Passing the torch
When Open Canada relaunched over a year ago, among the […]
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Michael Petrou est un historien et journaliste qui a trainé son carnet de notes aux quatre coins du globe, du Moyen-Orient à l’Asie centrale en passant par l’Europe. En 2018, il a remporté la bourse canadienne Martin Wise Goodman Nieman à l’Université de Harvard et a obtenu une bourse de résidence dans le programme d’études mondiales et internationales de l’Université de Carleton. Il est désormais chercheur à l'Institut montréalais d'études sur le génocide et les droits de la personne de l'Université Concordia et au Centre Raoul Wallenberg pour les droits de la personne. Il détient un doctorat en histoire moderne de l’Université d’Oxford.
Most Recent Posts
Remembering 9/11 and the wars that followed
Like a lot of reporters of my generation, I tend to divide my life between what happened before and what happened after
Betrayal
After the West’s abandonment of Afghanistan, no one we promise to help will ever trust us again.
An apology rooted in falsehood
A small number of Italian-Canadians were interned during the Second World War because they were suspected fascists, not because of their ethnicity
Opaque by default
How Global Affairs Canada hid behind the Access to Information Act for eight years to avoid disclosing embarrassing information
Author Q&A: Arash Azizi
Open Canada contributor Arash Azizi, a PhD candidate in history at New York University, is the author of The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the U.S., and Iran’s Global Ambitions (Oneworld, 2020).
Why journalism isn’t saving democracy — but still can
Democracy thrives when we have somewhere to meet and discover each other, to argue and find shared purpose: a coffeehouse, a pub, a newspaper.
Author Q&A: John Stackhouse
John Stackhouse, a senior vice-president at Royal Bank of Canada and former editor-in-chief of the Globe and Mail, is the author of Planet Canada: How Our Expats Are Shaping the Future. Penguin Random House Canada, 2020.
2020: The year Canada must focus on strengthening global democracy
As Michael Petrou writes, the Trudeau government claims to have a human rights-driven foreign policy. But what Canada values are all products of liberal democracy — a system in need of support, this year more than ever.
Parties pitch Canadians on foreign policy ideas, but a grander strategy still missing
International issues were briefly mentioned during Monday's leaders' debate, and federal parties have outlined their foreign policy priorities, but at a time when much is at stake globally, a more meaningful approach is needed, writes Michael Petrou.