LGBT Rights in Turkey: The Long Road To Tolerance
Turkish society’s attitude towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals is challenging. Although the current picture is bleak, LGBT activists and their allies are working hard to make Turkey a more tolerant place.
2012 Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine: Balancing on the Edge
The 2012 elections showed that Ukraine’s ruling party blatantly facilitated the change in the laws and regulations in its favor. Yet, domestic democratic elements exist and are gaining strength.
The Future of Killer Robots: Are We Really Losing Humanity?
We cannot unmake the drone any more than we can unmake the nuclear bomb. They both sit in the world as technological anchors and lock-in a trajectory few of us can change.
US-Afghan-Pakistani Relations During Obama’s Second Term
The U.S. administration must get ready for negotiations and bring the neighboring countries -especially Iran and Pakistan- together and constitute a regional pact for the peaceful future of Afghanistan.
Jury Still Out on Killer Robots
Killer robots have long been a staple of science fiction. Yet, the prospect of so-called ‘lethal autonomous robots’ is now far more real. As a result pressure is growing to outlaw them before they become an established part of warfare.
Hu Jintao’s Foreign Policy Legacy
Hu Jintao presided over China’s phenomenal rise as a global power. However, Beijing’s assertiveness was not joined with a broader vision, making China an often reluctant actor internationally.
Ottawa’s Struggle to Emerge From the Hemispheric Shadow
Given the billions of dollars in potential trade and US refocusing on Asia, Ottawa would be well advised to develop a comprehensive doctrine or strategy with regards to its relations with the rest of the Western Hemisphere – especially Latin America.
Counting Down to the Mayan Apocalypse
The production of apocalyptic literature is largely a product of Western wealth and privilege that allows wealthy modern readers the luxury of asking counterfactual questions about their own society.
Whither the Vision? Institutional Change During Europe’s Financial Crisis
European integration has lost its orientation; European integration is now a lackluster process; European integration lacks vision. There is a certain capability gap as to what Europe can achieve with its current institutional arrangements.
Wanted: A Coherent Canadian Foreign Policy
Between 2006 and 2011, Stephen Harper’s “Restrained Pragmatism” was a shift towards a realist foreign policy strategy, but now he appears lost and this poses risks for Canada in the international state system.
