An Interview with Walden Bello: China Could Be the Big Winner of the War in Ukraine
Interview by Ben Wray The Ukraine war is a geopolitical crisis with truly global...
Read MorePosted by Walden Bello | Apr 25, 2022 | Asia/World, Focus in the News, Power and Democracy
Interview by Ben Wray The Ukraine war is a geopolitical crisis with truly global...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | Mar 31, 2022 | Focus in the News, Philippines, Power and Democracy
by Walden Bello Six years ago, I made the only recorded resignation on a question of...
Read MorePosted by Walden Bello | May 4, 2021 | Focus in the News
by Walden Bello MANILA — I’ve had my first Covid-19 vaccine jab, drawn from the limited supply of...
Read MorePosted by admin | Feb 26, 2009 | Deglobalisation, Focus in the News
Turning their backs on the worldFeb 19th 2009From The Economist print editionThe integration of the world economy is in retreat on almost every frontIllustration by Claudio MunozTHE economic meltdown has popularised a new term:...
Read MorePosted by admin | Sep 14, 2006 | Focus in the News
Marwaan Macan-Markar BATAM, Indonesia, Sep 15 (IPS) – Civil society organisations have fired an unprecedented salvo at the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by declaring a boycott of the annual...
Read MorePosted by admin | Sep 10, 2006 | Focus in the News
The New York Times September 9, 2006 By STEVEN R. WEISMAN and WAYNE ARNOLD WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, two organizations that repeatedly praise the role of...
Read MorePosted by admin | Aug 8, 2006 | Focus in the News
Green Left Weekly, August 9, 2006. Steve O’Brien, Durban Organisers are expecting 100,000 people to attend the Nairobi World Social Forum next January in Kenya. While some smaller regional meetings have been held, this...
Read MorePosted by admin | Aug 1, 2006 | Focus in the News
Marwaan Macan-Markar, BANGKOK, Jul 31 (IPS) BANGKOK, Jul 31 (IPS) – It was inevitable: Singapore had to bare the police state soul that lurks behind its modern steel-and-glass buildings and elegant shopping emporia. And...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jul 10, 2006 | Focus in the News
The PCIJ Channel ( Posted by Alecks Pabico ) In i Report, contributor Herbert Docena, who is with the regional research organizaton Focus on the Global South, however thinks the crisis is no longer about Arroyo’s political...
Read MorePosted by admin | Mar 28, 2006 | Focus in the News
KASAMA Vol. 20 No. 1 / January-February-March 2006 / Solidarity Philippines Australia Network By Walden Bello It is becoming increasingly clear that the main beneficiary of the stalemate between an unpopular and illegitimate...
Read MorePosted by admin | Mar 15, 2006 | Focus in the News
ZNET March 15, 2006 By walden Bello, An Army of the People” That something interesting and unusual is taking place in Venezuela first really struck me when, in response to a sarcastic comment about an anti-war meeting of the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Feb 23, 2006 | Focus in the News
by Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Feb. 23, 2006 (IPS/GIN) — She was pregnant with her first child, and a woman on the run. She was on a "wanted list" for her human rights campaigns. She had little choice but to go...
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