In the halcyon days of multilateralism during the 1990s, the prospects for strengthening global cooperation looked very promising due to the political changes in Russia and the Eastern bloc states and the liberalism in Western countries.All that has changed. We…
The “cry of the earth” and the “cry of the poor” have to be heard, said Pope Francis in his encyclical letter Laudato S’I.[1] The disharmonies between humankind and nature is linked to other crises, including the Covid pandemic, increasing…
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Featuring an interview with Richard Falk, including questions such as “Do you know what is the role of the so-called Black Budget in building the power of the USA as a global security state?” and “Are we currently entering the…
[Prefatory Note: This essay appeared in its original form as an editorial in TRANSCEND Media Service, #654, on 31 August 2020. The text below is enlarged and somewhat modified, yet it remains very much a work-in-progress. I regard TMS as…
NATIONALISM AND INTERDEPENDENCE by NITIN DESAI 31st Wikhelm von Pochhammer Memorial Lecture India International Centre, Delhi, 21 October 2019 Ambassador Pochhammer served in India twice and continued his interest in its history and future long after he retired in 1957. …
Seminaire Triglav, Poussignol, 7-9 July 2017 Note 6: Summary of Integral Ecology, chapter 4 of Laudato Si’, on Care for our Common Home, Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis[i] This chapter has five sections: I Environmental, Economic and Social Ecology II Cultural Ecology…
Séminaire Triglav, Poussignol 7-9 Juillet 2017 Note 5: L’agriculture biologique et autres modes de production similaires Dans la Nièvre (2015) : 139 fermes bio (+20% en un an)11,242 hectares en bio (+18% en un an)Les fermes bio, dans la Nièvre, sont essentiellement…
