Posts Tagged ‘arab spring’

Bye-bye, oil sheiks of the Middle East

Will new technologies make North American energy self-sufficiency a reality?

by Luiza Ch. Savage - Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Cyprus cozies up to Russia

Cypriot officials let a Russian ship loaded with ammunition sail on to Syria

by Jen Cutts - Tuesday, February 14, 2012
CIDA, DFAIT, and promoting democracy abroad

Last year’s revolutions of the Arab Spring were, and remain, the greatest opportunity for…

by Michael Petrou - Monday, February 6, 2012
Whither Egypt?

Why the economy matters more than Islam

by Peter Fragiskatos - Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Syria’s shifting sands

Will Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown bring down the Syrian regime?

by Michael Petrou - Monday, December 12, 2011
Good news, bad news: Sept. 15-22

B.C. salmon are radiation-free, RCMP officers get off scot-free for tasering a child

by macleans.ca - Friday, September 23, 2011
Israel alone

With key regional allies now hostile, the Jewish state appears isolated as never before

by Michael Petrou - Friday, September 23, 2011
In the shadow of 9/11

Debating the impact of the attacks and how it changed Canadian life, laws and liberties

by macleans.ca - Friday, September 16, 2011
Libya’s uneasy uprising

Tribal feuds, clan rifts and deepening political turmoil threaten to undermine the war against Gadhafi

by Ruth Sherlock - Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Why people can’t help themselves

Andrew Potter on how many take a great pleasure in anti-social behaviour, like rioting

by Andrew Potter - Friday, August 19, 2011
Syria: not just another Arab revolt

The Assad regime is down but not out. What happens next will have serious implications for Iran.

by Michael Petrou - Sunday, August 14, 2011
Good news, bad news: July 28-August 4

Shooting victim Gabrielle Giffords returns to Congress for the U.S. debt vote, tens of thousands of Somalis flee famine in Kenya

by macleans.ca - Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Gadhafi pushes NATO to the brink

Why the Alliance’s battle for Libya is also an existential one

by Jody White - Thursday, July 14, 2011
Lots of room at the inn

Beirut’s luxury hotels had only just stolen the spotlight back from bombed-out ones when…

by Cigdem Iltan - Thursday, July 7, 2011
Revolution delayed?

Tourists have fled, the economy has collapsed and Egypt’s nascent democracy has stalled

by Ruth Sherlock - Wednesday, July 6, 2011
How Syria is redefining the concept of brutality

Not content with killing protesters, the regime is also targeting expats

by Erica Alini - Friday, June 10, 2011
Obama's gamble on the Middle East

After the killing of Osama bin Laden, Barack Obama could have been forgiven for…

by John Parisella - Monday, May 23, 2011