Check out the brilliant @glorianovovic.bsky.social on why we need more robust approaches to sustainable development than the #SDGs status quo www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1bF...

Re: impacts on LDCs SIDS & landlocked unctad.org/publication/...

Super discussion of the challenges facing international research in 2026 rfi.my/CpTv

Geopolitique w its fingers directly on the pulse this week - great listen! rfi.my/CoJm

Also funny that "industrial policy may be ok in some cases but you shouldn't do it because you don't have the fiscal/administrative capacity" is precisely what IMF/OECD/etc. tell developing countries. Now the ft tells the rich world: "china does it, but you shouldn't". The irony!

More of this is going to happen: commodity producers banding together to coordinate production and marketing and inviting others to join #cocoa rfi.my/CnXy

We are closing @goldperc.bsky.social after 12 years. Here I reflect on the times and what we made of them www.goldperc.uk/project_post...

So nice to see this piece out with @jacktaggart.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social and Peter Dauvergne on global environmental governance in a fracturing liberal political economy... We talk about climate, food and plastics governance as liberal norms erode...

Some big thoughts on new economic thinking and rethinking development from @sakarisaaritsa.bsky.social in conversation with David Peck #ICSDP www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZgf...

Should be front page news in @theglobeandmail.com as well but I’m not holding my breath…. rfi.my/Cm6F

A must-read long interview with @thunen.bsky.social for anyone who wants to understand our current moment. One of the best, most nuanced discussions I've read on US power, with lots for Canadians to consider regarding how to deal with this declining, but still-powerful empire.

daaaamn london

I’m getting on a plane tomorrow for the first time in seven years: some reflections 1/n

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... The messy, chaotic and possibly quixotic quest to phase out fossil fuels

now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...

This one is good as gold without even bothering to mention the Saudis telling Trump to get stuffed. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Oh look, something actually reasonably good coming out of the US this evening: Happy International #JazzDay www.youtube.com/watch?v=y86v...

Only 338 people have submitted requests for the fast-track residency scheme that the US president launched with great fanfare last year. ft.trib.al/puuUq2y

The great commodities disruption giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Seems the @financialtimes.com has stopped its live blog on the largest energy crisis ever. Nothing to see here people - Hormuz is so old news….#facepalm

everything in american politics boils down to this

Americans, look in the mirror; this is exactly who you are. We 🇨🇦 no longer buy into the narrative that “this is not who we (the USA) are”.

The US attempting to shakedown and threaten its erstwhile number one ally and partner will reverberate for decades. Canada will be far stronger w other more reliable partners

Anyone teaching energy/IR/finance/ecology/political science etc, please do share with students & colleagues I concluded my talk with @picharbonnier.bsky.social wise words. Slides here: tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWe... @katemac.bsky.social & my podcast ELECTRIC WORLD ORDER tinyurl.com/PolycrisisPo...

Cameroun: arrivé à Yaoundé, le pape Léon XIV appelle à «briser les chaînes de la corruption»

Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

A full on ban on the use/abuse of AI in the development of graduate-level research or writing is the right thing to do for students. Don't let bullshit technology cheat the next generation of researchers out of the essential skills they need to produce independent, original, and critical analyses.

From our Prime Minster, who I am increasingly convinced actually hates education.

People will be closely studying how Hungary's opposition pulled off their win in such a pro-incumbent system. Important to note that the theme was corruption. Democrats need to get much better at calling out Trump's corruption.

"Leaders of Countries [...] will never be extorted" might be more convincing a position if that hadn't been this administration's primary mode of international engagement

The exercise of chokepoint sovereignty on the tollbooth model would be a remarkable return of the G77-style resource weapon long assumed outmoded.

Excited to see that the Group of 78's report on "Redefining Development in the New World Disorder" includes a recommendation re: funding an independent scientific task force to reassess, reorient, and strengthen the SDGs, and develop a more robust post-2030 agenda. group78.org/group-of-78-... #ICSDP

My latest Swamp Note with @peteratwater.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/ffac2b0e-4... When will Americans take the blame?

In light of recent media pieces arguing that public funds are wasted when they come to our publishing company, we have decided to write a short article about why we remain committed to putting our political commitments over profit-making. fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/wh...

Reasons for being less likely to travel to the US Political climate between Canada-US (67%) Trade relations (61%) No longer feeling safe to travel to the US (59% Don't feel welcome in the US (48%) Weak exchange rate (39%) Among others, from Leger

The FT trying to be a broad church is one thing. But publishing this, and by a contributing editor?

Serious question: how many weeks will I need to cover all this super low class graft in my third-year course on corruption, scandal, and political ethics next year? WTF USA rfi.my/CZxT

Stephen Lewis has gone to the angels. He was a relentless fighter for justice. When I was 9 my Granny (an immigrant mining widow) made me sit in front of the TV and listen to him speak about compensation for mining victims. His passion and commitment stayed with me. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Géopolitique folle en 2026 rfi.my/CZTy

NEW from Kate & I: Where once oil signaled stability and prosperity, this war will ensure that hydrocarbons will increasingly come to be seen as a vector of insecurity, intermittency, and scarcity, as the philosopher @picharbonnier.bsky.social has argued. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/war...

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is holding up shipments of fossil fuels, helium, sulphur, and bromine that are essential for chip production. Will Iran pop the AI bubble? www.ft.com/content/df3f...

Wherein, two empowered boomers argue that Canada should double down on hydrocarbons. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e6beb6b...

Alt headline: "War profiteer TotalEnergies ripe for French windfall tax". giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

154/ 'The head of Europe’s central bank just said financial markets don’t understand what they’re in for. This is Christine Lagarde saying the damage is already done. Most people have absolutely no idea.' x.com/Microinterac...

If you find that you are in need of a meditative mood, you can't go wrong w Work Money Death workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/album/a-port...

The big money men aren’t loving the complexity of figuring out how the known unknowns might stack up.

The global food crisis unleashed by the war ft.trib.al/Vvm54S0