East-West RelationsArticle - Monday, April 5, 2010
The reluctant giant
Even China doesn't know how it will play its unaccustomed role as world power. As the US struggles with an ailing economy and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, China is an increasingly important stakeholder in regional and global affairs. This is the second in a four-part series examining how the world will manage a shift in power and influence from west to east.
Article - Monday, March 1, 2010
Toward a new world order
The West's bullying approach to developing nations won't work anymore -- global power is shifting to Asia. This is the first in a four-part series of articles examining how the world will manage a shift in power and influence from west to east.
Article - Thursday, August 6, 2009
Flaherty turns page with mission to China
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is set to lead the highest-profile delegation to China in more than four years, signalling a new chapter in the Harper government's relationship with the world's fastest growing major economy.
Article - Wednesday, December 17, 2008
China and the End of the G8
It is unclear how much the leaders of the world's 20 developed and major developing countries actually wanted to accomplish when they gathered in Washington in mid-November to discuss the fast-moving global financial crisis. However one thing the summit did make clear was the reality that the economic map of the world has been reshaped
Publication - Sunday, October 26, 2008
Asia in the Post Sub-Prime World Order
Yuen Pau Woo, president and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, addresses the audience at CIGI '08.
Article - Wednesday, October 1, 2008
As Asia goes, so goes the world
Canada will have to be up to the challenge of dealing with a region of booming economies, proliferating nuclear weapons and political instability in the coming years
Article - Thursday, September 25, 2008
Why Asia should matter to Canadian voters
It is because Asia will intrude significantly on issues critical to Canada's welfare and security.
Article - Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Showcasing China at its best
The organisation of Beijing Olympics was flawless, the spectacle grand, the facilities were superb, and records tumbled in the pool and on the tracks reflecting the world-beating quality of the facilities.
Article - Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Look Who's Talking
You have to admire their chutzpah, castigating Russia for attacking another country and emulating in the Caucasus NATO's behaviour in the Balkans. Who does Vladimir Putin think he is - George W Bush?
Article - Saturday, August 23, 2008
Payback time for Russia
You have to admire the chutzpah of the neocons for their castigation of Russia for attacking another country and emulating, in the Caucasus, NATO's behavior in the Balkans. Who does Vladimir Putin think he is - U.S. President George W. Bush?