“A paltry sum,” said Chandni Raina, India’s representative at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. Ms. Raina was referring to…

In a recent article, New York Times opinion writer David Wallace-Wells poses the question “What Happens if China Stops Trying to Save the World?” Wallace-Wells…

A recent survey of Canadian attitudes toward various countries by the Angus Reid Institute produced some interesting results. The survey covered nine countries that have…

At a time when democracy seems to be losing ground around the globe, even in the United States, one of the saddest losses is Hong…

It doesn’t seem that long ago that the U.S. and Canadian governments were assuring us that free trade would be the answer to everything from…

Perhaps the most famous border in the world is the one along the Rio Grande that separates Mexico from the United States. It is almost…

Winston Churchill is credited with saying “It’s better to jaw-jaw than war-war.” It is very much better indeed when two protagonists are armed with nuclear…

Reading a very good book recently I was once again reminded of the irrepressible nature of the American economy. The book is Chip War: The…

The Middle East has been an ugly place for some time. It has become humanity’s favourite region for killing each other although Vladimir Putin is…

When President Xi Jinping introduced his Politburo Standing Committee at the 20th Communist party congress in Beijing, one thing stood out. Of the seven, none…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently introduced a concept she referred to as “friend-shoring.” In her words, “Friend-shoring is the idea that countries that espouse…

Xi Jinping has it all: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, chairman of the Central Military Commission, commander-in-chief of the People’s Liberation Army, and…