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Nov 7, 2024 | 
thebusinesscouncil.ca | Louise T. Blais
As published by Policy MagazineAs part of the Trudeau government’s preparation for a second Trump administration, the idea of a minister dedicated to Canada’s relationship with the United States has reportedly been discussed.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
policymagazine.ca | Louise T. Blais
Yes, the two-week annual diplomacy jamboree has its shortcomings; it’s what gets done on the margins that matters. UN/XBy Louise BlaisSeptember 24, 2024The annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), especially its High-Level Week, grows in scope and size every year. Once the exclusive playground of world leaders and diplomats, the annual event now bursts at the seams with hundreds of side events and parallel summits such as this year’s Summit of the Future.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
thebusinesscouncil.ca | Louise T. Blais
As published in Policy MagazineWith Claudia Sheinbaum’s landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential election, North America finally gets its first Jewish head of government and Mexico gets North America’s first elected woman leader. And just like that, the “Three Amigos” trilateral branding that has framed North American Leaders Summits (NALS) since 2005 needs to be mothballed and replaced by something less unwieldy than “Two Amigos and an Amiga”. Perhaps the gender-neutral and trilingual “Trio”?
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
policymagazine.ca | Louise T. Blais
President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum on election night, June 2/Claudia Sheinbaum XBy Louise BlaisJune 5, 2024With Claudia Sheinbaum’s landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential election, North America finally gets its first Jewish head of government and Mexico gets North America’s first elected woman leader.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Louise T. Blais |Joseph Chamie |Banjo Damilola |Dulcie Leimbach |Dawn Clancy |Moncef Khane
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was the target of unprecedented verbal attacks from the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, after a meeting of the Security Council on Oct. 24, when he called on the UN leader to resign immediately.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Arthur Bassas |Louise T. Blais |Joseph Chamie |Dawn Clancy |Banjo Damilola
Welcome to This Week @UN, where we summarize the most important news emanating from the organization as well as promote our own articles that you may have missed in the last seven days. The agonizing toll on civilians caught in the middle of the Gaza war remains the foremost focus at the UN. Herein, news on Mali, Pakistan, Syria and China as well.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Banjo Damilola |Louise T. Blais |Dawn Clancy |Arthur Bassas |Joseph Chamie |Hasmik Egian
China wants to use its monthly rotating presidency in the United Nations Security Council to intensify international calls for a "cease-fire" in the war in Gaza, as Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the UN, said. He spoke to reporters on Nov. 1, detailing his country's plans to lead the Council in November.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Dawn Clancy |Louise T. Blais |Joseph Chamie |Banjo Damilola |Dulcie Leimbach
IDLIB, Syria - In early October, a suicide drone ripped through a graduation ceremony at a military academy in Homs, Syria, killing and injuring dozens of civilians and cadets while delivering an equally devastating blow to the psyche of the Syrian regime and its embattled leader, President Bashar al-Assad. Although no group took responsibility for the Oct.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Louise T. Blais |Joseph Chamie |Hasmik Egian |Dawn Clancy |Arthur Bassas |Dulcie Leimbach
The saddest part of the spectacle of three competing United Nations Security Council resolutions on the Israel-Hamas conflict all failing in the last few weeks is that it was classic Council intractability and, as such, not a surprise. The inability of the Council to uphold and apply the UN Charter is all too familiar.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
nationalnewswatch.com | Louise T. Blais
The saddest part of the spectacle of three competing UN Security Council resolutions on the Israel-Hamas conflict all failing this week is that it was classic UNSC intractability and, as such, not a surprise. The inability of the Council to uphold and apply the UN Charter is all-too familiar. Decades of gridlock and self-interest on the part of certain members of the P5 were capped in 2022, when Russia, the aggressor, was able to veto Ukraine-related resolutions.
