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Photo by Samuele Giglio under the Unsplash License So, an opportunity to meet up with some family in London. What could be nicer! Back in a week or two.

Photo by Marek Studzinski on unsplash.jpg This week we’ve been watching Trump diplomacy – both with respect to the ‘conclusion’ of the US-Iran war and with Trump’s actions towards his…

Photo by Valeria Nikitina at Unsplash USMCA Given we just passed July 1st, Canada Day, it makes sense to start out with USMCA. And, yes, not surprisingly, the three North…

Photo by Maxim Klimashin on Unsplash My good colleague Danny Bradlow from ‘Tukes’, the University of Pretoria in South Africa put it starkly this week in The Conversation - but…

Photo by Will Goodman on Unsplash It was rather ‘head spinning’ week but a certain logic emerged from Trump’s actions in Geneva and Evian-les-Bains, the site of the French G7,…

Photo of Ambassador Bridge by N Band on Unsplash So we are approaching a declaration by the 3 North American governments - Canada, Mexico and the United States on the…

Getty Images Licensed under the Unsplash+ License Just back from the 2026 version of the Global Solutions Summit. It was pleasure being with many GSS attendees and some close colleagues.…

WELCOME TO THE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS SUMMIT 2026! FINDING COMMON GROUND IN A FRACTURED WORLD The annual GSI Summit is upon us and in Berlin for June 1st and 2nd. A…

Photo by Mads Schmidt Rasmussen for Unsplash+ I am hoping ‘Bits and Pieces’ is appropriate for this US holiday weekend. As it turns out I decided to take look at…

Photo by Markus Winkler for Unsplash + So many interpretations! First, the explanations of what to expect from this Summit between President Xi and President Trump were everywhere. And now…