by Owen Lippert | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Opinion
The Problem With Election Observation Missions What might the international community of democracy promoters do better to support free and fair elections? One solution is to reassess how civil society organizations and democratic practitioners pass judgment on...
by Owen Lippert | Jun 18, 2021 | Blog
Time for a Canadian Agency to Support Democracy Abroad Why is Canada lagging behind in global democracy promotion? Canadian flag waving in front of the Parliament Building in Ottawa. Photo by Jason Hafso (Unsplash) Canada has nurtured one of the world’s founding...
by John Gruetzner | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog
Myanmar: What If You Knew Her Dead and Lying On the Ground! The first news flashes across your phone in text form: “Myanmar security forces open fire on protesters, killing at least 18, according to United Nations.” The death toll is rising and, many weeks...
by Paul | Mar 7, 2021 | Blog
Joe Biden’s Challenges in a Post Trump World Order The following piece is based on the author’s extensive experience dealing with Canada-US Relations at Global Affairs Canada. It focuses on the challenges that the Biden Administration is facing domestically and...
by Chris Alexander | Nov 12, 2020 | Blog
Three Mistakes From 1989 Three major challenges we are facing in 2020 – a worsening conflict in Afghanistan; an aggressive Chinese Communist Party; and an irredentist Kremlin – have their roots in major decisions taken in 1989. The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989. 1989...
by Élisabeth Vallet | Oct 9, 2020 | Blog
Introducing Élisabeth Vallet It was several days after the fall of the Twin Towers, in the aftermath of September 11, before we could gradually resume air travel in North America. But this brief incident heralded a trend driven by a growing paranoia directly linked to...
