Memo
May 7, 2014
Brits prepare for years of minority government
By Paramjit Rai, Annie Cheung, Igor Delov, Amitav Rath, Andrew Cardozo
The British are getting used to the idea of minority Parliaments as voting patterns change and the two mainline parties, Conservative and Labour, lose ground to smaller parties, observed Nick Pearce, Director of the London-based Institute for Public Po
Memo
March 9, 2014
Dilemmas for Japan’s Abe
By Joseph Caron
On December 26, 2013, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo visited the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo for the first time during his current administration. Such visits have been highly controversial and provocative among Japan’s immediate neighbours, a
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April 2, 2014
Photos: Albright & Axworthy
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Former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former prime minister John Turner, and former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy, pictured in Toronto at the Global Progress Evening, hosted by the Pearson Centre, April 1, 2014 Lloyd Axworthy
News Item
April 1, 2014
Deja Vu in World Affairs: Globe & Mail Interview With Madeleine Albright
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Before speaking at the Canadian Centre’s first Global Progress Dinner, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright sat down with the Globe’s Doug Saunders. She discusses at length the West’s response to Putin’s recent actions in Ukraine.
Memo
March 27, 2014
We Need a New Take on International Security
By Lloyd Axworthy
Lloyd Axworthy writes that there is a need for a new international architecture on security.
Memo
May 15, 2013
Mixed review: how Canada is viewed abroad
By Sergio Marchi
We took pride in the roles that we could and did play, in an effort to make the world a better place. We excelled as bridge builders; as neutral players in crisis situations; as proponents of creative policy solutions; as honest brokers. These were co
Memo
September 7, 2011
David Collenette on 9/11
By David Collenette
“Wind up your speech. There has been a tragedy.” This hastily handwritten note, placed on the lectern as I delivered the keynote address at a conference of international airport executives, heralded the longest day of my political life. It was Sept. 11
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