Why Canada and Russia should unite to support a common position against the US in advancing certain Arctic claims
Unlike...
Tags: 1949 Corfu Channel Case, 1959 Antarctic Treaty, Arctic, Arctic competition, Arctic ocean, Canada, climate change, Global Brief, Michael Byers, Northern Sea Route, Russia, UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, UNCLOS, US
The solutions to the complex challenges of the âNew Arcticâ will lie in the intricate games â strategic dances â...
Tags: Arctic, Arctic competition, Arctic Five, Berlin Wall, British Petroleum oil, China, climate change, Copenhagen, Dan Hurley, EU, G8, Global Brief, International Criminal Court, Japan, Landmines Treaty, Lloyd Axworthy, New Arctic, R2P, Responsibility to Protect, Rome Statute, Russia, South Korea, UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, UNCLOS
GB talks international disasters, relief and all things humanitarian with the UNâs former emergencies chief
GB How do...
Tags: Africa, Burundi, Central African region, climate change, colonization, Congo, Darfur, developing world, earthquake, Egeland, emergencies, emergency, Global Brief, globalized terrorism, Haiti, human movements, humanitarian affairs, humanitarian disasters, humanitarian relief, immigration, international cooperation, international emergency, Jan Egeland, Kosovo, Milosevic, miss migrations, Mother Earth, natural disasters, North America, Northern Uganda, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Ocean tsunami, Oslo accord, Oslo peace process, peace-building, peace-making, Red Cross, Rwanda, Somalia, South Korea, UN humanitarian relief, United Nations, weather
On Modern Manifestations of Water, Human Ingenuity and Manifest Destiny
In the âMiddle East,â host to a great number...
Tags: Ali Mossadegh, climate change, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gholam-Ali Mossadegh, Global Brief, Golan Heights, Headwater Diversion Plan, Hydropolitics, irrigation, IsraĂ«l, Jordan, Jordan River, Kurdistan Workerâs Party, Middle East, Nile, North Africa, regional cooperation, Six-Day War of 1967, Southeast Anatolia Project, Syria, the International Water Association, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, the World Water Assessment Program of UNESCO, the World Water Council, Tigris-Euphrates, Turkey, Water Carrier, water dispute, water scarcity
GB distills coming world orders with world-beating historian Margaret MacMillan
GB Is there a period of history that is...
Tags: African common markets, chemical and biological weapons, climate change, colonial legacy, declining power, Global Brief, global order, international institutions, Margaret MacMillan, nuclear proliferation, world order
On oilâs collapse and the Middle Eastâs plunge into irrelevance - maybe
If the Middle East did not sit on half of the...
