July, 2012
Un viaje clave a India y China
Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine comments on the upcoming CELAC summit in New Delhi. (NOTE: This article in only available in Spanish.)
What Does the Future Hold for India-Latin America Relations?
"The India-CELAC Dialogue could not be more timely. It joins Latin America's new regionalism with the new India," says CIGI Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine, commenting on the future of India-Latin America relations, part of the Latin America Advisor's featured Q and A.
The worst of the global beast
"The co-editors of this slim volume...have rendered great service by bringing together eminent scholars and columnists from all the continents who have presented compact and readable contributions relating to the impact of the dark forces of globalization around the world," writes Chinmaya R. Gharekhan in reviewing The Dark Side of Globalization, which is co-edited by CIGI Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine.
Rebels fight Syrian troops in two biggest cities
In an interview with CTV News Channel, CIGI Senior Fellow Bessma Momani comments that the fighting in Damascus and Aleppo signals at least the beginning of the end for Syria's Assad regime. She suggests that the international community should immediately begin drafting reforms for the Syrian security sector, political organizations and constitution.
UN's Syria Strategy
CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker speaks to CBC News on the UN draft resolution that called for non-military sanctions against the government of Bashar al-Assad. The resolution was vetoed by Russia and China.
Reeling Syria Regime
CIGI Senior Fellow Bessma Momani speaks to CBC News about rebel gains against the Assad regime, and China and Russia's veto of UN Syria sanctions
Syria conflict: diplomacy or action?
CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker gives an interview to CBC News's Power and Politics on the Syrian conflict.
Ontario universities promise funding guide amid Carleton donor backlash
CIGI Chair of Global Systems Thomas Homer-Dixon comments on a proposed public-private partnership at Carleton University.
Has the Iranian Embassy done anything wrong?
CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker speaks to Postmedia News regarding Iran's interest in recruiting ethnic Iranians in Canada to work for Tehran.
Donor deals should be open: Carleton faculty
A Canadian Press story on universities' public-private partnerships refers to CIGI's proposed international law program and quotes CIGI Distinguished Fellow and Director of Global Security Fen Osler Hampson.
Australia's nuclear dilemma
Maria Rost Rublee, author of the award-winning book Nonproliferation Norms and a member of the international Fissile Material Working Group, cites CIGI Senior Fellow Trevor Findlay's recent report on the IAEA.
India and Latin America
"Globalization may not have meant 'the end of history,' in Francis Fukuyama's famous phrase, but it has meant 'the end of geography' as we have known it," notes CIGI Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine, commenting on Indo-Latin American partnerships.