Hope in the Era of Trump
The following address by Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. was part of a webinar organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the World Academy of Arts and Science — “Building Trust, Building Peace […]
Reflections on Why We Celebrate July 4th and What is at Risk
The United States has just changed dramatically and we have new unexpected responsibilities that call for courage and unity. July 4th in the United States celebrates liberation from authoritarian monarchal governance […]
Robert Oppenheimer and the Transformation of Science in World Affairs
By Jonathan Granoff and Garry Jacobs The Oppenheimer movie has attracted global attention and the highest film awards. It tells a gripping story of unprecedented global events that changed the […]
Alexei Navalny: “Russia Will be Happy and Free. I Do Not Believe in Death.”
The death of Alexei Navalny in one of Vladmir Putin’s terrible prison camps in the Arctic Circle is a tragedy for the world. It is also a marker and a […]
Heather McPherson Has Suddenly Become One of the Most Important MPs in Ottawa
The NDP MP is not just standing up for Palestinians, but for a rules-based order that the world needs reaffirmed at this moment in history, and which too many Canadian […]
Canada and Oppenheimer Race the Doomsday Clock
No Oscar for Canada for its performance in the most important subject on the global security agenda — the legitimacy of nuclear weapons for war-fighting. By a quirk of timing […]
Republicans: Political Party or Threat to the Country?
In 1776, in its Declaration of Independence, the United States of America announced the formation of a new nation that would be based on the principle that all people are […]
The One-Person Monopoly of Nuclear Launches
The international discussion on nuclear weapons, during the war in Ukraine, has focused on one question: Will Putin use nuclear weapons? The thought that nuclear weapons might be used in […]
The Nuclear Arms Control Architecture is Collapsing
UNITED NATIONS | 25 November 2023 (IDN) — A weeklong meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), takes place in the rare […]
What Shape Does Hope Take in a World We Can See is Rushing to Destroy Itself?
Hope is rooted in our spirit. It is not a tangible thing we can put on the table to bargain over. Hope is a vision of the future, former senator […]