Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 579
Q&A: "We Need the Dissolution of NATO - It Has No Mission"
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Jun 02 (IPS) - Since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the United States has developed from a super power into a hyper power, says Subrata Ghoshroy, researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This development has far reaching negative consequences in terms of global security – continual promotion of the international arms race as well as persistent devaluation of diplomacy and international law.
Separatist Violence Just One of Ukraine’s Problems
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, May 30 (IPS) - As Ukraine's president elect Petro Poroshenko prepares to begin his presidency, Ukrainians are hoping he will not forget that separatist violence is just one of a long list of problems he needs to help solve in the country.
Obama Stresses Multilateralism over Militarism at West Point
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 28 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday stressed multilateralism over militarism in what was billed as a major foreign policy address and a rebuttal to an ever-louder chorus of criticism, mostly by Republicans and neo-conservatives, that his tenure has been marked by weakness and retreat.
Obama Announces Final Afghanistan Withdrawal by End-2016
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 28 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama announced Tuesday his intention to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016.
Somalia Warns Kenyan Refugee Expulsion Will Lead to ‘Chaos and Anarchy'
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 27 (IPS) - Somalia's Minister for Interior and Federalism Affairs Mohamud Moalim Yahye has told IPS that the hasty repatriation and mass deportation of its citizens by Kenya could compromise recent, critical security improvements made by regional governments against the Islamic extremist group, Al-Shabaab.
African Union Takes Stock of 51 Years as Terrorism Spread Across Continent
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, May 25 (IPS) - As the African Union is set to celebrate its 51st birthday on May 25, it does so as the continent remains caught up in a tide of terrorist conflicts, which many analysts feel the AU has done little to resolve.
U.N. Reaches Dead End in Resolving Syrian Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 24 (IPS) - The United Nations has reached a virtual dead end trying to resolve the civil war in Syria - primarily as a result of the stalemate in peace talks and the continued deadlock in the Security Council.
Days After African Leaders Vow to Defeat Boko Haram, Bombings and Terror Continue
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, May 20 (IPS) - Multiple car bombs killed dozens Tuesday in the central Nigerian city of Jos, Plateau state, days after a security summit in France where African leaders committed to a "war" on Nigeria's Islamist rebels, Boko Haram.
Tibetans Divided Over Cult of Martyrs
- Inter Press Service
DHARAMSALA, India, May 20 (IPS) - Nestled in the Kangra Valley in the shadow of the Dhauladhar Mountains in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamsala is beautiful to behold. But the scenic landscape belies a dark reality: the cult of martyrs that has developed in this town, home to the Tibetan government-in-exile since 1959.
Syrian Rebel-held Mountain Villages Preparing for Bigger Battles
- Inter Press Service
JABAL AL-AKRAD (SYRIA), May 20 (IPS) - In the mountains east of the coastal port of government-held Latakia, three years of regime bombardment has left swaths of blackened stumps in the mountain forests and crumbling concrete structures in Sunni villages, most of whose inhabitants support opposition forces.
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