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Iran January 2021-September 2022
Iran on Diana’s Wednesday Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Al Jazeera: Iran news Iranwire Iran Crisis Update, ...
Israel, Palestine/Gaza May 2020 – March 2022
Israel, Palestine/Gaza U.S. Foreign Policy December 2020- Peter Beinart: Debunking the myth that anti-Zionism is antisem ...
Middle East & Arab World Lebanon 2020-July 2021
The seven years of neglect, and 13 minutes of chaos, that destroyed Beirut The Independent Special report: Speaking to L ...
U.S. Foreign Policy – Israel Palestine/Gaza
Israel, Palestine/Gaza May 2020- Most Americans, including half of young Democrats, disapprove of Biden’s handling of ...
Iran November 2019 – December 2020
Al Jazeera: Iran news Iranwire What Really Happened in Iran The CIA, the Ouster of Mosaddeq, and the Restoration of the ...
Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia 2019-20
Middle East & Arab World – Saudi Arabia 2015-17 Middle East & Arab World – Saudi Arabia 2017-18 Saudi Arabia ...
Israel, Palestine/Gaza 2019 – May 2020
Around the halls: Brookings Middle East experts react to the White House’s peace plan Israel, Palestine/Gaza 2017 R ...
Turkey 2018 – March 2020
Syria 2019 9 March EU tells Turkey to pull migrants back from Greek border (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Er ...
Saudi Arabia & Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi Arabia says five sentenced to death in killing of Jamal Khashoggi (WaPo) Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor an ...
Middle East & Arab World 2017 – November 2019
Brookings Middle East and North Africa Carnegie Council: Perspectives from Inside a Tumultuous Middle East: Syria-Iraq-I ...
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U.S. Government & governance: Shutdown 2025
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Wednesday Night #2278
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Europe & EU August 12 2025-
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Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine September 2025
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Canada – U.S. 1 May 2025-
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Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia August 2023-
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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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UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-
October 22, 2025, 1 Comment
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
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.…
Johannah Bernstein post: "eternally proud of my father’s extraordinary aeronautical engineering. legacy. here is a photo of the Canadair Water…