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Press for Progress for Afghan Women and Girls
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- April 4, 2018
As the month of March passes, the 2018 Women’s Day theme, relentless Press for Progress, must continue if the gains in women’s status in Afghanistan since 2001 are to be sustained. Eminent members of the international community — individuals, governments, and NGOs, including those from Canada — pat themselves in the back, claiming that due
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Why Deleting Facebook Isn’t Enough
- Analysis
- April 4, 2018
By Taylor Owen and Ben Scott While being pessimistic about the depressing tableau of Silicon Valley malfeasance is easy, let us not forget that the internet has brought tremendous value to our society. Therefore, the answer is not to lock down the open internet or even to delete Facebook (however satisfying that might feel; with
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Standing Guard on Japan’s Most Western Point
- Analysis
- March 30, 2018
Yonaguni, Japan’s most westernmost inhabited island (pop. 1745), lies 111 km from Hualien (Taiwan), but more than 2000 km from Tokyo. Yonaguni is part of the Sakishima Islands that include the Yaeyama Islands to the west near Taiwan and the Miyako Islands 250 km further east. Yonaguni is 500 km west of the heavily militarized
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The West Gets Tough on Russia. What’s Next?
- Analysis
- March 29, 2018
Canada has now joined an international effort to punish the Russians for their role in the use of a nerve agent to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England. Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland issued a statement on Monday indicating that four Russian diplomats would be declared persona non
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