World
Politics of Blood
As expected of a developed country with a highly effective healthcare system, Canada has one of the lowest HIV/AIDS rates in the world. However, a completely different reality exists within certain Canadian indigenous communities.
Fine China, but at What Cost?
Despite the tumultuous history of British imperialism in China, the two countries now see cultural exchange as a vehicle for strengthening ties.
Argentina’s Tango to the Right
A newly-elected president in Argentina seems poised to push back against decades of leftist politics in Latin America.
The Year of a Not-so Radical Change
The Jubilee Year has a long tradition in the Catholic Church, but the announcement of a simplified process for forgiving those who participated in the process of obtaining an abortion is revolutionary. Or so it appears.
Finding Refuge As the Tides Rise : The Climate Migration Crisis
In May of 2014, Ioane Teitiota, a 38 year old man from the small island nation of Kiribati, made the world’s first climate changerelated refugee appeal. Overnight, Kiribati became the face o of climate change migration. Surrounded on all sides by the…
Out of the Tunisian Blue: The Change-Makers Behind the Scenes
At a time when Libya has become a failed state, Syria has become a humanitarian catastrophe, and Yemen has become a foreign powers’ battleground, Tunisia serves as a welcome relief. Today, Tunisia, the pioneer of the grandiose Arab Spring, is…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Gentle Push for Chinese Economic Reform
While the TPP certainly hurts China marginally, its exclusion of China does not constitute containment: it is a free trade agreement, and China is not yet a free economy.
An Interview with Gro Harlem-Brundtland, Former Prime Minister of Norway
In Norwegian politics, “It’s the argument or the passion which you decide to express yourself which counts, not money. “