Bangladesh is still a poor country, but no longer the poorest, and it’s definitely not a “basket case,” the offensive term Henry Kissinger used for it in the 1970s. It has become a development success …
Read MoreThe future is always hard to predict, but we already know that there is a new human disrupter at work on Planet Earth. Unfortunately for Canada, he lives just to our south. Any optimistic dreams …
Read MoreWe have had a month now to calm our jangling nerves. President-elect Donald Trump sat down and had a civilized conversation with President Barack Obama. He promised to keep a couple of popular features of …
Read MoreThe global economic crisis of 2008, and the stagnation and political crises that followed, have made us acutely aware that our future can no longer rely on relationships with other developed countries. The North (basically …
Read MoreIt’s time for the G20 to evolve. Canada’s Paul Martin conceived of it as a crucial response to the 1999 Asia financial crisis, and its membership now embraces 85 percent of global gross national income …
Read MoreWe live in turbulent times. Today's world, just a few years late to be a millennium event, is probably at a fundamental turning point. After over a decade of fat days, at least for the …
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