Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1250
Taliban Outflank U.S. War Strategy with Insider Attacks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON/KABUL, Sep 20 (IPS) - Sharply increased attacks on U.S. and other NATO personnel by Afghan security forces, reflecting both infiltration of and Taliban influence on those forces, appear to have outflanked the U.S.-NATO command’s strategy for maintaining control of the insurgency.
Egyptian Christians in Uneasy Safety
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 20 (IPS) - Many of Egypt's Coptic Christians met the recent assumption of the presidency by the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi with trepidation, even panic – some even made plans to leave the country. Almost three month's into Morsi's term, these fears, say some experts, appear largely unfounded.
Donors Urged to Give Space to New Somali Govt
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - Both the U.S. government and the United Nations warned Wednesday that new fighting in a key rebel-held area of Somalia needed to ensure the safety of civilians, in a battle that could be a critical turning point following the country’s recent surprise election results and decades of lawlessness.
Palestinian Authority Faces Fiscal Crisis, As World Bank Blames Israelis
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - With a shortfall of some 400 million dollars this year, the Palestinian Authority (PA) faces a “deepening fiscal crisis", according to new reports released here Wednesday on the eve of a critical donors’ conference by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Q&A: A New Era of Citizen Action Is Dawning
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 19 (IPS) - The Global Civil Society Network CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation has a new secretary general - Dhananjayan (Danny) Sriskandarajah, who was appointed Monday by the board of directors following the CIVICUS World Assembly in Montreal.
U.S.: Public More Concerned About Rising China Than Elites
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - The U.S. public is more concerned about the rise of China – particularly as an economic power – than are elite sectors, including government officials, business leaders, scholars and media figures, according to a major new survey released here Tuesday by several U.S. think tanks.
Post-Arab Spring Democratic Gains at Risk, Group Warns
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 18 (IPS) - Almost two years after popular uprisings swept across the Middle East and North Africa, rights advocates are warning that ominous backsliding is taking place in countries across the region and beyond.
Separated, And Cohabitating For Now
- Inter Press Service
SHEIKH JARRAH, Occupied East Jerusalem, Sep 18 (IPS) - “See the bullets from the 1948 and 1967 wars,” Badr Abu Ad-Dula says, showing the scars of the old frontline on the outer walls of the building where he and his family of 13 live. “Here’s the Jordanian outpost.” The elderly Palestinian points at a loophole, now a bedroom window.
New Plans to Protect Nature
- Inter Press Service
JEJU, South Korea, Sep 18 (IPS) - At the close of the ten-day World Conservation Congress that ran from Sept. 6-15 on the South Korean island of Jeju, members of the convening International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) agreed on an ambitious four-year action plan for protecting global natural resources.
Deeper CO2 Cuts Needed to Save Corals
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 18 (IPS) - Limiting climate change to two degrees C won't save most coral reefs, according to new, state-of-the-art research.
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