David Kilgour – In Memoriam – February 18, 1941 – April 5, 2022
In memory of the honourable David Kilgour, an outspoken member of parliament, a dedicated human rights activist, and a thoughtful friend.
July 4, 2022
Blog
A Devastating Blow to the EU as Macedonia Remains in Limbo
Allegations of Macron’s potential backing of Bulgaria’s demands on Macedonia raise concern for EU credibility in the western Balkans.
June 6, 2022
Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and other like-minded intellectuals) on the Russia-Ukraine war
We are a group of Ukrainian academic economists who were grieved by a series of your recent interviews and commentaries on the Russian war on Ukraine. We believe that your public opinion on this matter is counter-productive to bringing an end to the unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine and all the deaths and suffering it has brought into our home country.
May 27, 2022
Op-ed: Turn Putin Inward
Seeking to merely “contain” Putin is not enough. We have been outplayed, outsmarted and outmaneuvered in Europe, the Middle East, Venezuela, Africa and the Arctic. And simply repeating the pattern of reacting, deterring, responding, defending will not work.
March 7, 2022
Victor Rud: Is America prepared to deal with Russia or China?
After the Geneva Summit between Vladimir Putin and President Joe Biden, it is time to ask why the irreducible precondition to that approach was so sedulously ignored at the Summit, and afterward.
March 7, 2022
Ukraine saved the west – why the opposition from America’s Conservative Right? asks Victor Rud
Although bi-partisan support for American support of Ukraine remains strong, bizarrely there is a growing resistance to it by the Republican Party’s far-right.
March 7, 2022
Poland’s Pegasus Problem
Pegasus is an advanced software developed and licensed by the Israeli NSO Group, that has gained notoriety for effectively crippling the democratic processes in Poland and worldwide.
February 11, 2022
Ukrainians will fight — they have nowhere to go
This is a reprint of a Toronto Star article dated January 17th, 2022 with permission from the author Alexandra Chyczij and with the cooperation of her co-writer Orest Zakydalsky.
January 20, 2022
Why Did Kazakhs Revolt?
This is a historical examination that will help shed light on what led to the recent violent protests by Kazakhs against their own government.
January 13, 2022
The Ukraine Crises Compared to the Cuban Missile Crisis
This article discusses the error of drawing an analogy between today’s Ukrainian crisis to the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis asserting that
due to Ukraine’s denuclearization following the Budapest Accord the situation today is different than what took place in 1962.
January 7, 2022
While the West Ponders
This article discusses the danger posed by Russian troops collecting on the Ukrainian border and the menace of Russian invasions
together with the demands put forward by Putin to Biden and NATO and how the West should respond to those demands.
January 7, 2022
Putin’s Claim That Ukrainians Are Part of Russian Civilization Is Bogus – Here’s Why
This article discusses Putin’s contention that there is a Russian civilization that envelops Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians
based on a historical link to Kyivan Rus’. That contention is rebutted and the history of Ukraine is explored as a separate nation linked to Kyivan Rus.
January 7, 2022
West Must Not Give in to Russian Extortion
Jars Balan, Former Director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta publishes an Op ED on the recent Russian military build up on Ukrainian borders.
December 23, 2021
Rise of European Democracies After Collapse of Soviet Union
The Honourable David Kilgour delivers a webinar on European democracies after the implosion of the Soviet Union in 1991.
December 23, 2021
If Ukrainians and Russians Were One People, Putin Wouldn’t Need a Translator
Ukraine continues to fight for language sovereignty in order to preserve its national identity as separate from Russia. The global population can take specific steps to contribute to the freedom and democracy of Ukraine.
November 30, 2021
A Hostage to the Veto: The Standoff between Sofia and Skopje
Macedonia’s road to the European Union hindered once again by an unwavering veto from Bulgaria and various demands to follow.
November 30, 2021
The History Behind The Formation Of The New Centre For Eastern European Democracy
The Center for Eastern European Democracy (CEED) was recently formed as a nonprofit in Toronto to promote liberal democracy in Eastern Europe.
The formation of CEED follows the path of earlier efforts in the West to help advance the cause of the rule of law and human rights in
the former Soviet Union and in the countries of Eastern Europe. Those efforts involved decades of hard work helping dissidents and
informing the public about what was happening in that part of the world. The role of CEED today will be similar in nature.
November 6, 2021
What Putin Wants The West To Know About Ukraine’s Independence
Putin relays a strong message and action plan throughout his recent essay on Ukraine directed at Western countries that support Ukrainian independence. Ultimately, Putin’s goal is to regain Ukraine and strengthen his Russian empire. It is time to rally Western allies in support of Ukraine.
August 24, 2021