All posts tagged Russia

Wednesday Night #1640
August 7, 2013, 1 Comment

Catherine Gillbert read a delightful essay from The Guardian Weekly about salons. Let’s seek inspiration from Doro ...

Arctic Exploitation
July 11, 2013, 1 Comment

Who Owns the Arctic? A Stocktaking of Territorial Disputes (NYT) The Arctic Council agreed on Wednesday to expand to inc ...

Wednesday Night #1634
June 25, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1634

The good news is that Montreal again has a mayor  (our third in seven months) – the bad news is that it isn’t N ...

Wednesday Night #1633
June 19, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1633

The Scribe’s reflections This week`s salon witnessed a sad discussion on the depth and breadth of emphasis on rela ...

Wednesday Night #1615
February 13, 2013, 1 Comment

In the absence of David Kilgour, who had to return to Ottawa, Robert Cutler ably presented David’s views on trade ...

Global Economy 2012
December 31, 2012, 2 Comments

Foreign Policy Economy issue January/February 2012 Debt-ridden and hidebound, Europe may be on the verge of a painful br ...

Canada & the Arctic 2008-2012
December 27, 2012, 2 Comments

…the first principle of Arctic sovereignty is: Use it or lose it – Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Resolute Bay, ...

Syria 2011-2012
December 20, 2012, 2 Comments

Syria on Wednesday-Night.com Stratfor: Syria – small but strategic The U.S. has left Iraq, and Iran is ready to fi ...

Wednesday Night #1553
December 7, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1553

See exchange on the Middle East with David Oliver & Joumane Chahine With great thanks to Margaret Duthie for her cop ...

Wednesday Night #1529 with David & Terry Jones
June 22, 2011, 1 Comment

Scribe’s Prologue Whether by evolution, revolution, domination, greed or other frequently encountered if unworthy ...