GB explores the rising continentâs transformations, contradictions, risks and opportunities with one of Asia-Pacificâs...
Tags: ASEAN, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Asian education, China, clash of civilizations, East Asia, fincancial crisis, Global Brief, Kishore Mahbubani, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Russia, US, West Asia
GB discusses the many-sided condition of the conditional state with former Canadian foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy
GB:...
Tags: Aboriginal rights, Arctic, China, duty to care, environmental impact, Global Brief, human rights, humanitarian crisis, humanitarian intervention, India, Inuit, Kofi Annan, Libyan internvention, Lloyd Axworthy, R2P, Responsibility to Protect, Russia, Security Council reform, Syrian intervention, US, WW2
GB discusses competitive advantage, the wealth of firms, and the theatres in which they will compete with the Financial Timesâ...
Tags: Brazil, China, companies, competitive advantage, Corporate Social Responsibility, economic crisis, financial crises, Financial Times, future of finance, future of international business, Global Brief, John Kay, profitable business, Russia, strategic business planning, US
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
Irreconcilable understandings of âthe peaceâ have betrayed the hollowness of saying âIâm for peace.â But time is...
Tags: 1967 borders, Afghanistan, Egypt, Flotilla, gaza, George Mitchell, Global Brief, Goldstone Report, impossible peace, Iran, Israël, Israel-Palestine, Israel-Palestinian conflict, Israelis, Oslo accord, Palestine, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinian refugees, Palestinians, peace agreement, Peace Process, Peter Jones, PLO, Syria, Turkey, US, Vice-President Biden, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin
Proposition: National champions are good economic policy in the 21st century
Watson (against): One silver lining to...
Tags: Advanced Research Agency, Americaâs economy, bankers, Big companies, Bill Gates, brokers, Canada, Canadian economy, Canadian exports, China, CIBC, East Asia, economic policy, economic theory, financial deficit, Finland, Forbes, foreign direct investment, GB, GDP, General Motors, Global Brief, Great Recession, industrial policy, international trade, Jim Stanford, Korea, laissez-faire policy, Milton Friedman, NAFTA, Nortel, OECD, sands industry, Sumsung, tax policy, US, Wall Street, William Watson
The public discussion about the geopolitics and geo-economics of the Arctic is getting more and more polarized. On the one...
Tags: A-5 nations, Arctic, Arctic competition, Canada, Charles Emmerson, Global Brief, Greenland, Michael Byers, Russia, The Future History of the Arctic, UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, US
The polar endgame is anticlimax: no major conflict in sight, and strategic cooperation reigns
The Arctic, strategically...
Tags: 1959 Antarctic Treaty, 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, Arctic, Arctic competition, Arctic conflict, Arctic Council, Arctic ocean, Arctic oil, Barents Sea, Bering Strait, Canada, Chukchi Sea, Continental Shelf, Denmark, Global Brief, Greenland, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Michael Byers, NAFTA, North Pole, Northwest Passage, nuclear submarines, Russia, Russian archipelago, UNCLOS, US, US Coastguard, USSR
It has been a few weeks since President Obama was selected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Since then, three rationales...
This week, NATO defence ministers are meeting in Bratislava for their thrice-annual regular meeting. Topping the agenda will...
Next Page »
