After forcing down a civilian airliner from European skies in May to detain a journalist who was on board, perhaps it was only a matter of time before “Europe’s last dictator,” Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, would be thrust back into the international spotlight and once again face fresh condemnation for his abhorrent actions.
Read MoreCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just pulled off a feat many thought wouldn’t be possible - and just in time for a probable federal election.
Read MoreIf the Myanmar generals get their way, the number of people living under military rule, together with those in Thailand, in that corner of Southeast Asia will almost double to about 124 million people. That is a prospect ASEAN, and the broader international community, must prevent at all costs.
Read MoreI discuss with host Lauren Taylor how autocrats and strongmen as using technology and draconian legislation to crackdown on mostly youth-led protest movements.
Read MoreA Frontline Club Events power panel on the year ahead featuring experts and foreign correspondents.
Read MoreThe return of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny home: was it a brave move or a miscalculation?
Read MoreThis Oped argues that recent events have diminished America’s global standing and that it will be more challenging to promote core US values overseas.
Read MoreIn conversation with Curzon of London’s Farzana Baduel: Michael Bociurkiw discusses the year just passed and what we can expect in the year ahead.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreLast 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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreHow will the world react to the recently-concluded US elections? A international panel of nine experts were selected to provide commentary for CNN Opinion
Read MoreThe 2020 US presidential elections: foreign policy implications interview on Al Jazeera NewsHour with host, Lauren Taylor
Read MoreWhile 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreWith 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.
Read MoreLive 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.
Read MoreWith 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.
Read MoreHow Justin Trudeau's latest ethics scandal could spell the end of his career
Read MoreGlobal 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
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