George Monastiriakos

George Monastiriakos is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Ottawa. Read his works at www.Monastiriakos.com.

Canada Should Withdraw from the Conventions on Land Mines and Cluster Munitions

When only one side abides by global norms, national interests are put at risk. The global environment has shifted, and it’s time for Canada to adapt.

The Case for Azerbaijan NATO Membership

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Azerbaijan’s membership in NATO would represent a long list of benefits for the Alliance, and all in a highly strategic region.

The BRICS Is Not a Strategic Threat to the United States

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The BRICS is a house of cards, not a strategic threat to the United States.

Why Washington Is Reluctant to Help Armenia

EUMAs monitor within Armenia looking at Azerbaijan's military checkpoint on the Lachin corridor and the blocked humanitarian convoy of trucks that was sent to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), modified, cc EU Mission in Armenia (EUMA), an entity of the European-Commission; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EUMA_monitors_within_Armenia_looking_at_the_Azerbaijani_military_checkpoint_and_the_humanitarian_convoy_of_trucks_is_blocked_on_the_Lachin_corridor_into_Artsakh_(Nagorno-Karabakh).jpg

Geopolitical considerations are keeping Washington from extending a helping hand to Yerevan amid a punishing blockade of Armenians living in Nagorno Karabakh.

Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide

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The world must never forget what happened in Srebrenica on July 11, 1995.

Canada Must Lead an Intervention in Haiti

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Only foreign intervention will restore order in Haiti, and Canada should lead the mission.

Armenia Needs Alternatives to Russia and Iran

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It’s not choice, but geopolitical imperative that pushes Armenia ever closer to Russia and Iran.

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