Globalisation

Opinion: Crisis Resolution and International Debt Workout Mechanisms

By Yilmaz Akyüz
Debt restructuring is a component of crisis management and resolution, and needs to be treated in the context of the current economic conjuncture and vulnerabilities.

Nuclear Threat Escalating Beyond Political Rhetoric

By Thalif Deen
As a new cold war between the United States and Russia picks up steam, the nuclear threat is in danger of escalating – perhaps far beyond political rhetoric.

Afghanistan’s Economic Recovery: A New Horizon for South-South Partnerships?

By Kanya D'Almeida
First the centre of the silk route, then the epicenter of bloody conflicts, Afghanistan’s history can be charted through many diverse chapters, the most recent of which opened with the election of President Ashraf Ghani in September 2014.

Global Citizenship Essential for Gender Equality: Ambassador Chowdhury

By Josh Butler
At a recent panel discussion on women’s leadership during the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury was the lone male voice.

Pacific Islanders Say Climate Finance “Essential” for Paris Agreement

By Catherine Wilson
As Pacific Islanders contemplate the scale of devastation wrought by Cyclone Pam this month across four Pacific Island states, including Vanuatu, leaders in the region are calling with renewed urgency for global action on climate finance, which they say is vital for building climate resilience and arresting development losses.

CSW 59 Wraps up as Delegates Look Towards 2016

By Josh Butler
The Commission on the Status of Women, one of the biggest events on the calendar for United Nations headquarters in New York City, is over for another year.

Opinion: Measurement Matters – Civic Space and the Post-2015 Framework

By Mandeep S.Tiwana
For those of us interested in a vibrant civil society, it seems to be best of times and the worst of times.

High-Tech to the Rescue of Southern Africa’s Smallholder Farmers

By Kwame Buist
Agriculture is the major employer and a backbone of the economies of Southern Africa.

Opinion: What if Youth Now Fight for Social Change, But From the Right?

By Roberto Savio
The “surprise” re-election of incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Mar. 17 elections has been met with a flood of media comment on the implications for the region and the rest of the world.

Development and Taxes, a Vital Piece of the Post-2015 Puzzle

By Lyndal Rowlands
Public funds are vitally important to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), making corporate tax avoidance trends a pressing issue for post-2015 Financing for Development discussions.

Opinion: The Exceptional Destiny of Foreign Policy

By Roberto Savio
For a long time, citizens of the United States have firmly believed that their country has an exceptional destiny, and continue to do so today even though their political system has become totally dysfunctional.

U.N. Envoy Pushes for Safer Schools Worldwide

By Valentina Ieri
Speaking from the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Wednesday, the U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, defined 2015 as the year to end violations of the rights of the children worldwide.

Pro-Democracy Activists at U.S. Event Jailed in DR Congo

By Lisa Vives
Journalists, activists, hip hop artists and a United States diplomat were rounded up by police at a pro-democracy event on Sunday in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sponsored in part by the U.S. government. Security forces charged them with threatening stability, according to a government spokesperson.

Opinion: Climate Change Continues, Impervious to Official Declarations

By Roberto Savio
It is now clear that we are not going to reach the goal of controlling climate change.

Canada’s Waste Still Rotting in a Philippine Port

By Diana Mendoza
Filipino Catholic priest and activist Reverend Father Robert Reyes, dubbed by media as the “running priest”, joined a protest of environmental and public health activists last week by running along the streets of the Makati Business District, the Philippines’ financial capital, to urge the government to immediately re-export the 50 Canadian containers filled with hazardous wastes that have been in the Port of Manila for 600 days now.

Opinion: The ‘Acapulco Paradox’ – Two Parallel Worlds Each Going Their Own Way

By Roberto Savio
The world is clearly splitting into two parallel worlds, with each going their own way, in what we could call the ‘Acapulco paradox’.

Coal: Burning Up Australia’s Future

By Suganthi Singarayar
With less than a year to go before the United Nation’s annual climate change meeting scheduled to take place in Paris in November 2015, citizens and civil society groups are pushing their elected leaders to take stock of national commitments to lower carbon emissions in a bid to cap runaway global warming.

200 Million Fewer Women than Men Online

By Lyndal Rowlands
Two hundred million fewer women have access to the internet than men, according to a report released Monday.

Opinion: Greece and the Germanisation of Europe

By Guillermo Medina
At last, on Tuesday Feb. 24, the Eurogroup (of eurozone finance ministers) approved the Greek government’s commitment to a programme of reforms in return for extending the country’s bailout deal.

Namibian President Wins $5 Million African Leadership Prize

By Josh Butler

Outgoing Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba was Monday named winner of the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, believed to be the most lucrative individual award in the world.

Opinion: Manipulate and Mislead – How GMOs are Infiltrating Africa

By Haidee Swanby and Mariann Bassey Orovwuje
The most persistent myth about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is that they are necessary to feed a growing global population.
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