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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/cida-dfait-and-promoting-democracy-abroad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/cida-dfait-and-promoting-democracy-abroad/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:15:34 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237939 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/cida-dfait-and-promoting-democracy-abroad/feed/ 0 Last year’s revolutions of the Arab Spring were, and remain, the greatest opportunity for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/dissent-from-iranian-revolutionary-guard-emeritus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/dissent-from-iranian-revolutionary-guard-emeritus/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:40:54 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235388 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/dissent-from-iranian-revolutionary-guard-emeritus/feed/ 0 The only Iranian ever to have led his country in battle against the United... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/afghanistan-book-reviews-the-savage-war-and-the-long-way-back/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/afghanistan-book-reviews-the-savage-war-and-the-long-way-back/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:55:24 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235128 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/afghanistan-book-reviews-the-savage-war-and-the-long-way-back/feed/ 0 Readers hoping to better understand Afghanistan and the outside world’s involvement in the country... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/cindor-reeves-leaves-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/cindor-reeves-leaves-canada/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:26:12 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233531 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/cindor-reeves-leaves-canada/feed/ 0 Cindor Reeves, a man who risked his life to bring one of the most... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/update-on-iranian-political-prisoner/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/update-on-iranian-political-prisoner/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:31:00 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233163 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/update-on-iranian-political-prisoner/feed/ 0 Behrouz Javid Tehrani, an Iranian democratic dissident who has spent most of the last... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/on-shooting-a-deer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/on-shooting-a-deer/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:00:47 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226482 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/on-shooting-a-deer/feed/ 0 Michael Petrou on his biggest worry going into his first hunt http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/musharraf-must-have-known-where-osama-bin-laden-was-hiding-mp-chris-alexander/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/musharraf-must-have-known-where-osama-bin-laden-was-hiding-mp-chris-alexander/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:10:30 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226558 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/musharraf-must-have-known-where-osama-bin-laden-was-hiding-mp-chris-alexander/feed/ 0 Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf surely knew that Osama bin Laden was hiding in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/canada-syria-and-suncor-energy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/canada-syria-and-suncor-energy/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:07:32 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226436 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/22/canada-syria-and-suncor-energy/feed/ 0 John Baird is wrong to say Canada is allowing Suncor to continue working in Syria out of humanitarian concerns http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:41:48 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222968 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/gun-control-and-the-toronto-star/feed/ 0 “Tories delist sniper rifles, self-loading weapons,” says the front-page Toronto Star headline, followed by... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/spain-honours-a-canadian-who-joined-its-fight-against-fascism/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/spain-honours-a-canadian-who-joined-its-fight-against-fascism/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:54:35 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221175 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/spain-honours-a-canadian-who-joined-its-fight-against-fascism/feed/ 4 Yesterday, under grey skies by the banks of the Ottawa River, Spain fulfilled an... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/taliban-could-have-been-our-best-partner-to-fight-terrorism-globe-reporter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/taliban-could-have-been-our-best-partner-to-fight-terrorism-globe-reporter/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:54:15 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220259 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/taliban-could-have-been-our-best-partner-to-fight-terrorism-globe-reporter/feed/ 3 Globe and Mail reporter Graeme Smith had this to say during a panel discussion... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/iranian-canadians-fear-canada-is-becoming-refuge-for-islamic-republic-of-iran-officials-and-hangers-on/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/iranian-canadians-fear-canada-is-becoming-refuge-for-islamic-republic-of-iran-officials-and-hangers-on/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:51:56 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220208 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/iranian-canadians-fear-canada-is-becoming-refuge-for-islamic-republic-of-iran-officials-and-hangers-on/feed/ 5 An impressive list of Iranian-Canadians, including top scholars, has penned a letter to Immigration... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/bringing-afghanistans-democrats-out-of-the-shadows/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/bringing-afghanistans-democrats-out-of-the-shadows/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:28:37 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218918 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/bringing-afghanistans-democrats-out-of-the-shadows/feed/ 5 It is fitting that Terry Glavin begins his book Come from the Shadows: the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/david-cameron-comes-to-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/david-cameron-comes-to-ottawa/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:56:40 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216879 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/david-cameron-comes-to-ottawa/feed/ 8 The British PM channels Churchill in his first bilateral visit to Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/20/hows-reconciliation-with-the-taliban-working-out/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/20/hows-reconciliation-with-the-taliban-working-out/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:03:49 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216290 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/20/hows-reconciliation-with-the-taliban-working-out/feed/ 10 Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and chair of the body tasked with making peace... