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Africa: Conflict and governance Sudan/South Sudan
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Darfur Genocide Watch Second Sudanese Civil War 1983-2005 Nesrine Malik: ...
Africa: Conflict and governance – Somalia
Black Hawk Down: The Somali battle that changed US policy in Africa 9-11 February 2025 Islamic State attacks military ba ...
Israel, Palestine, Gaza, West Bank, Hamas January-October 2024
History of the Question of Palestine The Geopolitics of Palestine, Explained Gaza wasn’t always the hot spot it is tod ...
Israel, Palestine/Gaza/Hamas February 2024 – 10 April 2024
7 February Israel’s Self-Destruction – Netanyahu, the Palestinians, and the Price of Neglect By Aluf Benn, Edito ...
Food (in)security February 2023- April 2024
The Global Food Institute, George Washington University Black Sea Grain Initiative UN Joint Coordination Centre World Fo ...
Food (in)security 2022
UN World Food Program Hunger Pains: the growing global food crisis Best of Quirks & Quarks – Feeding the Futur ...
Climate change, uncertainty & natural disasters 2015-16
UN & Climate Change Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics. Politicians discussing global warming. ...
Food and Hunger
New rice variety could feed the planet without warming it (Science) A new type of genetically modified (GM) rice might s ...
India 2011-2012
Gang rape in India sparks debate on women’s rights Indians have been publicly debating since the Dec. 16 gang rape ...
Aid, Development and Progress 2011
The magic of diasporas Immigrant networks are a rare bright spark in the world economy. Rich countries should welcome th ...
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Canada – U.S. 1 May 2025-
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Mexico 2025-
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Québec Education May 2024 –
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U.S. – Israel/Gaza June 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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Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia August 2023-
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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…