Women’s Rights as Human Rights: Problems and Paradoxes
We have no option other than to work within the prevailing discourse of human rights, but should be aware of the limits of this course of action.
Bryan Adams and Bears: Who cares about Canadian foreign policy?
Being a US foreign policy specialist I have always dismissed Canadian foreign policy as non-existent. Perhaps I was wrong!
Honouring Mandela’s Legacy
South Africa’s achievements rest on interdependence and an unwavering belief in constitutionalism. This is Nelson Mandela’s lasting legacy.
No Brakes
As with America’s war in Afghanistan, there now can be wars without end thanks to a professional military, new technology, and a changing politics of party competition.
To Santorum et al: What would Reagan do?
A group of self-proclaimed climate conservatives operates a website positing what Reagan would do about climate change, making for interesting reading.
The Shift to the Pacific
America will find more ways to project more power from a distance and less reasons to be constantly on scene. It is a slow walk home, not a major change.
U.S. Legislation Could Shut Down the Internet
Hopefully, Congress will come to its senses and PIPA and SOPA will be defeated. If not, President Obama should announce his intentions to veto both, and the White House should announce a plan to tackle the very real issues of online piracy and intellectual property theft.
Cultural symbols, biocolonialism and the commodification of rural and indigenous bodies
The world’s most powerful institutions and corporations are now interested in subaltern people, because they represent a commercial “opportunity”.
MORE THAN TEN MONTHS TO GO
The US presidential election is more than ten months off and it is going to be, to borrow a phrase from the unloved Donald Rumsfeld, a long, hard slog to get there. The Republican nominee is yet to emerge from the messy competition that began months ago and seems likely to stretch on for months more.
Tea with Madam Secretary, Part II
The following is one of the questions I asked Secretary Albright: Do you see the decision by the Security Council to vote in favour of a US-led military engagement as the beginning of a significant development in a movement towards protecting human security at the expense of national sovereignty?
