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The UN and governance
The decline of the international civil servant (Foreign Policy) The U.N. practice of hiring political appointees has ens ...
Wednesday Night #1461
More on Wednesday-Night.com The evening started on a somber note, as Diana noted with sadness the deaths of Judith Patte ...
The Politics of Earthquakes
If the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti carry any message for those of us fortunate enough not to live in those places, pe ...
Yemen
CIA World Fact Book U.S. Department of State Background Note BBC Country profile The reputed home of the Queen of Sheba, ...
Canada & the world II
G8 Summit July 8-10 2009 ; Canada & the Arctic Is Security Council Seat a Tory Priority? (Embassy August 2009) Exper ...
UN Climate Change Conference 2009 (Copenhagen)
Reuters FACTBOX: Who Is Going To Copenhagen? UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Host country site) Telegraph U.K ...
Copenhagen's unresolved issues
Dot Earth Climate Talks Make Way for a Design Show Andrew Rivkin: Out with climate talks, in with home-design trade show ...
West Wing Wednesday Night #21
Fresh from our relaxing holiday trip to Providenciales, TCI, (where MacDonald’s has not made it!), we are ready fo ...
Climate Change Stories
See all Climate Change posts In Bolivia, Water and Ice Tell of Climate Change If the water problems are not solved, El A ...
NGO presence at Copenhagen conference
Sarah Diefendorf: COPENHAGEN: Locking Out the Passion As NGOs are Barred Sarah Diefendorf is the Executive Director of t ...
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China: economy, government, governance
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Elon Musk, Trump, DOGE and MAGA
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U.S. Government & governance January 2025-
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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
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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…