All posts tagged United Nations (UN)

Canada: International relations and foreign policy
September 27, 2015, 2 Comments

Leaked internal report warns of Canada’s declining world influence (Globe & Mail) Canada’s international clo ...

E is for Espionage
August 31, 2015, 2 Comments

How China and Russia are mining major U.S. data hacks (PBS Newshour) Intelligence services in Russia and China are cross ...

Libya 2011 – 2015
August 30, 2015, 2 Comments

The Guardian: Libya NYT: Libya Clashes shatter illusion of security in Libyan capital Armed groups excluded from Tripoli ...

Climate Change and Security
August 26, 2015, 1 Comment

International Institute for Strategic Studies: Climate Change and Security The IISS believes climate change could have a ...

Population growth & sustainable development
April 1, 2015, Comments Off on Population growth & sustainable development

Overpopulation, overconsumption – in pictures Sprawling Mexico City rolls across the landscape, displacing every scrap ...

U.S. Foreign Relations in 2013 – 2014
December 29, 2014, 1 Comment

Kevin Drum: Obama’s Foreign Policy: Frustrating, Perhaps, But Better Than Most of the Alternatives (Mother Jones) ...

Africa: Conflict and governance 2013 -2014
December 3, 2014, 1 Comment

3 December Fighting over the spoils of war Resources, resentment at heart of C.A.R. conflict By Benedict Moran (Al Jazee ...

Syria 2013 – 2014
November 26, 2014, 8 Comments

Syria is the prototype place where it’s a proxy war for some regional powers. The camps, so to speak, are the regime i ...

Cities and sustainability
March 26, 2014, 1 Comment

UN Habitat 6 Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever (Gizmodo) It seems counterintuitive, right? Rip out eigh ...

Canada in 2013: International relations and foreign policy
December 2, 2013, 3 Comments

Canadian International Council (CIC) and OpenCanada.org Ottawa University Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) ...

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