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Tuvalu: A sinking island nation
These are times when the mind struggles to make sense of things. The old measures are discarded, and the new ones unacceptable. Humanity...
Jul 13, 20253 min read


Mark Carney's Trump card
Sharks famously circle their prey, waiting for the right moment to move in for the kill. Landsharks do the same, circling the piece of...
Jun 15, 20253 min read


Climate change is upon us; not just a looming threat
It’s as if 17 years have not passed: I recall clearly the day when I first drove up Israel’s Route 1 from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem past...
May 18, 20253 min read


How the famed secret agent Oleg Gordievsky escaped the Soviet Union and certain death
When posted to Moscow as young diplomats in the early 1980s, we were warned, by gruff men in dark glasses, against the famed KGB...
Apr 20, 20253 min read


International rules of engagement in diplomacy are no longer sacrosanct
Several narratives have emerged from the Donald Trump-Volodymyr Zelensky-J.D. Vance dust-up in the Oval office, the most disturbing being...
Mar 23, 20253 min read


Gaza: Home is not a building
Good morning, Gaza Get up, drink my coffee and rise. Our funeral has arrived—Mahmoud Darwish. The two-state solution to the...
Feb 23, 20253 min read


Why Donald Trump covets Greenland
There’s no denying it. Donald Trump is a prince among real estate developers, known for his pushy, winner-takes-all approach. Trump...
Jan 26, 20253 min read


Good fences make good neighbours
When fences erode, or nobody is at home, neighbours tend to take advantage. A nibble at a patch of land, a fence post pushed a yard away,...
Dec 22, 20243 min read


How to do business with Donald Trump in his second term
The world is still coming to terms with Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Many had no doubt predicted, even feared, this outcome,...
Nov 17, 20244 min read
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