Media — Michael Bociurkiw

CNN Opinion: Why Putin wants to keep Navalny locked up

The return of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny home: was it a brave move or a miscalculation?

Michael BociurkiwFebruary 6, 2021Russia, Alexei Navalny, Navalny, CNN, Cnn Opinion, Michael Bociurkiw, democracy, human rights, Putin, Vladimir Putin, GermanyComment

CNN Opinion: Can America Still Promote Democracy?

This Oped argues that recent events have diminished America’s global standing and that it will be more challenging to promote core US values overseas.

Cross-Atlantic Power Panel: The Year Just Passed, The Year Ahead

In conversation with Curzon of London’s Farzana Baduel: Michael Bociurkiw discusses the year just passed and what we can expect in the year ahead.

Al Jazeera: Covid-19 and The Year Ahead

On Al Jazeera’s prime time flagship program, News Hour, host Lauren Taylor speaks to Michael Bociurkiw about the spiralling Covid-19 crisis in the U.S., and his predictions for the year ahead.

CNN Opinion: Justin Trudeau didn't foresee this potentially catastrophic political crisis

Last week, Canadians were exasperated after being told that the majority of them are not expected to be vaccinated against the deadly Covid-19 virus until September or even as late as December 2021. This is possibly months after people in other G7 countries that manufacture vaccines are expected to have access.

Michael BociurkiwDecember 7, 2020

Bloomberg Television: Balance of Power, Dec 1, 2020

On Bloomberg TV’s prime time show, Balance of Power, I discuss with host David Westin the implications of the Covid-19 vaccine delay for Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. Also Canadian’s reaction to the election of Joe Biden.

Michael BociurkiwDecember 1, 2020

CNN Opinion: The World Reacts to the US Presidential Election (Panel)

How will the world react to the recently-concluded US elections? A international panel of nine experts were selected to provide commentary for CNN Opinion

Michael BociurkiwNovember 10, 2020US, US elections, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Cnn Opinion, CNN, Michael Bociurkiw, Justin Trudeau, CanadaComment

Al Jazeera NewsHour - US Elections

The 2020 US presidential elections: foreign policy implications interview on Al Jazeera NewsHour with host, Lauren Taylor

Michael BociurkiwNovember 4, 2020

CNN Opinion: The Conflict We Can't Ignore

While the world is preoccupied with the Covid-19 pandemic, the regional conflict in the remote separatist enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh is threatening to escalate into a wider war on the doorsteps of Europe and Asia.

CNN Opinion: Why Canada Flattened the Curve - and the US Didn't

The US Covid-19 cases per capita are more than five times what they are in Canada. This OpEd looks at some of the factors which allowed Canada to crush the curve.

CNN Opinion: Who's standing up to Russia on Navalny poisoning? Not America

With the German government's announcement Wednesday of "unequivocal evidence" that the nerve agent Novichok was used in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, we are once again reminded how a vacuum in global leadership -- notably, in this instance, the silence of the American President -- can potentially open the way for the world's strongmen to reach for the deadliest means to silence their critics.

Michael BociurkiwSeptember 5, 2020Russia, Navalny, Alexei Navalny, Cnn Opinion, Ukraine, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Germany, sanctions, Nord Stream, Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, CNN OpinionComment

Al Jazeera: Belarus Protests & Poisoning of Alexei Novalny

Live from London and Ottawa, I speak to Al Jazeera’s Maryam Nemazee on the poisoning of Russia opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and Russia’s intentions in Belarus.

Michael BociurkiwAugust 26, 2020Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, German, Al Jazeera, Maryam Nemazee, Canada, human rights, democracyComment

CNN Opinion: What's stopping Putin from expanding further?

With mass protests erupting in Belarus over a disputed presidential election on Sunday, after which incumbent Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory, the Kremlin must be watching nervously.

Michael BociurkiwAugust 13, 2020

CNN Opinion: How Justin Trudeau's latest ethics scandal could spell the end of his career

How Justin Trudeau's latest ethics scandal could spell the end of his career

BBC World TV: Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine?

Global affairs analyst Michael Bociurkiw speaks to BBC World Television's Maryam Moshiri about an imminent ceasefire in E. Ukraine that was re-affirmed by Russia President Putin and Ukraine President Zelensky

Michael BociurkiwAugust 1, 2020BBC, BBCWorld, BBC World, Russia, Ukraine, Putin, Michael Bociurkiw, Zelensky, peace, diplomacy, ceasefire

CNN Opinion: Is China the new leader on the world health stage?

The World Health Assembly (WHA) -- the biggest event on the global health agenda -- held on Monday and Tuesday this week, can be easily summed up: The Trump administration threatened to take the UN agency off life support as it fights a global pandemic -- and Chinese President Xi Jinping threw it a new life line.