Robert Greenhill 🇨🇦
@robertgreenhill.bsky.social
Millions of Women Will Lose Access to Contraception as a Result of Trump Aid Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
Millions of Women Will Lose Access to Contraception as a Result of Trump Aid Cuts
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Millions of Women Will Lose Access to Contraception as a Result of Trump Aid Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
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Free, confidential access to contraception boosts use among Ontario youth: study - Faculty of Health Sciences https://healthsci.mcmaster.ca/?post_type=post&p=27578
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
August 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Free, confidential access to contraception boosts use among Ontario youth: study - Faculty of Health Sciences https://healthsci.mcmaster.ca/?post_type=post&p=27578
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
BBC warns Russia is taking over World Service radio frequencies
Russian propaganda is filling the void where the BBC has closed World Service radio services due to cuts
inews.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
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The crisis overwhelming Haiti is a microcosm of the failures of the current global system and the challenges of coordinating peacekeeping outside the United Nations, writes Christopher Sabatini (@chathamhouse.org) and @robertgreenhill.bsky.social for @foreignpolicy.com.
Haiti Is Burning, but There Is a Path Forward
A successful intervention will provide a model for solving other crises in an era of fraying multilateralism.
foreignpolicy.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The crisis overwhelming Haiti is a microcosm of the failures of the current global system and the challenges of coordinating peacekeeping outside the United Nations, writes Christopher Sabatini (@chathamhouse.org) and @robertgreenhill.bsky.social for @foreignpolicy.com.
“The problem is that the world is run by old people, who forget what they were like when they were young.” José Mujica
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
José Mujica, Leftist President of Uruguay Known for Humility, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“The problem is that the world is run by old people, who forget what they were like when they were young.” José Mujica
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
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Writing in The NY Times @PeterSinger.bsky.social: How to Fill the America-Shaped Hole in Global Health (gift article ) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/o...
Opinion | How to Fill the America-Shaped Hole in Global Health Left by Trump (Gift Article)
The World Health Organization should do what it can do bring the U.S. back as a member.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Writing in The NY Times @PeterSinger.bsky.social: How to Fill the America-Shaped Hole in Global Health (gift article ) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/o...
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In maybe the Most Canadian story ever, two political parties (the NDP and Bloc Québécois) are asking that tomorrow's French language election debate be postponed because it conflicts with a Montreal Canadiens game.
April 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In maybe the Most Canadian story ever, two political parties (the NDP and Bloc Québécois) are asking that tomorrow's French language election debate be postponed because it conflicts with a Montreal Canadiens game.
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We have another update. As of April 11, on average:
US tariffs on China are now 134.7%
China tariffs on the US are now 147.6%
US tariffs on rest of the world are 10.5%
China tariffs on rest of the world are 6.5%
US tariffs on China are now 134.7%
China tariffs on the US are now 147.6%
US tariffs on rest of the world are 10.5%
China tariffs on rest of the world are 6.5%
April 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We have another update. As of April 11, on average:
US tariffs on China are now 134.7%
China tariffs on the US are now 147.6%
US tariffs on rest of the world are 10.5%
China tariffs on rest of the world are 6.5%
US tariffs on China are now 134.7%
China tariffs on the US are now 147.6%
US tariffs on rest of the world are 10.5%
China tariffs on rest of the world are 6.5%
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NEW 🧵
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
April 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
NEW 🧵
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
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The US axing funding for contraception will cause a 12% increase in global maternal mortality. That's another 34,000 women who will die due to pregnancy and childbirth.
It will cause another 17.1 million unintended pregnancies, and 5.2 million unsafe abortions www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
It will cause another 17.1 million unintended pregnancies, and 5.2 million unsafe abortions www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
April 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The US axing funding for contraception will cause a 12% increase in global maternal mortality. That's another 34,000 women who will die due to pregnancy and childbirth.
