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INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, ECONOMICS, TRADE AND APPROACHES TO GOVERNMENT
Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour. J.D.
Canadian International Council/Conseil International du Canada, Victoria Branch
Changing Dynamics in Canada – U.S. Relations
Dunsmuir Lodge, Victoria May 12-13, 2008
According to a legend, in creating the world, God gave to Canada British Columbia, the Gulf Islands, the Rockies […]

Great debates for 2,500 years in Athens
May 03, 2008
Cleo Paskal Special to the Star
Athens–There are some cities that transcend national boundaries.
New York, London, Shanghai, Cape Town, Mumbai, Istanbul, Tokyo and Mexico City, just to name a few, are culturally and economically so dynamic and powerful that in many ways they are essentially modern city-states.
Usually […]

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April 30 marks the hundred-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics - has everyone seen the news that China plans to clear out students and refugees from Beijing before the Games? Nothing being left to […]

April 28, 2008
Why Hillary won’t quit
David Jones, Citizen Special
There are all sorts of legends in play about Hillary Clinton’s motivations for continuing her campaign in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
She is obsessed. She thinks she is “owed” the presidency. She believes that it is her turn, and her opponent is an Obama come lately. […]

(Vanity Fair May 2008) Donald Trump wants to put a luxury golf resort on a gloriously unspoiled swath of Scottish seacoast. His plan has come under fire by environmental activists and led to a battle that has reached the highest levels of government. Plus, he’s up against another character: local fisherman Michael Forbes.
The Thistle and […]

No one should miss Alex Shoumatoff’s piece on the Arctic Oil Rush
In addition to a wealth of information about the Russian expedition and the attitudes of interested nations towards UNCLOS and other treaties (”(Basically, the U.S. doesn’t ratify anything that cramps its style. It has still not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which Russia has, […]

April 22, 2008
We sympathize with Andrea’s argument, however must point out that we also believe that William Marsden’s excellent “Stupid to the last drop” bears on business and public policy, and we are delighted by the news that “[the] Critic of oilsands wins business book award — Montreal journalist William Marsden wins $20,000 prize”
The first […]

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April 10
Asia’s Republican Leanings
Roger Cohen
Europe votes Democrat, but Asia tends Republican.
That’s the headline from the fastest-growing part of the world where, as throughout a shrinking globe, the U.S. election is arousing passionate interest.
The three largest powers — China, India and Japan — have all had reasons to view Bush with favor, […]

Rising temperatures will damage even strong economies and pose a global threat to security, top officials say.
Extreme climate conditions provoked by global warming could lead to “unprecedented” international security threats, with “serious security risks” even if climate change is contained within the European Union’s target of a temperature rise of 2°C above pre-industrial levels, […]