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Trudeau will name new cabinet on Oct. 26

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Oct

Canada, Justin Trudeau, new cabinet

Trudeau will name new cabinet on Oct. 26

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will name his new cabinet in just over one week, with a hotly anticipated return to business for parliamentarians now officially set for Nov. 22. In a press release Friday morning, Trudeau’s office announced he will reveal who he has selected as cabinet ministers on Oct. 26 and that Parliament will return late next month. The House of Commons and the Senate have not sat since June, when the regular session ended for the summer ahead of the federal election that began in August. The release confirmed the cabinet will remain gender-balanced and that Chrystia Freeland…

04

Mar

Academi, Al Bukamal, Blackwater, Canada, CENTCOM, Erbil, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iraq, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO, NATO mission Iraq, United Kingdom, United States

What does NATO want in Iraq?

BY: Valeria Rodriguez PEJOURNAL - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) plans to increase the number of its forces in Iraq with the intention of expanding the organization's training activities in the area as soon as the Covid19 epidemic subsides. Since World War II, the United States had a leading role within the organization, made up of 30 states, being the one that contributes the most to the budget with 22.1 percent, followed by Germany with 14.70 percent, France with 10, 60 percent and the United Kingdom with 9.8 percent. During the Trump administration, the relationship with NATO was somewhat…

10

Nov

agreement, Americas, Canada, Mexico, NAFTA, the United States, trade deal, USMCA

Replacing NAFTA with USMCA

BY: Jacobien van der Kleij PEJOURNAL- The 2,082 paged framework known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), went into force on the 1th of July this year and will constitute according to Trump “the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA”. And its predecessor, NAFTA, part of Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and signed in 1992 by Bill Clinton, will go down in history as the “US worst Trade Deal”. However, the impetus for a new trade Agreement governing a market with more than 500 million people involved, does not signal an end to trade disputes between…

Natural Gas Resources and the Effect of Democracy on Resource Sharing

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Oct

Canada, Energy, Energy Security, Natural Gas, Resource, Russia, the United States, Turkey

Natural Gas Resources and the Effect of Democracy on Resource Sharing

BY: Sibel İleana Okumuş PEJOURNAL - Turkey's recent finding natural gas reserve in Black Sea did not make a big impact because of the course of the economy and the existence of other problems. In contrast, the economic and social problems such as depreciation of Turkish lira and backwardness in terms of human rights are the subjects that being argued. This leads us to search how these resources are distributed in countries with valuable underground resources and how transparently this is done. In this context, we are going to examine the gas reserves of countries and its connection with governence,…

Is NATO prepared to celebrate its centenary?

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Aug

Belarus, Canada, Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, China, COVID-19, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO, Russia, Ukraine

Is NATO prepared to celebrate its centenary?

BY: Jacobien van der Kleij PEJOURNAL - NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated, following the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers on 17 June 2020, that the dire situation of COVID-19 does not imply that other challenges have gone away. With 70 years behind them, NATO member states have been hit with numerous historic consequential shifts and threats, shaping the direction of NATO, its deterrence and defence strategies, and indeed its very structure. These include the Readiness Action Plan, launched in 2014 and the Readiness Initiative in 2018, aiming to enhance the readiness of existing national force and new security challenges.…