Michael Petrou

Michael Petrou on the imperative of publishing the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the prophet Muhammad

Syria’s refugee crisis could explode across the Middle East and beyond—and the West’s lack of action will come back to haunt it.

The United Nations set eight ambitious goals for 2015 to dramatically improve global health and welfare. How close will it come to hitting its targets?

Michael Petrou considers the criteria for the CBC’s annual book competition

What is known about the man identified as the hostage-taker in Sydney

Thriving on chaos, Putin will continue to lash out, destabilizing the old world order

Michael Petrou on the lead-up and fallout from this morning’s attack

Why the RCMP’s new counter-extremism program won’t help deal with terrorists returning from Syria

In confronting the most powerful nation in Europe, Putin has found a crack that he intends to widen

Reports had suggested Canadian-born Gill Rosenberg has been captured by ISIS in Syria