/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Afghanistan/rss en /channels/channels/news/calculated-measure-success-our-mission-afghanistan-policy-options-332978 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>August 30, 2021 | Was Canada's involvement in the war in Afghanistan a success? Despite the recent collapse of the Afghan聽government and the resurgence of the Taliban,聽Max Bell School professor Andrew Potter argues that Canada accomplished the聽narrow objectives it set back when troops were first deployed.</p> <p><a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/august-2021/the-calculated-measure-of-success-of-our-mission-to-afghanistan/">Read the article</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/afghanistan_1.jpg?itok=DkgKdddq" width="160" height="100" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:33:58 +0000 webfull 172670 at /channels /channels/channels/news/canada-needs-reimagine-foreign-policy-leaderless-world-globe-and-mail-332970 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>August 30, 2021 | In the wake of the disastrous pullout from Afghanistan, a group of foreign policy experts鈥攊ncluding the Max Bell School's <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/jennifer-welsh">Jennifer Welsh</a>鈥攊s calling for a rethink of Canada's role in global diplomacy.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-needs-to-reimagine-a-foreign-policy-for-a-leaderless-world/">Read the article</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/united_nations.jpg?itok=Jp14hHP9" width="160" height="101" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:29:02 +0000 webfull 172660 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-talibans-rapid-advance-across-afghanistan-332466 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Taliban insurgents entered Kabul after previously taking control of all of Afghanistan's other major cities apart from the capital. Prior talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government on a political understanding that could lead to a peace deal, backed by the United States and its allies, have failed to make significant progress. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taliban-afghanistan-timeline-1.6141890" target="_blank">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here is an expert from 平特五不中 that can provide comment on this issue:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-686124162.jpg?itok=UybXeKs5" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:24:43 +0000 webfull 172308 at /channels /channels/channels/news/world-must-not-look-away-taliban-sexually-enslaves-women-and-girls-conversation-332454 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan has raised intense concern about the fate of the country's women and girls. In response, Max Bell School professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/vrinda-narain">Vrindra Narain</a> has proposed four tangible policy measures the international community must carry out.</p> <p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-world-must-not-look-away-as-the-taliban-sexually-enslaves-women-and-girls-165426">Read the article</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/800.jpeg?itok=oi7x05R9" width="160" height="106" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:09:49 +0000 webfull 172290 at /channels /channels/news/palldiumii-dithiocarbamates-anticancer-metallodrugs-future-264335 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Most chemistry students are well aware of the anticancer properties of cisplatin, cis-Pt(NH₃)₂Cl₂,聽 as a result of the pioneering work of Professor Barnett Rosenberg and his colleagues at the Michigan State University in the late 1960s. Over the years, this simple Pt(II) coordination complex and some structurally closely related ones have become the FDA-approved drugs of choice for cancer treatment, especially ovarian and testicular cancers.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/complex.png?itok=owdPrpa2" width="160" height="79" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:04:14 +0000 webfull 123218 at /channels /channels/news/afghanistan%E2%80%99s-demographic-drought-239737 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/south_asia_foreign_policy.png?itok=otfusVfW" width="133" height="110" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:52:05 +0000 webfull 106124 at /channels