World
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Sep. 3
War in Ukraine
Mongolia welcomes Russian war criminal Putin and as a member of the ICC ignores its obligation to arrest him.
Sep. 3
Top News
The illegal crimes of the Wagner Group have spanned the world. Now, they pose a threat to American and European security.
Sep. 2
France
The French judiciary has accused the billionaire, who has Russian and French citizenship, of assisting and complicity in allowing his platform to be used for illicit purposes.
Sep. 2
Russia
The Polish top diplomat's remarks come a week after the NATO country's airspace was breached by what the army said was likely a drone after Russia pummelled neighbouring Ukraine with deadly strikes.
Sep. 2
Israel
Israel has sent officials to Moscow to seek the Kremlin’s assistance in facilitating the Gaza hostage deal as ongoing efforts involving the West have shown little progress.
Sep. 2
Poland
58.5 percent of Poles support shooting down Russian aerial objects that violate Polish airspace, with women more likely to support air defense action than men, 60.8 to 55 percent.
Sep. 2
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Sep. 2
Germany
The AfD is unlikely to come to power in either state because other parties have ruled out working with the far right to form a government.
Sep. 2
NATO
As Vice President Harris looks to strengthen US-NATO relations, former President Trump has called the Alliance obsolete.
Sep. 2
Russia
Moscow goes through the motions of commemorating an attack in 2002 by Russian forces on Chechen fighters holding hostages in a school which left hundreds dead, half of them children.
Sep. 1
Drones
For the first time, Russian jamming of GPS over Eastern Europe now seems to have interfered with a high-altitude surveillance mission of an RQ-4B Global Hawk UAV in Estonian airspace.
Sep. 1
India
India is performing a delicate balancing act as it tries to be friends with both Ukraine and Russia. Modi’s visit to Kyiv came replete with gestures and kind words.
Sep. 1
NATO
The proposal, put forward by the Ministry of Defense’s working group, comes in response to heightened security concerns following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Sep. 1
Poland
The remembrance ceremony on Sunday was traditionally held in Westerplatte, on Poland's Baltic coast, where a Nazi German battleship had opened fire on a Polish fort 85 years ago to the day.
Sep. 1