Expansion of permanent membership – and an even and fair distribution of veto power – is necessary to bring about meaningful reform to the Security Council. Continue reading Long Overdue: Reforming the UN Security Council
Recent negotiations between the government and FARC rebels will succeed only if Bogotá addresses the civil war’s underlying issues.
Continue reading Beyond the War on Drugs: Building a Lasting Peace in Colombia
A Republican White House would have little to gain by building a wall on the US-Mexico border.
With just weeks left in Canada’s election campaign, the tide is rapidly turning against New Democrat leader Thomas Mulcair.
Last week, Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing a clock to school. Clearly, children of criminalised minorities do not enjoy the luxury of “youthful innocence.”
Continue reading Islamophobia and the Politicisation of Youth
The Canadian public needs a crash course in electoral politics, but the ruling politicians won’t be the ones to give it.
The direction of politics is changing in three countries that have long stood at the forefront of Latin America’s leftist populist movement.
Continue reading Dispatch from Latin America: Leftist Populism in Decline?
Last March, President Obama vetoed the “Keystone XL Pipeline” bill, to the relief of environmentalists and anti-pipeline stakeholders. But were the environmental and social costs of the pipeline ever really in doubt?
Despite the growing friendship between Barack Obama and Narendra Modi, the subject of religious intolerance remains an irritant in US-India relations.
Continue reading Religious Intolerance: International or Domestic Concern?
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