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U.S. Government & governance January – 30 June 2025

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing How regime change happens in America By Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic) Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency […]

UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-

UN High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence UNGA Resolution 377 Multilateralism needs an overhaul. – Here’s where to start Multilateralism 25-26 June AI Overview: The United Nations will celebrate its 80th anniversary on June 26, 2025. […]

Multilateralism January 2024 – May 2025

G7 Canada 2025 International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, 24 April What is multilateralism? Multilateralism is often defined in opposition to bilateralism and unilateralism. Strictly speaking, it indicates a form of cooperation between at […]

COP29 Baku Climate Change Conference

UN Climate Change Conference Baku, Azerbaijan 11-22 November 2024 COP29: What are the key issues on the table? The UN Climate Change Conference COP29 gets underway on Monday [11 November] in Baku, Azerbaijan. With climate impacts […]

The UN Decade on Biodiversity and beyond 2019- November 2024

UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) IPBES Global Assessment Preview African elephants are migrating to safety —and telling each other how to get there What is biodiversity and why does it matter to us? Damian Carrington, […]

Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Richard Shaw Minturn RIPFebruary 12, 2025
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Herbert Bercovitz OWN R.I.P.December 5, 2024
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-September 10, 2024
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on André-Eugène Audet 1939 – 2024 RIPJuly 25, 2024
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
Alireza Najafi-Yazdi on Wednesday Night #2210July 21, 2024
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…