• China as #1: Where Might it Lead the World?

    It slowly crept up on us. But in a carefully choreographed 19th Party Congress in late October, President Xi Jinping was enthroned before several thousand elite party loyalists as “absolute monarch,” along with a multi-layered, hand-picked collection of respectful barons (not a baroness in sight) to form his new Politburo and its Standing Committee. This

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  • Pourquoi une guerre sur la péninsule coréenne est inéluctable

    Le dernier épisode dans le feuilleton du dossier nucléaire nord-coréen a atteint son paroxysme qui met la communauté internationale devant la possibilité bien réelle de conflit militaire, avec une rhétorique enflammée des deux côtés. La focalisation des dernières semaines s’avère particulière, la couverture médiatique et l’analyse académique de ces événements mettant l’accent sur un antagonisme

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  • Ottawa Needs to Re-Evaluate the Mission in Iraq

    The Canadian government announced last Friday that it is temporarily suspending its mission to train Iraqi and Iraqi Kurdish forces given growing tension between the two sides. Ottawa should take this opportunity to carefully consider its next steps: because of recent trends, the mission in Iraq will fundamentally change. This is primarily because the Islamic State

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  • The Hidden Connection between Obesity, Heart Disease, and Trade

    This week, representatives from most of the world’s governments are meeting at a World Health Organization global conference in Uruguay to tackle the global pandemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These NCDs are the chronic diseases — including cancers, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and diabetes — that now kill around 40 million people each year. They are responsible for

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