The UN Charter commits all member states to urgently pursue a peaceful resolution to armed conflicts. At this holy time for three great religions, let us reassert our common humanity and redouble our peacemaking efforts.
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Reality seeps into Ukraine propaganda fog and more on NATO Summit folly
Today’s post penetrates the fog of war in Ukraine and takes another deep dive into the deeply problematic outcomes of NATO’s Madrid Summit.
Can a rules-based international order survive without nuclear arms control?
What can be more important for the “rules based international order” that Foreign Minister Freeland purports to champion than binding nuclear arms control agreements? Canadian leadership please!
Trends and trouble spots in 2019
Veteran international affairs practitioner Robert Malley of the International Crisis Group previews 10 global conflicts, ongoing or incipient, that bear close scrutiny in 2019.
The beginning of the end of nuclear weapons?
While the nuclear weapons states continue their build-up, most of the rest of the world is preparing the way for nuclear disarmament.
Will Vancouver meeting on North Korea help or hinder peace?
With North Korea, China, and Russia among the uninvited, it remains to be seen whether the Vancouver Foreign Ministers’ meeting will do more harm than good.