Friday, 03 February 2012 10:11
By Olivier De Schutter
 Every new bilateral agreement should be measured against how evenly spread its macroeconomic benefits will be
The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering is normally little more than a toast to the benefits of increasing global GDP, trade, and inves [ … ]
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 06:58
By Juliet Torome
 Africans don’t treasure their historical artifacts because they remind them of their rich civilizations’ supposed inferiority
The news that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts that one of its researchers took from Peru in 1911 reminded me of a party that I attended recently [ … ]
Friday, 20 January 2012 12:57
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
 The world’s greatest shortage is not of oil, clean water, or food, but of moral leadership
The world’s greatest shortage is not of oil, clean water, or food, but of moral leadership. With a commitment to truth – scientific, ethical, and personal – a society can overcome the many crises of poverty, [ … ]
Saturday, 14 January 2012 11:56
By Václav Havel
 Václav Havel, who died on December 18, was that rare intellectual who, rather than forcing his way into politics, had politics forced upon him. In 1998, while serving as President of the Czech Republic, he offered the following reflection on the benefits and dangers of his career path.
Does an inte [ … ]
Friday, 06 January 2012 13:13
By Naomi Wolf
 We are likely to see much greater centralization of top-down suppression – and a rash of laws that restrict human rights
What does the New Year hold for the global wave of protest that erupted in 2011? Did the surge of anger that began in Tunisia crest in lower Manhattan, or is 2012 likely to see a [ … ]
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Monday, 05 December 2011 13:45
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram
 Prominent economists, including senior staff at the IMF, have become critical of ODA
New York – Protracted economic stagnation in rich countries continues to threaten the development prospects of poorer countries. Globalization and economic liberalization over the last few decades have, of course, [ … ]
Monday, 28 November 2011 09:25
By Charles Tannock
 If the election is fraudulent and unjust, then the international community should consider imposing targeted sanctions
Free, fair, and transparent democratic elections are no longer strangers to Africa. Indeed, they have become a regular occurrence. But the presidential and parliamentary elections [ … ]
Tuesday, 22 November 2011 13:07
By Ken Menkhaus
 Muslims should call on every eminent Islamic scholar and cleric to issue a legal opinion on the morality of al-Shabaab
The latest outrage by the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab – a truck bombing in Mogadishu that killed more than 100 people, targeting students lined up for news about scholarships [ … ]
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 13:46
By Naomi Wolf
 Would it not be easier…for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?
America’s politicians, it seems, have had their fill of democracy. Across the country, police, acting under orders from local officials, are breaking up protest encampments set up by supporters of the Occupy Wall St [ … ]
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