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/08/omar-samad-on-mullah-omars-public-relations/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/08/omar-samad-on-mullah-omars-public-relations/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:00:09 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213729 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/08/omar-samad-on-mullah-omars-public-relations/feed/ 1 Omar Samad, Afghanistan’s former ambassador to Canada, tackles Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar’s recent... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-price-of-peace-with-the-taliban/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-price-of-peace-with-the-taliban/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:49:26 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213231 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-price-of-peace-with-the-taliban/feed/ 13 The prospect of a negotiated end to the war is increasingly tantalizing http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/01/dfaits-spinning-on-syria-and-sanctions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/01/dfaits-spinning-on-syria-and-sanctions/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:57:50 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212551 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/01/dfaits-spinning-on-syria-and-sanctions/feed/ 4 If Canada believes its sanctions are effective, it should be able to say so http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/04/iranian-police-crush-grave-threat-to-national-security/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/04/iranian-police-crush-grave-threat-to-national-security/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:59:14 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207711 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/04/iranian-police-crush-grave-threat-to-national-security/feed/ 1 It’s beyond parody.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/13/access-to-information-credit-where-it-is-due/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/13/access-to-information-credit-where-it-is-due/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:00:45 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201851 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/13/access-to-information-credit-where-it-is-due/feed/ 6 Last month I wrote about the results of an access-to-information request to the Immigration... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/update-on-mansoureh-behkish-jailed-in-iran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/update-on-mansoureh-behkish-jailed-in-iran/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:43:16 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201849 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/update-on-mansoureh-behkish-jailed-in-iran/feed/ 0 Mansoureh Behkish, sister of Toronto man Jafar Behkish, was released from Tehran’s Evin Prison... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/23/four-thousand-pages-of-access-to-information-documents-on-cindor-reeves-%e2%80%94-and-the-government%e2%80%99s-case-still-stinks/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/23/four-thousand-pages-of-access-to-information-documents-on-cindor-reeves-%e2%80%94-and-the-government%e2%80%99s-case-still-stinks/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:50:22 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198870 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/23/four-thousand-pages-of-access-to-information-documents-on-cindor-reeves-%e2%80%94-and-the-government%e2%80%99s-case-still-stinks/feed/ 0 4,000 pages of documents confirm Ottawa has no dirt on him http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/canadian-man-fears-for-his-sister-jailed-in-tehran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/canadian-man-fears-for-his-sister-jailed-in-tehran/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:40:31 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198653 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/22/canadian-man-fears-for-his-sister-jailed-in-tehran/feed/ 0 A Canadian man who has already lost five siblings and a brother-in-law to the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/20/amrullah-saleh-and-the-afghan-detainee-controversy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/20/amrullah-saleh-and-the-afghan-detainee-controversy/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:43:02 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198386 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/20/amrullah-saleh-and-the-afghan-detainee-controversy/feed/ 7 Amrullah Saleh was head of Afghanistan’s secret police, the NDS, during the time that... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/the-cost-of-a-peace-deal-in-afghanistan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/the-cost-of-a-peace-deal-in-afghanistan/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:24:27 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198328 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/the-cost-of-a-peace-deal-in-afghanistan/feed/ 6 My second article from Afghanistan is about Afghans opposed to President Hamid Karzai’s Western-backed... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/16/covering-afghanistan-logistics-and-ethics/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/16/covering-afghanistan-logistics-and-ethics/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:13:02 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197632 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/16/covering-afghanistan-logistics-and-ethics/feed/ 2 Michael Petrou on reporting from Kandahar http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/update-on-cindor-reeves/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/update-on-cindor-reeves/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:29:59 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196977 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/update-on-cindor-reeves/feed/ 6 The brother-in-law former Liberian warlord and president Charles Taylor may be deported shortly http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/on-and-on-it-goes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/on-and-on-it-goes/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:36:39 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194924 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/on-and-on-it-goes/feed/ 3 Haleh Sahabi, daughter of Iranian dissident Ezzatollah Sahabi, was attacked by government goons at... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/27/canadas-national-arts-centre-hosts-iranian-embassy-cultural-day/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/27/canadas-national-arts-centre-hosts-iranian-embassy-cultural-day/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 16:26:10 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194399 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/27/canadas-national-arts-centre-hosts-iranian-embassy-cultural-day/feed/ 16 The National Arts Centre in Ottawa is hosting a “cultural day” put on by... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/23/irans-propaganda-mouthpiece-in-the-west-mazia-bahari-and-ottawas-tulip-festival/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/23/irans-propaganda-mouthpiece-in-the-west-mazia-bahari-and-ottawas-tulip-festival/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 00:48:14 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193723 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/23/irans-propaganda-mouthpiece-in-the-west-mazia-bahari-and-ottawas-tulip-festival/feed/ 6 Press TV, an English-language TV station based in London that functions as a propaganda... