Flashback | Intervention

Four scenarios for a Trump presidency

Posted By: adminon: November 17, 2016In: FlashbackTags: DONALD TRUMP, FBI, George W. Bush, GOP, Governor Edwin Edwards, Governor Huey Long, Mayor Buddy Cianci, Mayor James Curley, Mike Pence, Obama, Ronald Reagan, Russian, Vladimir PutinNo CommentsViews:

Donald Trump is still the man of the moment globally. What he would do, what he wouldn’t do and and what he might be doing wrongly are still the stuff of sundry speculations. In this piece r... Read more

FG Roars for Nollywood

Posted By: adminon: November 14, 2016In: FlashbackTags: No CommentsViews:

Hopes appear to be rising in terms of formal governmental support for Nigeria’s film industry should Information Minister, Lai Mohammed carry through assurances to that effect. The Informati... Read more

Brexit in UK and the Unwanted President in the US: The Risk Society in Full Flight

Posted By: adminon: November 10, 2016In: FlashbackTags: American, Brazil, CFR, Chinese, DONALD TRUMP, EU, Germany, Hilary Clinton, India, Jacob Heilbrunn, Robert Kagan, Russia, UK, United States, William KristolNo CommentsViews:

When Brexit happened, the most notable Western newspapers which write the global space such as The Economist, The New York Times, The Guardian and Die Spiegel each had a different name for i... Read more

Whose Finger on the Nuclear Button?

Posted By: adminon: November 09, 2016In: FlashbackTags: ALCM, Crimea, DONALD TRUMP, GLCM, HILLARY CLINTON, ICBM, INF, LRSO, NATO, Obama, Russian, THAAD, Ukraine, US, USSR, William J. PerryNo CommentsViews:

By Michael Klare Although the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election might have been won and lost by the time this is published, this point in this piece still calls for reflection, ir... Read more

Can Science Speak to People’s Everyday Lives in Africa?

Posted By: adminon: November 03, 2016In: FlashbackTags: Dr Elizabeth Rasekoala, Farrant, France, HIV/AIDS, Makunga, Mandela, Namibian, Pan-African, Professor Jill Farrant, Professor Nox Makunga, Simon Elwin, South African, Stellenbosch UniversityNo CommentsViews:

Published initially in The Conversation, (November 2, 2016) under the title “Science needs to start speaking to people’s everyday lives in Africa”, this piece By Marima Joubert When scientis... Read more

Who Succeeds Margaret Chan as WHO Leader? Asks Lyndal Rowlands

Posted By: adminon: October 30, 2016In: FlashbackTags: AIDS/HIV, CHINA, Dr David Nabarro, Dr Flavia Bustreo, Dr Miklós Szócska, Dr Sania Nishtar, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ebola, Esperanza Martinez, Ethiopia, France, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Hungary, ICRC, IPS, Italy, Lyndal Rowlands, Margaret Chan, Norway, Pakistan, Professor Philippe Douste-Blazy, Sierra Leone, Susannah Sirkin, Syria, tuberculosis, UN, WHO, ZikaNo CommentsViews:

Written and published originally by Inter Press Service News Agency, (IPS) under the title “Who Should Lead the WHO Next?”, the author pries into the question of successor of Dr Margaret Cha... Read more

Africa: Next After the Essential Drugs List

Posted By: adminon: October 26, 2016In: FlashbackTags: Ebola, Johns Hopkins University, Kampala, Michigan, Uganda, West Africa, WHO, Zika virusesNo CommentsViews:

Published originally under the title “Africa has an essential medicines list. Now it needs one for diagnostics” in The Conversation, (October 25th, 2016) this piece is being republished here... Read more

BP Group Chief Economist, Spencer Dale, Predicts Faster Energy Transition

Posted By: adminon: October 20, 2016In: FlashbackTags: Arab, BP, GDP, IEA, INDCs, Middle East, North Africa, Paris, Spencer Dale, USNo CommentsViews:

In the interview below, reproduced from BP Energy Economics which reproduced it from Energy Post’s World Energy Focus, (October 12, 2016), BP Chief Economist, Spencer Dale thinks the transit... Read more

Five megachanges that could transform the world

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2016In: FlashbackTags: AfD, Amsterdam, Andrew McAfee, Asia, Boston, Brexit, Cape Town, Carl Frey, D.C, Ellen Stofan, Erik Brynjolfsson, Europe, Hong Kong, Iran, ISIS, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Michael Osborn, Middle East, Muslims, NASA, New York City, North Africa, Poland, RBC, Russia, San Francisco, Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Sweden, Tokyo, Trumpism, U.S, Venice, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:

By Darrel West Large-scale change is transforming the world. Many of the beliefs and institutions that used to anchor international and domestic affairs have grown weak. Political and econom... Read more

Upsets in Projected Preponderance of Women in Power Globally

Posted By: adminon: October 06, 2016In: FlashbackTags: African, Angela Merkel, Brazil, CHINA, Dilma Rousseff, Dr. Nkosana Zuma, Germany, IMF, Liberia, Mrs Hilary Clinton, Park Geun-Hye, Sir leaf Johnson, South Korea, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, UN, UNSCNo CommentsViews:

The expected preponderance of women in power as from 2017 has suffered severe setbacks within the last few months. By the earlier projection, a woman contender was expected to win the Secret... Read more