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Tag Archives: UN

Taiwan spat reveals deeper issues at UN aviation agency: J. Michael Cole in the Toronto Star

ICAO’s responses to a situation of its own making were self-contradictory, the accusations invidious, and the behaviour fell well short of what we...

 

February 12, 2020 at 3:29 pm read more

ICAO Twittergate-Taiwan scandal highlights deeper problems at the UN: J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy

This silly incident is emblematic of the deeper problems that arise when we allow an increasingly authoritarian regime to hijack key international institutions,...

 

February 6, 2020 at 3:18 pm read more

Creativity and risk-taking necessary to ensure Taiwan’s participation at UN institutions: J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy

We have given the autocratic Chinese regime the power to create a dangerous blind spot in the international system, writes J. Michael Cole. By...

 

September 11, 2019 at 4:15 pm read more

Once again we’ve allowed Beijing to hold global health hostage: J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy

When the next major pandemic strikes, it will be essential that information be shared between health authorities in as expediently and transparently a...

 

May 9, 2019 at 4:57 pm read more

Let's not abandon Taiwan on international stage: Irfan Yar in the Toronto Sun

Cooperating with China on matters of health, safety, aviation, trade, and more should not have to come at the expense of excluding Taiwan,...

 

May 6, 2019 at 3:42 pm read more

Should Canada Extend its Mission in Mali? Christian Leuprecht on CPAC

Canada's peacekeeping mission in Mali is set to come to a close next year, and although the UN and some of our allies...

 

November 20, 2018 at 6:19 pm read more
Christian Leuprecht, Peacekeeping

UN Peacekeeping Conference: Christian Leuprecht interview on PrimeTime Politics

Munk Senior Fellow Christian Leuprecht was interviewed on CPAC's PrimeTime Politics, preceding the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference in Vancouver. You can watch the...

 

November 16, 2017 at 3:35 pm read more

The UN’s “endemic” accountability problem: Shuvaloy Majumdar on CTV

The UN's issues with accountability stretch back decades. MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar discusses in an interview on CTV.

 

September 20, 2016 at 4:07 pm read more
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