International Affairs

As the world tries to find ways of reducing the carbon footprint of humanity, some experiments with ocean waves are showing promise.

Dec 9, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 giant Russia was left as a rotting carcass; energy supplies have boosted its status.

Dec 4, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

A government with its political base in oil-producing provinces is reluctant to get serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Dec 3, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

An attempt to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol is failing because of disagreement between developed and developing countries.

Dec 2, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Despite the diplomatic comments about cooperation and mutual respect, there is a geopolitical contest going on between the United States and China.

Nov 14, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

There's a war going on in cyberspace and the targets are some of the most carefully guarded secret information systems of governments.

Nov 12, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

In 1953, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the go-ahead to Operation Ajax; a covert plan to remove Iran's elected leader.

Nov 8, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Nations gather together to try to find collective solutions to problems that affect them all, but it's usually only the biggest countries that have any real impact.

Nov 6, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Economists put great store in certain numbers and few are more highly regarded than the Gross Domestic Product; but this may be delivering a distorted picture.

Nov 2, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

For three decades, the theories of John Maynard Keynes dominated how countries conducted their economic affairs.

Nov 2, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Governments everywhere are still raising the amount of money they dedicate to war machines while poverty increases.

Oct 18, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Evidence emerges that, despite its denials, the Canadian government knew about the torture of battlefield detainees it transferred to Afghan security officials.

Oct 15, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

For NATO and the UN trying to establish democracy and freedom in Afghanistan the presidential election has been hugely embarrassing.

Oct 7, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

A group of prominent scientists has released a study on the capacity of the planet's biosystems to support life.

Oct 5, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

American Attorney General Eric Holder is looking into torture allegations against Bush administration officials; an older case remains unanswered.

Oct 2, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

The Geneva Conventions expressly forbid the torturing of prisoners of war, so will U.S. officials be brought to account over the issue of waterboarding?

Oct 2, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

A United Nations fact-finding mission says both sides in the three-week conflict in Gaza likely committed war crimes and perhaps crimes against humanity.

Sep 15, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Inter-state wars are rare, the war on terror is an entirely new conflict, and some battles are just struggles between criminal gangs. It's time to rewrite the rules.

Sep 9, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Twenty years after the adoption of the Geneva Conventions, civil armed conflicts and wars of liberation made the need for changes acute.

Sep 8, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

The bombing of cities, genocide, and atrocities during World War II prompted governments to find new ways to make conflict more humane.

Sep 4, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

By the early 20th century attempts were being made to make conflict among nations more humane.

Sep 3, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

A Swiss businessman was so shaken by the carnage of a battle in northern Italy in 1859 that he began a campaign to control the horror of war.

Sep 1, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

U.S. President Barack Obama has called the hostilities in Afghanistan a "war of necessity," not a "war of choice." Not everybody agrees.

Sep 1, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

By keeping a careful watch on what's flying off the shelves in supermarkets, some business professionals believe they can see where the economy is headed.

Aug 21, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Showing the flag North of 60, Canada's military and political leaders try to bolster the country's sovereignty claims.

Aug 20, 2009 - Rupert Taylor