It will cause another 17.1 million unintended pregnancies, and 5.2 million unsafe abortions www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
It will cause another 17.1 million unintended pregnancies, and 5.2 million unsafe abortions www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
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‘What we are witnessing are not the collapse of the institutions of American democracy, it is the collapse of the culture of democracy… and it can be seen on this side of the Atlantic too’
Lord Sumpton - hardly a bleeding heart liberal- incredibly worrying on state of democracy
Lord Sumpton - hardly a bleeding heart liberal- incredibly worrying on state of democracy
March 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
‘What we are witnessing are not the collapse of the institutions of American democracy, it is the collapse of the culture of democracy… and it can be seen on this side of the Atlantic too’
Lord Sumpton - hardly a bleeding heart liberal- incredibly worrying on state of democracy
Lord Sumpton - hardly a bleeding heart liberal- incredibly worrying on state of democracy
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"Plunging solar panel prices, more business-friendly regulation by African governments and international funding are now spurring a rapid rollout [of mini-grids] from Nigeria to Madagascar." www.bloomberg.com/features/202... by @antonysguazzin.bsky.social and Taonga Mitimingi 🔌💡
The Mission to Electrify Africa Might Finally Be Under Way
Mini-grids generate electricity for small communities that aren’t on national supply networks — and the economics suggest their time may finally have come.
www.bloomberg.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Plunging solar panel prices, more business-friendly regulation by African governments and international funding are now spurring a rapid rollout [of mini-grids] from Nigeria to Madagascar." www.bloomberg.com/features/202... by @antonysguazzin.bsky.social and Taonga Mitimingi 🔌💡
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Our @bmj.com piece summarises the arguments & recommendations from the NEW @src-rsc.bsky.social / CAHS report on Canada's past and future role in #globalhealth #ODA #foreignaid #SRHR #multilateralism
Full EN report here
rsc-src.ca/en/protectin...
Full EN report here
rsc-src.ca/en/protectin...
Protecting Our Collective Future: Renewing Canada’s Role in Global Health
Overview of "Protecting Our Collective Future: Renewing Canada’s Role in Global Health"As we near the second quarter of the twenty-first century, the global health terrain is shifting in important way...
rsc-src.ca
March 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Our @bmj.com piece summarises the arguments & recommendations from the NEW @src-rsc.bsky.social / CAHS report on Canada's past and future role in #globalhealth #ODA #foreignaid #SRHR #multilateralism
Full EN report here
rsc-src.ca/en/protectin...
Full EN report here
rsc-src.ca/en/protectin...
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Current chaos and challenge needs.... greater global cooperation.
In the area of multilateral & #globalhealth, we argue that Canada should take a greater leadership role.
Me, Tim Evans & Kelley Lee in today's @bmj.com
#cdnpoli #CanadaElection
In the area of multilateral & #globalhealth, we argue that Canada should take a greater leadership role.
Me, Tim Evans & Kelley Lee in today's @bmj.com
#cdnpoli #CanadaElection
Canada should seize the opportunity to lead on global health challenges and cooperation
Greater cooperation in global health is needed to tackle challenges and to harness new opportunities. Canada should take a greater leadership role, write Jocalyn Clark , Timothy Evans , and Kelley Lee...
www.bmj.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Current chaos and challenge needs.... greater global cooperation.
In the area of multilateral & #globalhealth, we argue that Canada should take a greater leadership role.
Me, Tim Evans & Kelley Lee in today's @bmj.com
#cdnpoli #CanadaElection
In the area of multilateral & #globalhealth, we argue that Canada should take a greater leadership role.
Me, Tim Evans & Kelley Lee in today's @bmj.com
#cdnpoli #CanadaElection
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One less-noticed success in the Canadian counteroffensive: The most famous thinkers at Yale — specifically writers on fascism — are being serially scooped up by the U of T’s Munk School as they express a desire to flee the Trump assaults on universities
March 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
One less-noticed success in the Canadian counteroffensive: The most famous thinkers at Yale — specifically writers on fascism — are being serially scooped up by the U of T’s Munk School as they express a desire to flee the Trump assaults on universities
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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
"Until this moment, Senator, I think I have never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness....Have you no decency, sir?"
Joseph Welch to Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1954.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_B1...
Joseph Welch to Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1954.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_B1...
