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Rafsanjani’s Presidential Bid Elicits Hope, Scorn
The last-minute entry of former president and current chair of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani into the presidential polls set for Jun. 14 has inspired vastly different reactions in a...
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South Asia in Search of Coordinated Climate Policy
A man carries water through a busy alley in Kathmandu. Experts say water management is vital in South Asia due to erratic rain patterns. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPSWith a combined population of over 1.7...
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Profits vs. Disaster in Arctic Meltdown
Hubbard glacier in Seward, Alaska. Credit: BigstockMany eyes are turning north to the Arctic, some in horror at the rapid decline of a key component of our life support system, others in eager...
View ArticleKyrgyz Officials Outline Restructuring Plan for Lucrative Gold Mine
As officials in Kyrgyzstan prepare to negotiate with their country’s largest investor in Bishkek this week, new details are emerging about how the Kyrgyz government wants to restructure the agreement...
View ArticleTheatre with a Political Edge in Kazakhstan
A group of villagers is held in thrall by omnipotent rulers, who warn that misfortune will befall the inhabitants if they defy authorities. And then, one day, the emperor is revealed to have no...
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Developing World to Dominate Global Investment by 2030
China and India are expected to be the largest investors by 2030, accounting for 38 percent of all global investment. Credit: BigstockOver the next decade and a half, a major global shift will result...
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Arab Magazine Challenges Attitudes About Arab Women
Yara Mashour, editor of Lilac magazine, wants to confront and challenge stereotypes of Arab women. Credit: Pierre Klochendler/IPSWith a subtle blend of colour and shadow, 20-year-old Sumoud Farraj...
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Ethiopia Playing at Being Good Neighbours
Somali government forces march during an army day parade in Mogadishu, Somalia. The country’s armed forces are not strong enough to control the threat of the Islamism extremist group Al-Shabaab and are...
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Is Aid to South Africa Drying Up?
South Africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world. It is estimated that nearly 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS Commentators and...
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Migratory “Flyways” Decimated by Human Expansion
The spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus), seen here in Phetchaburi, Thailand, could be extinct within a decade. Credit: J.J. Harrison/cc by 3.0Migratory birds, which play an important role...
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Civil Society Under Attack Around the World
In December 2011, 159 governments and major international organisations recognised the central role of civil society in development and promised to create an “enabling” operating environment for the...
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Pioneering Italian Town Leads Europe in Waste Recycling
Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a trendsetter and leader, not just in Italy but throughout all of Europe, as the...
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Official Bullying Lurks Behind Prep for Olympics in Brazil
Recently reconstructed Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Governo do Rio de Janeiro CC BY 3.0As Brazil prepares to host several sporting mega-events, human rights abuses and authoritarian...
View ArticleFilm on Sexual Abuse Wins at Colombia-Venezuela Festival
A Venezuelan movie about a young deaf woman who is sexually abused by her stepfather, “Brecha en el silencio” (Breach in the Silence), took top prize at the second Colombia-Venezuela film festival....
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U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arsenals Cling to Bygone Era
In the late 19th century, Russian playwright Anton Chekhov famously touted one golden rule for dramatic productions: if you show your audience a loaded gun in the first act, that gun must go off by the...
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Videla Dies in Prison – a Victory Against Impunity
Jorge Rafael Videla swears in as the head of the military junta on Mar. 24, 1976. Credit: Public Domain Thirty-seven years after leading the coup d’etat that ushered in the most brutal dictatorship in...
View ArticleNuclear Iran Unlikely to Tilt Regional Power Balance – Report
A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, according to a new report released here Friday by the...
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Has Caribbean Diplomacy Lost Its Mojo?
Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran, speaking, with CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Roque (seated right).Whether by accident or coincidence, recent days have seen a...
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Explosives Shatter Lives in Kashmir
Qadir Sheikh, a landmine victim from Warsun, laments that his handicap will mean no education for his two daughters. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPSAadil Khan and his two siblings had been playing as usual...
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No Sweet Consolation for Women Diabetics
The disease itself may not discriminate on the basis of gender, but when it comes to healthcare for patients with diabetes, women in India find themselves at a disadvantage compared to men. This was...
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