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ISIS/ISIL/DAESH 2019-
What ISIS Really Wants The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully co ...
UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-
UN High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence UNGA Resolution 377 Multilateralism needs an overhaul. – He ...
Shipping: economy, environment, security
4 March Trump Wants to ‘Take Back’ the Panama Canal. Why That’s Not So Simple President Donald Trump has called fo ...
Canada – U.S. November 2024-7 February 2025
7 February Canadian Fury With Trump Is About More Than Just Trade No matter what happens with tariffs, the damage to the ...
U.S. International relations and foreign policy April 2024-20 January 2025
Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump’s inauguration Trump’s team requested the high-level resi ...
President Jimmy Carter (1924-2024)
29 December Jimmy Carter, Peacemaking President Amid Crises, Is Dead at 100 Rising from Georgia farmland to the White Ho ...
U.S.-China relations November 2023-December 2024
Could the United States and China really go to war? Who would win? Michael E. O’Hanlon (Brookings) Here’s something ...
BRICS 2023-
Russian 2024 BRICS Chairmanship On January 1, Russia was passed the baton of the BRICS chairmanship, an association whic ...
Canada: International relations, defense and foreign policy November 2023-2024
Derek H. Burney: Canada’s hollow place in the world The Canadian government has become increasingly irrelevant int ...
COP29 Baku Climate Change Conference
UN Climate Change Conference Baku, Azerbaijan 11-22 November 2024 COP29: What are the key issues on the table? The UN Cl ...
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Trump 2.0 April 27 2025-
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Iran-Israel
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Airlines & Aviation 2020-
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Oceans and seas 2024-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…