Opinion
The Problem With Election Observation Missions

The Problem With Election Observation Missions

What might the international community of democracy promoters do better to support free and fair elections? One solution is to reassess how civil society organizations and democratic practitioners pass judgment on elections. “Remember the first rule of politics. The...

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Joe Biden’s Challenges in a Post Trump World Order

Joe Biden’s Challenges in a Post Trump World Order

The following analysis of the current state of the US in the world is in part based on my five years dealing with Canada-US relations at Global Affairs Canada, first as the Director General for North America and then as the Assistant Deputy Minister, Americas, and on...

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Three Mistakes From 1989

Three Mistakes From 1989

Three major challenges we are facing in 2020 – a worsening conflict in Afghanistan; an aggressive Chinese Communist Party; and an irredentist Kremlin – have their roots in major decisions taken in 1989. The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989. 1989 is rightly celebrated as...

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Canadian Cyberspace Governance — or Lack Thereof?

Canadian Cyberspace Governance — or Lack Thereof?

This is a modified version of an article supported by the Department of National Defence ‘Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security Targeted Engagement’ Grant, which appeared originally in Kristen Csenkey (ed.) “Simplifying Emerging Technologies: Risks and How to...

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A Convenient Murder: Khashoggi and Saudi-Turkish-US Relations

Jamal Khashoggi’s murder has shifted US focus away from Ankara’s poor treatment of journalists and allowed Turkey to take the offensive to an embattled Saudi regime. Pixabay – Erika Wittlieb The murder of Saudi activist and journalist Jamal Khashoggi is no longer in...

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