As Donald Trump makes it clear that he is intent on pursuing his rash and racist agenda come what may, we might be tempted to stand back, count our blessings, and try to minimize the damage.
We need to be …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe day following President Donald Trump’s inauguration was marked by the Women’s March on Washington and hundreds of “sister marches” in cities around the world — a global display of disapproval for the new US leader and his retrograde understanding …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe election of Donald Trump as president of the United States brought unexpected attention to Taiwan. One of Trump’s first post-election acts was to exchange telephone courtesies with President Tsai Ing-wen, calling her “President of Taiwan” on Twitter. Since Tsai, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThroughout the Cold War, the amount of military violence worldwide grew steadily, reaching a peak in 1992. A major reason was interference by the superpowers in local conflicts. The proxy wars that resulted when the United States and the Soviet …
EN SAVOIR PLUSMontenegro’s accession to full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) took a major step forward this week as the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the Balkan country’s membership bid. President-elect Donald Trump has yet to tweet …
EN SAVOIR PLUSAs a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second-World-War order and the global rule of law are losing out to the rule of individual men. From Russia to China to the EU, authoritarian rule is tightening its grip.
In …
EN SAVOIR PLUSQuatorze ans après l’entrée en vigueur de son statut qui vise à « mettre un terme aux crimes les plus graves qui touchent la communauté internationale » et à mettre fin « à l’impunité des auteurs de ces crimes », …
EN SAVOIR PLUS“‘Does this road lead to Aleppo?’ Your answer can be ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Your opinion doesn’t make it so. Consult a map before you go!” The question in this poem was first posed by the 13th-century Persian poet, Rumi. If …
EN SAVOIR PLUSBy Althea-Maria Rivas and Gabrielle Bardall
Supporting women’s public participation and political inclusion should be a critical objective of Canada’s contribution to international democracy assistance, particularly in light of the current government’s emphasis on feminism. We must prioritize gender equality …
EN SAVOIR PLUSBy Althea-Maria Rivas and Gabrielle Bardall
The Canadian government’s review of the International Development Assistance policy and funding framework is noteworthy in its ambition to promote feminism by applying “a feminist lens … to all of Canada’s international assistance …
EN SAVOIR PLUSAu début des années 2000, les bailleurs de fonds occidentaux ont enfin reconnu que si les résultats de l’aide au développement étaient souvent décevants, c’était qu’ils détenaient eux-mêmes une partie de la responsabilité. La Déclaration de Paris sur l’efficacité de …
EN SAVOIR PLUSpar Claudio Clivio
On se souviendra du référendum constitutionnel du 4 décembre 2016 comme un des événements politiques les plus débattus dans l’histoire récente de la République Italienne. Depuis plusieurs mois l’opinion publique du «Bel Paese» s’est retrouvée divisé relativement …
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