Will the centre hold in South Africa?
The ruling African National Congress is under pressure to redistribute resources to the black majority
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Michael Petrou
Senior writer Michael Petrou has covered conflict across the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia. He is the author of ’Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War’, which was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award, and ’Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post-9/11 Islamic World’, which won it. He has a DPhil from the University of Oxford.
’I want the Iranian government to release my son’: father of jailed blogger speaks
Hossein Ronaghi’s father fears his son will die in prison
Dr. Marc Dauphin on treating the Taliban, PTSD and the chaos of war
In conversation with Michael Petrou
Canada considers re-engaging in Libya
The United States, Italy, Britain, and Turkey have agreed to train thousands of Libyan troops to counter the instability caused by...
Nice region of darkness you have here: Stephen Harper visits the Middle East
Why the PM should take a helicopter over the West Bank
When dealing with Iran, don’t abandon those stuck living there
Why there is too much emphasis on nuclear capability
On the Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut
The Syrian civil war had spilled into Lebanon well before today’s twin bombings against the Iranian embassy in Beirut. The war...
Ukraine wobbles between Russia and Europe
“Ukraine,” Russian President Vladimir Putin once told his American counterpart George W. Bush, “is not even a state.”...
Jan Karski’s futile mission to stop the Holocaust
A new Canadian War Museum exhibit tells his story
Hamid Ghassemi-Shall’s waking nightmare inside an Iranian jail
After 64 months in prison, Toronto man opens up on his ordeal