International issues

Being part of a “community” is a primordial human instinct. Within a community, one can find warmth and a sense of security in shared values and familiar principles. It is a comforting space, a promised land where hopes, fears, challenges,…

The countries of the Sahel Confederation AES, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, continue in their project of mutual integration towards increasing self-reliance and sovereignty with various industrial, economic, security, and infrastructure projects aimed at improving the living conditions of the…

In a statement issued on Aomar Karim’s official website, Aomarkarim.com, the London-based Baloch human rights and political activist has strongly condemned Pakistan’s ongoing efforts to deprive Baloch students of their right to education. Karim expressed concern that, under the pretext…

On Monday evening, after 15 months of relentless bombardment, Netanyahu and his extremist government chose to break the fragile ceasefire. This decision to resume the fighting unleashed a wave of destruction that has already claimed the lives of over 400…

Radical pronouncements from the new American president have galvanised Canadian society and government alike. They have united Canadians and greatly improved the chances of the ruling Liberal party to win the forthcoming elections. President Trump has made consistent threats to…

Europeans are in shock as they face the latest moves by the U.S. government against the continent. From the paternalistic lecture delivered by Vice President J.D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference in February (see the speech here) to the negotiations over…

Allies in Europe asked me for a few words from the United States on challenges for peace in these trumpy times. Here they are. The challenges in working for peace in the United States and the world, during Trump times,…

American soft power operations in this new era that’ll likely follow USAID and USAGM’s far-reaching reforms under Trump 2.0 will be more creative, appealing, and effective than all that came before. Trump’s Executive Order last week eliminating the US Agency…

                             Expects Better Collaboration from Regulators Environmental organization BAN Toxics has once again reiterated its call for stronger enforcement against the continuing influx of skin-lightening products (SLPs)…

DECEPTION’s meaning is “the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false and invalid.”  Tamara Lorincz (CWPJN) and Pierre Jasmin (Les Artistes pour la Paix) are rightly offended by the unacceptable G7’s March 14 declaration :…