Dear Captain Sully: Fasten your Seatbelt
You already have decades of experience navigating the skies. Now, you will need to navigate the realm of multilateral diplomacy.
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UN Rapporteur: Iran Committed Human Rights Violations in Downing of Ukrainian Airliner
Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, announced on February 23 that the Islamic Republic of Iran committed multiple human rights violations related...
Policy Briefs
Azerbaijan MP tells ‘Post’ Iran must not execute wrestler
First politician from majority Shi’ite majority country to come out against Iran’s regime.
Op-eds
Canadian Activists are Finally Learning that Israel Isn’t the Middle East’s True Villain
At the time of their release from Egyptian custody this past weekend, filmmaker and pro-Palestinian activist John Greyson and his traveling companion Tarek Loubani were just ...
Op-eds
Ahmadi Muslims, Killed in Pakistan but Welcomed Here, Perfectly Symbolize Our Canadian Values
Last week, when Canadians learned that the federal government was set to announce the creation of a new “Office of Religious Freedom,” CBC reported the news with...
Op-eds
The Rise of Egypt’s Jon Stewart
The popularity of satirist Bassem Youssef may show that the government can’t stifle public debate
Op-eds
Israel’s Just War
This is the third time the world has seen this tragedy performed. Act I was in 2006, during Israel’s Lebanon War with Hezbollah. Act II played out in 2008 and early 2009, with the first Gaz...
Op-eds
How the Tragedy of 9/11 Made Canada a Better, More Sensible Country
How much has Canada changed in the last eleven years? Consider this: As the World Trade Center rubble was still smoldering, the then-leader of Canada’s left-wing NDP party, Alexa McDonough,...
Op-eds
Oh, Brother
Why Egypt's new Islamist president is keeping the Saudis up at night.
Op-eds
A New United Church Report Shows How Israel-Haters Have Lost the Argument
According to a new report from the United Church of Canada, “the deepest meaning of the Holocau...
Op-eds
Nothing Alienates Canadians Like the Veneration of ‘Human Bombs’
Are we witnessing a turning point in the Muslim world’s attitude toward terrorism? Self-described “martyrs” who kill in the name of Islam have long been revered figures among Is...
Op-eds
From Brampton to Bangladesh, Anti-Hindu Hate is All Too Real
The last week has done much to educate me in the ethnic politics of South Asia. After writing...
Op-eds
How the Tragedy Made Canada a Bolder, Prouder Nation
How much has Canada changed in the last decade? Consider this: As the World Trade Center rubble was still smouldering, NDP Leader Alexa McDonough declared: “As responsible international cit...
Op-eds
Return of the Somali Pirates
By Dr. Peter Pham After maintaining a relatively low profile since the end of the monsoon season two months ago, Somali pirates literally shot their way back into the headlines...
Op-eds
Climate Change and Security in Africa
By Dr. J. Peter Pham For much of Africa's post-independence history, "African unity" was more an aspiration than a reality. Consequently, even when, as I...
Op-eds
The New U.S. Sudan Policy: A Preliminary Review
By Dr. J. Peter Pham After a weekend marked by leaks to the Washi...
Op-eds
Eritrea: Spoiler Exacerbates Crisis in the Horn of Africa and Beyond
By Dr. J. Peter Pham One of the frustrations with which Africa's friends have had to repeatedly cope over the years has been the seemingly utter incapacity of the African l...
Op-eds
Guinea: At the Edge of the Precipice
By Dr. Walid Phares When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara seized power the day before Christmas Eve last year following the death of longtime ruler General Lansana Conté, I wa...
Op-eds
Putting Puntland’s Potential into Play
By Dr. J. Peter Pham In last week's column, I noted that the United States military and intelligence communitie...
Op-eds
Somali Instability Still Poses Threat Even After Successful Strike on Nabhan
By Dr. J. Walid Phares The United States struck an important blow against Islamist terrorism in the Horn of Africa earlier this week when, in the middle of the day on Monday, Sp...