BRIAN BRENNAN: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS June, 2015 At age 18, Debbie Lori Kaye became the youngest performer in history to have her own variety special on CBC TV. A tiny singer with a big voice, her star had been rising steadily
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JONATHAN MANTHORPEJanuary 15, 2014 Somewhere in the corner of one of the drawers in my desk is a bag containing bullets and cartridge cases I picked up on various battlefields in Africa. For some I have special affection because they were fired
CHRIS WOOD: NATURAL SECURITYPublished January 15, 2014 North America’s recent wintry blast, and one unfortunate crew of ice-detained eco-cruisers in the south polar sea, have stirred the blood of the science deniers. According to well-paid propagandists working for media outlets,1 small-time municipal
JONATHAN MANTHORPEJanuary 10, 2014 Thailand is awash with rumours of a looming military coup as opposition activists aim to shut down the capital, Bangkok, on Monday, in their campaign to oust the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. All the signs are,
JONATHAN MANTHORPEJanuary 8, 2014 As al-Qaida-linked groups hijack the anti-government insurgencies in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere, Washington is finding itself making common cause with its old enemy, Iran, and exciting the anger of its traditional ally, Saudi Arabia. This tectonic shift in
JONATHAN MANTHORPEJanuary 3, 2014 Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has spent a decade trying to curb the political power of the country’s military, but now there are early indications he wants the support of the generals as he confronts the more serious
JONATHAN MANTHORPEJanuary 1, 2014 The hundredth anniversary of the start of the First World War is hardly upon us and the air is already thick with speculation it might happen again. At one level, this is completely understandable. The First World War,
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately” — Benjamin Franklin CHRIS WOOD: NATURAL SECURITYPublished January 1, 2014 Here’s a thought as we enter a new year: We’re all in this together. That is not a moral sentiment.
JONATHAN MANTHORPEDecember 27, 2013 Turkey’s bullish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is locked in a struggle for political survival with a United States-based Muslim cleric, whose followers he helped infiltrate the country’s police, courts, the military, and even his own Justice and Development
“For years they trespassed in my dreams until once, in a circle of standing stones, I felt their shadows pass.” — John Montague ( This presentation contains audio. Turn on your speakers for maximum experience. Slides can be paused and advanced manually
JONATHAN MANTHORPEDecember 20, 2013 The Japanese and Indian navies are in the second of four days of joint exercises in the Bay of Bengal, an event which neatly demonstrates the gathering storm of military preparations rumbling over Asia. The exercise is small