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/05/so-long-michael-ignatieff-i-miss-who-you-used-to-be/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/05/so-long-michael-ignatieff-i-miss-who-you-used-to-be/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 16:33:27 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=190200 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/05/so-long-michael-ignatieff-i-miss-who-you-used-to-be/feed/ 93 Canadian politics didn’t strip him of everything. He remains a thinker. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/14/foreign-aid-accountability-poland-vs-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/14/foreign-aid-accountability-poland-vs-canada/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:59:15 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=181623 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/14/foreign-aid-accountability-poland-vs-canada/feed/ 18 Researching this story on Polish support for the democratic opposition in Belarus, I called... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/libyan-foreign-minister-musa-kusa-a-rat-jumps-ship/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/libyan-foreign-minister-musa-kusa-a-rat-jumps-ship/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:51:58 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=180418 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/libyan-foreign-minister-musa-kusa-a-rat-jumps-ship/feed/ 3 Libya’s foreign minister, Musa Kusa, has defected. I suggested this might be in the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/07/british-imam-threatened-with-death-for-saying-islam-is-compatible-with-theory-of-evolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/07/british-imam-threatened-with-death-for-saying-islam-is-compatible-with-theory-of-evolution/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:43:39 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176268 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/07/british-imam-threatened-with-death-for-saying-islam-is-compatible-with-theory-of-evolution/feed/ 55 Usama Hasan is an exceptionally brave and good man. That he has been subjected... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/deporting-cindor-reeves-morally-questionable-irb-tribunal-officer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/deporting-cindor-reeves-morally-questionable-irb-tribunal-officer/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:10:55 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175742 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/deporting-cindor-reeves-morally-questionable-irb-tribunal-officer/feed/ 17 The tribunal officer assigned by the Immigration and Refugee Board to the case of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/01/speaking-of-crazy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/01/speaking-of-crazy/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:06:19 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175235 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/01/speaking-of-crazy/feed/ 18 Iran is threatening to boycott the 2012 Olympic Games. Guess why.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/is-it-time-to-bomb-libya/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/is-it-time-to-bomb-libya/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:41:38 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175127 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/is-it-time-to-bomb-libya/feed/ 47 'There is a risk of escalation' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/23/gadhafis-son-then-and-now/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/23/gadhafis-son-then-and-now/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:04:55 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174304 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/23/gadhafis-son-then-and-now/feed/ 9 As late as last year, Saif al-Islam Alqadhafi was still giving speeches at the London School of Economics http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/watching-iran-free-itself/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/watching-iran-free-itself/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:29:29 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172237 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/watching-iran-free-itself/feed/ 7 Live updates here.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/watch-iran-today/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/watch-iran-today/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:27:46 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172068 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/watch-iran-today/feed/ 5 Protesters and security forces are converging downtown, where opposition activists have called for a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/you-will-rot-in-hell-you-know-the-price-for-snitching-liberians-on-cindor-reeves/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/you-will-rot-in-hell-you-know-the-price-for-snitching-liberians-on-cindor-reeves/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:10:29 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171509 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/you-will-rot-in-hell-you-know-the-price-for-snitching-liberians-on-cindor-reeves/feed/ 28 Immigration Canada cannot claim to be unaware of the threats against Cindor Reeves http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/cindor-reeves-the-vancouver-sun-and-more-on-the-governments-response/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/cindor-reeves-the-vancouver-sun-and-more-on-the-governments-response/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:02:02 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171354 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/cindor-reeves-the-vancouver-sun-and-more-on-the-governments-response/feed/ 0 Colleagues in the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau can attest to the fact that during the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/09/cindor-reeves-and-the-toronto-star/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/09/cindor-reeves-and-the-toronto-star/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:01:41 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171062 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/09/cindor-reeves-and-the-toronto-star/feed/ 5 The Toronto Star is now following the story. Here’s my piece from two weeks... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/cindor-reeves-and-the-globe-and-mail/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/cindor-reeves-and-the-globe-and-mail/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:29:42 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170991 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/cindor-reeves-and-the-globe-and-mail/feed/ 17 The Globe has published an editorial calling on Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to allow... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/cindor-reeves-on-cbc-updated/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/cindor-reeves-on-cbc-updated/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:45:11 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170528 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/cindor-reeves-on-cbc-updated/feed/ 7 The CBC has picked up the Cindor Reeves story. I originally reported he would...