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  1. Economic Freedom and a Healthier Middle East

    The violent storms triggered by the Arab Spring continue to batter the Middle East. As regimes fall, wars rage and nations fracture, is there any reason for hope? A new Fraser Institute study—Institutions and Economic, Political and Civil Liberty in the ...

  2. Rehabbing Broken Nations

    Appeared in The American If Americans have learned anything from their well-intentioned, costly efforts in the unforgiving lands of Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s that democratic elections do not ensure freedom. Nor do democratic elections necessarily promote ...

  3. Crude Oil Politics

    Appeared in the American Magazine The Obama administration has been punting a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline for five years now, and there’s no sign the president’s kicking leg is getting tired. At various junctures in this endless drama, the White ...

  4. Mexico Needs Our Help

    Appeared in the National Post Let's play a game of guess-who. Name the country where 80,000 people have been killed in a brutal conflict pitting a weak central government against powerful warlords; civil authorities regularly quit or join up with the ...

  5. Bordering on Chaos

    Appeared in The American To optimists, the arrest in Mexico this week of the world's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and Mexico’s bloody drug war generally, are proof that the Mexican government is standing up to the cartels. But ...

  6. The Arctic becomes a hot spot

    Appeared in the American Magazine Online In releasing its first-ever Arctic strategy recently, the Pentagon has shined a spotlight on the resource-rich Arctic region’s increasing importance—and its growing security challenges. It may sound improbable, but ...

  7. Afghanistan's Rare Earth Element Bonanza

    Appeared in The American Magazine Online After more than a decade of war and nation building, members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan are heading for the exits. Although what ISAF will leave behind is better than what ...

  8. Time for Canada to come to the table on missile defence

    Appeared in the National Post "If North Korea would be ready to attack the United States," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in 2006, "that would be a risk for Canada's national security as well not only because of our common values, ...

  9. Time for Canada to Join the Missile Defense Team

    Appeared in The American Interest Online Reports that Ottawa and Washington have resumed their delicate missile-defense discussions suggest that Canada may be ready to join the global missile-defense coalition. If so, it would be a welcome development. ...

  10. Fraser Forum- May/June 2013: Value for money in health care: Varying performances across Canada

    In this issue: Balanced budget in BC comes with short- and long-term pain by Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, and Milagros Palacios BC Liberals have put an emphasis on balancing the budget over the next year. BC’s Prosperity Fund: A good idea if designed ...