ISSUE 7
- Interviews with: Imran Khan, Ian Khama, Mohamed Nasheed, Joan Clos, Yadh Ben Achour, Shridath Ramphal, Pottengal Mukundan
- The Sea: the Arctic, piracy and fish stocks
- Urbanisation: cities under pressure
- Arena: Tunisian politics, Mexican drug wars and Pakistan in crisis
- Botswana: President Khama on the strike
- Malaysia: elections and alliances
- The Bahamas: hopes for the tourism sector
EDITORIAL:
Oceans under pressure
RICHARD SYNGE
Our seas and oceans are coming under pressure from human activity like never before. Events like last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which killed large numbers of dolphins, whales, sea turtles, seabirds, fish and invertebrates, was no one-off incident. A recent scientific report presented to the UN highlights the...
GLOBAL INSIGHT: THE SEA
Race for the Arctic: Let the North Pole be a pole of peace
DR PAUL BERKMAN
Factors unique to the North Pole make it difficult to frame treaties that will benefit...
The business and politics of Canada’s Arctic interests
ISABEL NANTON
A fragile ecosystem covering one-sixth of the earth’s surface, the Arctic region has swung into...
“I hope the Maldives can help avert a climate catastrophe”
MOHAMED NASHEED
The Maldives, a long chain of hundreds of low-lying coral islands in the Indian Ocean,...
The chips are down for fish
HOMERA CHEEMA
Over-exploitation really could bring about complete depletion of global fish stocks. The immediate threats come...
“Take very strong action at sea and give help in Somalia itself”
POTTENGAL MUKUNDAN
In this exclusive interview, Pottengal Mukundan appeals to the international community to step up and...
The rapidly expanding business of Somali piracy
BEN BAILEY
Attacks on commercial shipping across the northern Indian Ocean – from the Red Sea to...
GLOBAL INSIGHT: URBANISATION
“Cities are places where the divide between rich and poor is most apparent”
DR JOAN CLOS
As a councillor in his native Barcelona between 1983 and 1987, Dr Joan Clos spearheaded...
Well-managed cities offer huge promise for Africa
PROFESSOR MTHULI NCUBE
The economies of scale and agglomeration offered by Africa’s expanding towns and cities – including...
“The private sector is waking up to the opportunities”
BOBBY J. PITTMAN
Global: The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa states that an annual investment of $93 billion is...
Deprivation or super-efficiency: a tale of two kinds of city
DAVID SATTERTHWAITE
Cities can be the best and the worst places to live. Where local governments provide...
SPOTLIGHT: BOTSWANA
“The longer the strike lasts the greater its negative impact”
SERETSE KHAMA IAN KHAMA
After more than a month of strikes by public sector workers, President Ian Khama spoke...
Botswana: Public sector strike wave brings on blues
BEATA KASALE
A public sector workers’ strike has taken just a little of the shine off Botswana’s...
Shining successes and critical challenges
TOM MINNEY
The economic lustre of diamonds risks fading, as the global financial crisis has recently demonstrated....
A bishop advocating tolerance
TREVOR GRUNDY
Ordinary people are more concerned with the spread of poverty, disease and hunger than with...
Mining Botswana’s ever-deeper potential
ROGER MURRAY
Diamond mining is the economy’s mainstay, but base metal and energy mineral developments are attracting...
Wild luxury for the well-heeled tourist
FRED BRIDGLAND
High-value, low impact and sustainable tourism is intended to preserve Botswana’s natural wonders into the...
GLOBAL ARENA: PRESSURE POINTS
“Pakistan is undergoing a metamorphosis”
IMRAN KHAN
This world-famous cricketer, whose remarkable test match career spanned two decades before he retired in...
“Tunisians are very proud to have initiated the revival of the Arab world”
YADH BEN ACHOUR
Events in Tunisia may have sparked this year’s Arab spring but the ousting of President...
Mexico’s crime wave needs cross-border solutions
GEORGE PHILIP
Organised crime, and particularly the drugs trade, has put Mexico on the map for the...
The killing of Osama bin Laden
IRFAN HUSSAIN & SHAHED SADULLAH
The killing of Osama bin Laden, in the bedroom of his apparently long-established compound in...
IN FOCUS: BAHAMAS
The Bahamas: Tough times now, better prospects ahead
SIR RONALD SANDERS
Following a slowdown resulting from the global financial crisis, economic hopes in the Bahamas are...
DNA varies the political gene pool
NOELLE NICOLLS
Some commentators expect the rise of a new political force – the Democratic National Alliance...
Haitian migrants cause a stir
LARRY SMITH
After last year’s earthquake in Haiti, many Bahamians contributed relief to their afflicted neighbours, but...
Investment opportunities abound despite global downturn
JOHN H. BOSTWICK II
With its northern isles located less than fifty miles off the shores of the southern...
Feeling poorly? Get yourself examined over the Internet
NOELLE NICOLLS
The use of telemedicine promises the provision of quality care to all Bahamians and visitors...
IN FOCUS: BOTSWANA
Botswana: Public sector strike wave brings on blues
BEATA KASALE
A public sector workers’ strike has taken just a little of the shine off Botswana’s...
IN FOCUS: MALAYSIA
Malaysia: Shifting balances in a complex multiparty system
WAN-FEN SU
Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will choose the timing of Malaysia’s next elections with care...
The hard work of forging alliances
RICHARD SYNGE
Creating a common platform among the parties challenging the ruling coalition was “an arduous task”,...
“Truly Islamic countries are by nature moderate”
MARINA MAHATHIR
Women’s rights activist, daughter of former prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, and columnist for The Star,...
Grand designs for a new leap forward
TONG YEE SIONG
Malaysia has high hopes of turning itself into one of the world’s richest countries in...
To know the ‘real’ Malaysia is to love the country… and its food
CHERYL DORALL
The alluring marketing hype is just a little deceptive so it’s worth getting the local...
Inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations under the spotlight
DR CHANDRA MUZAFFAR
Global approached a number of leading figures in public life for their views on the...
