United Nations

  • May 3, 2012
  • 2 min read

Global food prices stabilise but markets are tight

Global food prices fell by 1.4% month-on-month in April, the UN Food and Agriculture...

International
  • Apr 27, 2012
  • 7 min read

Yemen's fragile transition keeps civil war at bay

Islamist militants claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack on a gas pipeline in eastern...

Yemen
  • Apr 27, 2012
  • 2 min read

Uneven Sudanese pressure will struggle to yield talks

A US-sponsored draft UN Security Council resolution threatens both Juba and Khartoum with...

Sudan
  • Apr 19, 2012
  • 10 min read

Intervention thrives as development economics fades

Development economics flourished in the post-war period as a sub-discipline of economics whose...

International
  • Apr 17, 2012
  • 6 min read

Global FDI trends indicate long-term confidence

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows rose by 16.5% last year, to 1.66 trillion...

International
  • Apr 17, 2012
  • 2 min read

UN sanctions could prompt Pyongyang to retaliate

The United Nations Security Council yesterday adopted a presidential statement, backed by all 15...

North Korea
  • Apr 16, 2012
  • 7 min read

Austerity hinders development of EU battle groups

EU battle groups reached official operational capacity in 2005. While hailed as a significant...

EU
  • Apr 12, 2012
  • 2 min read

Withdrawal key to Syrian ceasefire implementation

The ceasefire which came into effect at 0300 GMT today under UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's...

Syria