press Service
BE’ER SHEVA, Israel, Oct 09 (IPS) - As the political science department at a major Israeli university has been threatened with closure in the 2013 school year, professors and students say the move reflects the politicisation of Israeli academia,and threatens basic freedoms.
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