Donald Trump’s diplomacy: mad genius or dumb luck?
Scott Gilmore: The simplest explanation is that Trump is merely bumbling through the corridors of global power, but among all the missteps there have inevitably been fortunate landings
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Scott Gilmore
Scott Gilmore is a former diplomat and social entrepreneur who works in (and writes about) the United States, Africa and Asia. His disclosures are many and can be found here: http://linkd.in/1DDzoKv.
Toronto van attack: The cop who didn’t shoot
Scott Gilmore: Amidst the chaos and horror, a Toronto police officer calmly faced down the driver. It’s a moment we should remember.
Canada is not a country.
Scott Gilmore: If our rag tag federation can’t build pipelines, move beer or find some common bonds, we may have a fatal problem
After you’re dead and gone, will your tweets and Facebook updates even be remembered?
Scott Gilmore: Even the humblest among us is leaving behind massive piles of information. But when everyone is creating digital monuments, only a tiny fraction will ever stand out
Mark Zuckerberg didn’t lie to us. We lied to ourselves.
Scott Gilmore: Facebook users are the ones who got dizzy and confused and decided to share their lives with strangers. Don’t blame Zuckerberg.
Welcome to a world no longer led by Moscow and Washington
Scott Gilmore: While America slinks into isolation and Russia jokes on Twitter, Beijing is shaping the world order
Kill the Senate
Abolishing Canada’s upper chamber of ’sober second thought’ will be hard, maybe even impossible. But we have to try, writes Scott Gilmore.
Russia is a mess, but it’s still playing the West
Scott Gilmore: It’s economy is smaller than Canada’s and its military is nothing next to the U.S., yet it’s winning at one thing: upending the world order
Canada-U.S. trade just hit an all-time high, thanks to Trump
Gilmore: The Trump era has brought a golden age for bilateral relations—never have so many Americans been so willing to defend Canada
Donald Trump is the Magic 8-Ball president
Scott Gilmore: Now unconstrained by information, ideology or staff, Trump is unpredictable—and it will have two dangerous implications