The Canadian International Development Agency – perhaps better known by its acronym of CIDA – is the Canadian government’s most important and well-funded organization for international development projects around the world. Despite the good intentions that CIDA was...
In watching the calamitous events of the Syrian civil war unfold before my very eyes, I am starkly reminded of the horrors of the Bosnian War which claimed an estimated 110,000 lives, according to the UN Prosecutor's Office at the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. While it is...
All told, the earth is home to some seven billion people, and the United Nations has predicted that number to grow to 8.9 billion by 2050; the same report estimates that our planet could be home to more than 36 billion human beings by the year 2300. Humanity's rapid growth and...
Something is rotten in the state of Iran, far, far away from Denmark; something so twisted is going on in the Islamic Republic that Shakespeare himself would find writing a play on the subject to be tumultuous indeed . While the nation no longer has a wily monarch to keep its...
Dear readers and contributors, It is with a profound sense of excitement that I hereby announce our partnership with the Berlin-based security think-tank The New Security Foundation. Established by former British parliamentarian Dr. Harold Elletson and Mr. Janis Folkmanis,...
Throughout the corridors of power, there is a palpable sense of concern that has been growing to a feverish pitch after world leaders concluded their meetings and addresses to the UN General Assembly last week. The images of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President...
Toronto is a great place to live. Actually, it used to be. Mayor Rob Ford, Dalton McGuinty, and other municipal and provincial officials want to calm the nerve-wracked citizens of Canada’s most populous and most economically important locale in light of some of the most brazen...
Identifying Economic Concerns in Hungary Background – Economic problems in Hungary are not an especially new reality, and they have been aggravated by the global financial crisis which propelled the collapse of once fruitful European economies in Greece, Spain, Ireland, and...
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three part mini-series on Hungary’s EU predicament. Stay tuned for the last part of this analysis on May 14th which will be discussing economic considerations. Identifying Legal Concerns in Hungary Background – The Hungarian...
Editor's note: This is the first part of a three part mini-series on Hungary's EU predicament. Stay tuned for the next part of this analysis on April 30th which will be discussing legal considerations. Following closely on the heels of World War I, the provisions enacted in the...
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