News archive 04/2021 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Economy and ecology

A new era for environmental protection

The Escazú Treaty — which came into effect last week — could help combat eco-social violence and environmental exploitation in Latin America

By Astrid Becker

Reuters

European integration

The Balkans’ demons of ethno-nationalism

Aggressive ethno-nationalism is once again poisoning the Western Balkans. A recently leaked ‘non-paper’ envisions new borders along ethnic lines

By Ralf Melzer

Reuters

Democracy and society

Why Covid-19 is running amok in India

In India, more than a third of a million Covid-19 cases are being reported daily. It's an extreme example of the privileging of profits over lives

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Democracy and society

Scotland’s independence election

This May’s election will mark a decisive moment in the Scottish independence debate. But the path to another referendum is paved with uncertainty

By Anthony Salamone

Reuters

Interviews

'The pandemic cannot be defeated by vaccination alone'

The success of Chile's vaccination campaign has proved to be its undoing. Simone Reperger reports from Santiago de Chile

Democracy and society

The Trump presidency: just a shard of dystopic memory

As Joe Biden is wrapping up his first 100 days, the Trump presidency seems all but forgotten. Perhaps that's because it didn't shape an era after all

By Marco Bitschnau

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

A ritualised exhibition of violence

The recent violent scenes from Northern Ireland show that many unionists feel betrayed by London. But not only Brexit is to blame for the escalation

By Katy Hayward

Reuters

Economy and ecology

In Cuba, it's the end of an era

Raúl Castro's departure marks the end of an era — and coincides with Cuba's worst crisis in decades. His successors face a daunting task

By Ricardo Torres Pérez