January 3, 2011
THE LAST PRESIDENT WAS A GIANT, AND LEFT GIANT QUESTIONS FOR THE NEW ONE Brazil began 2011 with a new president and all eyes in Brazil, along with growing number around the world, were watching to see how Dilma Rousseff...
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January 1, 2011
Increasingly, issues of Arctic security are the focus of public attention and debate. Whether it is media attention to Russian bombers, the recent announcement of moving forward on the Mackenzie Pipeline, or the increasing body of scholarly work suggesting that we are in the midst of a new cold war, the Arctic is receiving unprecedented attention from political leaders, policy makers, media and academics.
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December 20, 2010
IS IT TIME TO START OVER WITH NORTH KOREA? North Korea (DPRK) continues to threaten its neighbors and international society with a series of military and nuclear provocations, including its second nuclear test (May 2009), its sinking of the South...
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December 13, 2010
...THOUGH THE EXPECTATIONS WERE SO LOW Expectations could not have been lower for the annual round of UN-sponsored negotiations on climate change in Cancún, Mexico. In Canada, media tried to create artificial drama by suggesting they would determine whether the...
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MUNK’S NEW RESEARCH METHODS EXPOSE THE STRUGGLE FOR THE INTERNET Right now, the reader of this article is likely viewing it through an Internet connection, perhaps over their mobile phone or iPad, via the medium of cyberspace. Ten years ago,...
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November 29, 2010
‘LISBON’ OPENED NEW GROUND, BUT AFGHANISTAN REMAINS THE STORY NATO concluded its summit meeting in Lisbon in 2010, where it adopted a new strategic concept better suited to the security challenges of the twenty-first century. Moving away from Cold War...
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November 22, 2010
THE TROUBLED REALITY OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RELATIONSHIP As the Seoul G20 summit retreats into history, one awkward truth is becoming clear. The broad meeting really centred on the relationship between only two countries: China and the United States Coming...
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THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL SUMMIT MOVES BEYOND CRISIS MANAGEMENT The G20 Seoul Summit ended on November 12, 2010 after two days of intense talks among world leaders. The fact that the summit took place peacefully, without any violent protests from...
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November 8, 2010
A LEADING WAR CORRESPONDENT ON HOW WE’RE NOW DISCUSSING AN ANCIENT SCOURGE There is a school of thought in military circles that insists however much you dress war up in new theories or bold doctrines and however much technology seems...
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November 1, 2010
OBAMA’S WORLD VIEW STUMBLES DOWN ‘THE HILL’ As the world turns its attention to U.S. midterm elections, a predictive model that synthesizes many current and historical data tells one clear story: Democrats will likely face serious setbacks in the House of...
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