The Cold War on TV: Joseph McCarthy vs. Edward R. Murrow | Retro Report
YouTube video by RETRO REPORT
www.youtube.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Until this moment, Senator, I think I have never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness....Have you no decency, sir?"
Joseph Welch to Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1954.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_B1...
Joseph Welch to Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1954.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_B1...
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Not new, for sure, but the convergence of state threats and criminal entities is pretty interesting in our geopolitical context, and are often cyber-enabled.
Great point by @rorycormac.bsky.social! To paraphrase MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore, intel services of some countries have "gone a bit feral." Russia is not alone. Iran used the Foxtrot Network in Sweden! They may not share the same objectives, but crim netwks r taking advantage of the mayhem!
EU commissioner for internal affairs and migration:
“Criminal networks that work on behalf of foreign powers – that is something new”
EUROPOL should read @magslong.bsky.social’s recent research on this convergence
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Criminal networks that work on behalf of foreign powers – that is something new”
EUROPOL should read @magslong.bsky.social’s recent research on this convergence
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Not new, for sure, but the convergence of state threats and criminal entities is pretty interesting in our geopolitical context, and are often cyber-enabled.
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In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.
March 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.
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Well that passed more easily than many expected: 513 votes in favor, 24 more than needed.
Interesting day in Germany today as our outgoing parliament debates and votes on a massive spending package on defense and infrastructure, largely in response to Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine and the changed world Europe finds itself in.
March 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Well that passed more easily than many expected: 513 votes in favor, 24 more than needed.
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Recently, I was asked to brief members and staff of the 🇺🇸 U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about @citizenlab.ca research.
In normal times, such a briefing would be an honour. But these are not normal times.
My latest in @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
In normal times, such a briefing would be an honour. But these are not normal times.
My latest in @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The United States is putting the United States in danger
As America rapidly descends into authoritarianism, the world has become less safe – for Americans, too
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Recently, I was asked to brief members and staff of the 🇺🇸 U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about @citizenlab.ca research.
In normal times, such a briefing would be an honour. But these are not normal times.
My latest in @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
In normal times, such a briefing would be an honour. But these are not normal times.
My latest in @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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It seems I've also been placed on leave, just like the rest of my VOA colleagues.
Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.
Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.
My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth, are being silenced this weekend. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/...
Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience
VOA's signal for 83 years crossed borders and ideologies—now its silence will speak volumes.
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It seems I've also been placed on leave, just like the rest of my VOA colleagues.
Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.
Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.
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The Centre for Global Development has a crack at estimating lives that were being saved, now not due to the defunding of USAID. Their top-line: ~3.3m lives / year.
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...
1.65m HIV/AIDs
550k hunger/malnutrition
500k vaccine-preventable diseases
310k TB
290k Malaria
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...
1.65m HIV/AIDs
550k hunger/malnutrition
500k vaccine-preventable diseases
310k TB
290k Malaria
How Many Lives Does US Foreign Aid Save?
We present some estimates for lives saved by US assistance worldwide, with illustrative estimates by recipient country. Our core estimates are for deaths prevented from HIV/AIDS, vaccine-preventable i...
www.cgdev.org
March 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Centre for Global Development has a crack at estimating lives that were being saved, now not due to the defunding of USAID. Their top-line: ~3.3m lives / year.
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...
1.65m HIV/AIDs
550k hunger/malnutrition
500k vaccine-preventable diseases
310k TB
290k Malaria
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...
1.65m HIV/AIDs
550k hunger/malnutrition
500k vaccine-preventable diseases
310k TB
290k Malaria
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Off the charts level of institutional vandalism this past week. Kennan Institute long gathered superb Russian military expertise at a time when the subfield was not terribly fashionable. DOGE & co actively destroying DoD intellectual capacity in their mindless rampage through the bureaucracy.
Trump is eliminating Wilson Center, a stellar US foreign policy study establishment. Along with it goes the Kennan Institute - one of the best Russia study institutions.
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Off the charts level of institutional vandalism this past week. Kennan Institute long gathered superb Russian military expertise at a time when the subfield was not terribly fashionable. DOGE & co actively destroying DoD intellectual capacity in their mindless rampage through the bureaucracy.