WorldThe End of Democracy?Around the world, authoritarianism is on the rise, and the West seems powerless to oppose it
UncategorizedHow to beat an insurgency by killing fewer peopleI wrote this article about tackling the Afghan insurgency for our website.
WorldHow to beat an insurgency by killing fewer peopleProgress in Afghanistan shouldn’t be measured by the number of dead Taliban
WorldIran cracks down harder on the Bahá’íIran’s hard-line regime accuses the Baha’i of spying for Israel
UncategorizedMore student protests in IranSeventy Iranian students have been arrested during protests against the reburial of troops who died during the Iran-Iraq war on...
UncategorizedAdvice for the Information Commissioner: Do your job.Longtime readers of this blog may be familiar with my ongoing battle with the Canadian International Development Agency over an...
UncategorizedMore evidence Canada is back on the world stageWatching Obama deplaning on CNN: CNN announcer describes President Obama arriving in Ottawa where he is "greeted by...
UncategorizedAnd Pearson’s wartime commander thought "Lester" was too mild...My normally restrained and sober colleague John Geddes fears that I’m depriving readers of a window into the lyrical creativity of...
UncategorizedPaging General Satan and Dirty PrickA Liberian newspaper is calling on those who played a role in the country’s long and bloody civil wars to testify before its Truth...