International

On April 1, 2023, for the first time in my life, I arrived in Moscow. Ten days later, I boarded a train for Crimea. While taking the 28-hour train ride to Simferopol, which is about 2,000 km from [...]

On April 5, the Valdai Club in Moscow hosted an expert discussion, titled “The New Economic Order: Is it Really Possible to End the Dollar Monopoly?” I participated in that discussion, along with [...]

On April 6, 2023, I delivered a presentation at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia’s leading university for the study of international affairs. The subject of [...]

On April 5, 2023, I participated in a panel discussion at the Valdai Club in Moscow. In our discussion, which was focused on de-dollarization, I was joined by Professor Radhika Desai of the [...]

(This article is based on a presentation I made on March 22, 2023 to Students for Justice for Palestine at Carleton University (SJP Carleton). My thanks to SJP Carleton for inviting me to speak [...]

In advance of my upcoming journey to Russia, the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War held a webinar on March 18, 2023 in which I discussed with fellow peace activists my reasons for travelling to [...]

On March 18, 2023, the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War held an online event in which it invited me to explain why I have decided to travel to Russia in the weeks ahead. Below is the text of [...]

This week, I discussed the current state of the Ukraine war and the EU’s involvement in it with Zain Raza of German independent media outlet, AcTVism Munich. We specifically explored the [...]

Nowadays, few things are as hazardous to one’s reputational health as suggesting that Ukraine should make territorial concessions to Russia. The vehemence with which mainstream commentators [...]

From the outset of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, four of the five political parties in Canada’s Parliament have supported the transfer of lethal aid to Ukraine. [...]