Here's @theguardian.com explanation of why the ceasefire fails to hold every time. In short, big egomaniacs mistaking ceasefire and diplomatic negotiations for military victories, and goofing up every opportunity to end the suffering of people everywhere.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of seeking to “inflict the same level of damage and destruction” on Lebanon as Israeli forces had wrought on Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
How to cover up defeat of a misjudged power with pompous and high sounding words as the world braces for its worst oil crisis since 1970s and recession fears.
My reading of this critical report of the hour by Jason Burke in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
UK security adviser Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, reports the Guardian. But clearly some warmongering leaders had other ulterior motives.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Former Liberal cabinet minister Lloyd Axworthy criticised Ottawa's support of the strikes in Iran and contrasted with how Canada in 2003 refused to support the U.S. invasion of Iraq because it was not authorized by a UN Security Council resolution.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/daea8e4...
Canada’s PM says US-Israeli strikes on #Iran appear ‘inconsistent with international law’
From my former colleague, a veteran journalist and one of the finest security and war correspondent Jason Burke
Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first, analysts say
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
The US-Israeli attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression. There is no lawful justification for it. No different from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or Rwanda’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
An excellent outlook on Bangladesh ahead of its national elections due in a few days and how the country is leaning towards a multipolar world order based on transactional partnerships breaking away from the Western dominated world order.
By Syed Tashfin Chowdhury
www.trtworld.com/article/9d51...
The BEI OnDemand modules in Digital Policy Innovation are now 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘.
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄.
balsillieinstitute.ca/on-demand-mo...
Amnesty International @amnesty.org s’inquiète des violations des droits humains suite à l’intervention militaire américaine au #Venezuela 🇻🇪
www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/ne...
"We’re out here to show solidarity with a country whose sovereignty and self determination has been violated by our government using our tax dollars," Taylor Young, a protester in Seattle.
Protests in US cities over Trump’s military intervention in #Venezuela 🇻🇪 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Is it a resource problem or intent? Must be a very difficult question to answer. 5/5
How under the watch of an administration that is aware of the many political and vicious elements that are at play now and will be in the coming days, failed to save the institutions, fails me. The optics of threat perception didn't seem too hazy to me. 4/5
Many of my former colleagues, friends and my editor Nurul Kabir, whose leadership helped clear the fog and exposed the facade of the various political pursuits at play at any given time, showed the paths that our political leaders should follow instead, were attacked, institutions were burnt. 3/5
Some of the country's biggest bigots on YouTube have fueled the fire on the country's biggest cultural and intellectual institutions. 2/5
There are more than one group that gains from the pain #Bangladesh is in. The ousted and a big neighbouring state that have all been slamming the country, its government and the people. Then the ultra right whose political agenda is very different from Bangladesh's mainstream media. 1/5
Inviting Canadian technology stakeholders to participate in this survey to:
🔹 Shape the national technology agenda as thought leaders.
🔹 Enrich empirical data with insights.
🔹 Be part of @BalsillieSIA's wider advocacy network.
Access the survey here:
wlu.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Behind the Gen Z uprising is an entrenched frustration over poor leadership and governance. The future can be uncertain but what the youth have lived over the last two decades is not something they wish to live in.
youtube.com/shorts/mXtD-...
Human rights should be at the centre and heart of policies that governments define and not repeat the violations that youth have aspired to walk away from. I spoke about the Gen Z uprising in Asia with Andrea Sanke in TRTWorld.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya8Q...
Enjoyed the #snowbirds performing at the Canadian International Air Show 2025 up close.
Heartbroken by the loss of lives of children at a school this afternoon in Dhaka after a training jet of #BangladeshAirForce crashed. Thinking of the children, the families living through this horror, and those tirelessly supporting the treatment efforts.
www.thedailystar.net/news/banglad...
Amidst geopolitical challenges and desire to align with allies, Canada's role in the global regulation of military AI hangs in the balance. @brankamarijan.bsky.social discusses in this Balsillie Case Study the legal and ethical aspects in the military AI governance.
balsilliecases.ca/case-study/a...
The anxiety that some Bangladeshi students experience abroad isn't isolated. A brilliant and a niche piece by the eloquent writer and a comms professional Syed Tashfin Chowdhury about the psychosocial support that not many people talk about.
www.thedailystar.net/opinion/view...
Urgent need to protect civilians amid unprecedented escalation in hostilities between Israel and Iran 👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
web page of case study The Challenges of Accountability in AI for Immigration: The IRCC and Canadian AI Governance and its abstract
New publication alert! The Challenges of Accountability in AI for Immigration: The IRCC and Canadian AI Governance
balsilliecases.ca/case-study/t...
I'm delighted to be elected Director at @amnesty.ca Board of Directors. It is an honor, privilege and a great opportunity to serve in the cause of human rights and give back to the movement.
In our Open Letter to @MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP, 412 legal, human rights, diplomatic, international affairs, social justice, civil society, faith & labour leaders & experts make it clear: Canada must act to end genocide in #Gaza. 🧵1/10
In the latest Balsillie Case Study, authors Karen Yeates and Taim Saeed present a multi-faceted challenge of balancing technological innovation with ethical responsibility.
Access the case study here: balsilliecases.ca/case-study/c...
In an Op-Ed for The Daily Star on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, BSIA Fellow Saad Hammadi (@saadhammadi.bsky.social) discusses why a systematic approach to combating disinformation is critical to reinforce confidence in journalism.
www.thedailystar.net/opinion/view...
