COTE D’IVOIRE: Pro-Ouattara Forces Launch Palace Assault
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * ABIDJAN, Apr 5, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Heavy fighting is continuing in Abidjan where forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential...
View ArticleSYRIA: Deraa a City Under a Dark Siege
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * DOHA and DAMASCUS, Syria, Apr 29, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – As darkness fell across it, Deraa was a city under siege. Tanks and troops...
View ArticleMoves to Undermine Egyptian Revolution
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani CAIRO, May 1, 2011 (IPS) – More than two months since former president Hosni Mubarak was forced from office...
View ArticleIsrael Gathers Support from ‘Best Enemy’
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, May 3, 2011 (IPS) – First Egypt, then Syria, finally the Palestinians – while most Israelis concur with their Prime...
View ArticleSocial networks used to call thousands to protest in Spain
The Real News Network May 19, 2011 EuroNews: Hoping to repeat the success of Egyptian people power, various groups in Spain have occupied Madrid’s main square of “Puerta del Sol” More at The Real News
View ArticleArab Spring Solidarity Defies National Boundaries
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jasmin Ramsey VANCOUVER, May 25, 2011 (IPS) – Ever since the ousting of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ordinary citizens have been...
View ArticleNascent Independent Unions Play Key Role in Arab Uprisings
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Isolda Agazzi GENEVA, May 26, 2011 (IPS) – In the Arab world, most trade unions are affiliated to governments, but independent labour organisations...
View ArticleThe Struggle for Succession in Yemen
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA, Qatar, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s departure for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia...
View ArticleYEMEN: A COMPLEX STRUGGLE FOR POWER
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN Since January last, Yemen has been going through a complex power struggle with Yemeni characteristics, resulting in an almost civil war situation...
View ArticleThe Latin Lessons for Arab Revolutionaries
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Hari Seshasayee* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis MUMBAI (IDN) – The scenes that plagued Latin America through the 1980s bear a striking...
View ArticleUrban Rebellions Can Trigger Social Change
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint Riots in the streets of London and across Britain are part of a global revolt – from Cairo...
View ArticlePockets of Resistance As Rebels Claim Tripoli
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA and TRIPOLI, Aug 22, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – The head of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) has announced the end of...
View ArticleArab Spring Slips Into Tunisian Fall
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Simba Russeau TUNIS, Aug 22, 2011 (IPS) – Seven months after Tunisia’s historic uprising which saw the ouster of long-time dictator Zine el-Abidine...
View ArticleEGYPT: It’s January Again in Tahrir Square
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Nov 23, 2011 (IPS) – Days of clashes between protesters and security forces culminated on Tuesday...
View ArticleWhat The Arab Spring Means For Freedom
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Megan Martin* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) – Wielding mobile phones and computers, the young activists across the Middle East...
View ArticleSyria Between Scylla and Charybdis
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis MUMBAI (IDN | Gateway House) – With the Free Syrian Army being supplied aid by the West and the Gulf Cooperation Council...
View ArticleRadical Salafis Overrunning the Syrian Revolution
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS EmileNakhleh Aug 30 (IPS) – The recent visit by Abd al-Halim Murad, head of the Bahraini Salafi al-Asalah movement, to Syria to meet with Syrian rebels...
View ArticleMohamed Morsi’s Big Goal is New Egypt
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Eric Walberg* | IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint Revolutions are never tea parties. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have a clear vision and, along with the...
View ArticleYemen’s Youth Denied the Revolutionary Change
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Some protesters still remain hopeful on the anniversary of the revolution in Yemen. Credit: Rebecca Murray/IPS. Rebecca Murray SANA’A, Feb 16 (IPS) –...
View ArticleEgypt: Developments in Continuing Revolution, Not a Coup
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ismail Serageldin* | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis CAIRO (IDN) – Egypt is once more doing things its own unique way. After millions of people went into...
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