Commentary What is the impact on the global strategic balance of plans by the BRICS nations to create an economic framework or marketplace, possibly backed in the future by an independent currency regime? The BRICS bloc—Brazil, Russia, India, China (PRC), and South Africa—was originally an acronym conceived by New York investors in 2001, but assumed…

“Global health governance is not fit for purpose, and it doesn’t represent a vast majority of global needs and wants and desires, and people on the ground and what’s going to affect them. It gets captured.” Today I sit down with Garrett Brown, professor of global health policy at the University of Leeds. Brown has…

“Global health governance is not fit for purpose, and it doesn’t represent a vast majority of global needs and wants and desires, and people on the ground and what’s going to affect them. It gets captured.” Today I sit down with Garrett Brown, professor of global health policy at the University of Leeds. Brown has…

The Department of Justice argued in a March 2 court filing that former President Donald Trump should not have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in connection to the Capitol breach. The filing comes as Democratic lawmakers push back against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy giving Fox News access to several hours of footage of the events…

The Department of Justice argued in a March 2 court filing that former President Donald Trump should not have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in connection to the Capitol breach. The filing comes as Democratic lawmakers push back against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy giving Fox News access to several hours of footage of the events…

The Department of Justice argued in a March 2 court filing that former President Donald Trump should not have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in connection to the Capitol breach. The filing comes as Democratic lawmakers push back against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy giving Fox News access to several hours of footage of the events…

The Department of Justice argued in a March 2 court filing that former President Donald Trump should not have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in connection to the Capitol breach. The filing comes as Democratic lawmakers push back against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy giving Fox News access to several hours of footage of the events…

In a Japanese think tank’s latest simulation predicting who would win a cross-strait war, Taiwan emerges victorious, with Beijing failing to conquer the island. But both sides sustain heavy losses. As for the players, Beijing is on one side facing off with Taiwan, the United States, and Japan. The year is 2026, and the losses…

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s interpretation of what constitutes a national security threat is not relevant when it comes to a government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act, two of the spy agency’s former directors testified at a national inquiry Wednesday. Ward Elcock, who led CSIS from 1994 to 2004, and Richard Fadden, who led…

Commentary We are assured by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the G20, and their friends that pandemics pose an existential threat to our survival and well-being. Pandemics are becoming more common, and if we don’t move urgently we will have ourselves to blame for more mass death of the “next pandemic.” The proof of this is the catastrophic…