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Coming Soon: A Truly Global Human Rights Revolution?
- Analysis
- March 31, 2014
Published on the openGlobalRights Blog, March 31, 2014 There is an unmistakable fin de régime sentiment to much current thinking regarding international human rights. Conferences and discussion forums convene to debate ‘the future of human rights’, with implicit in the title the idea that there might not be one. An upsurge in interest in the
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With Russia Out of the G8, What About the G7 and G20?
- Analysis
- March 25, 2014
Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Prime Minister Harper has insistently demanded that Russia be expelled from the G8. But what sort of G7 will survive that action? And what happens to the G20? For now, the situation was resolved at Monday’s crisis G7 meeting called by President Obama as an add-on to a nuclear summit
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Europe Will Wake Up, and Putin Can Expect a Harsh Response
- Analysis
- March 25, 2014
Published in The Globe and Mail, March 19, 2014 There are many aspects to the current struggle over the future of Crimea which pose serious difficulties for an international community that would like to respond firmly. On the one hand, Vladimir Putin’s charade over troops without insignia notwithstanding, this is an act of naked aggression
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An Ex-CIDA Officer’s Reflections on Afghanistan: Looking Back, Looking Forward
- Analysis
- March 13, 2014
The departure of Canadian troops from Afghanistan does not mark the end of Canadian aid to that country. To move forward, however, Canada must accept the strategic mistakes of the past and record the lessons learned, not only to avoid the same pitfalls but to address public accountability requirements. The following reflections are intended to
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