Robin MacNab

Canadian Foreign Service Officer 1971 - 2015. RTs of news on international affairs, technology and other subjects.

[Robin MacNab @RobinMacNab]

Congrats! Proud papa! Onwards and upwards! https://t.co/6EoQtSldNb

[Andrea MacNab @andrea_macnab]

Proud moment. First solo flight today.

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North Korea quietly ramps up its nuclear program https://t.co/S60TYLAsaJ

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Germany loses vote for UN Security Council seat https://t.co/Kuc88PditC

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From @JohnIbbitson: central Canadian pundits and politicians who complain that Alberta is fomenting division, putting the future of the country at risk must grasp the essential truth: that they contributed to the circumstances that created this situation https://t.co/iTtWWlCote

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Unpacking Germany's campaign for a UN Security Council seat https://t.co/uoPgWYxjFt

[Peggy Blair @peggy_blair]

Interesting speech on Carney's NYC speech from Down Under. https://t.co/BZfZsEiYEg

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Another excellent piece (gift article) from David French: The Fire of Stupidity Cannot Be Contained https://t.co/a72dUfWv4C

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I look forward each week to the Kingston Whig Standard’s column on international affairs - hats off to @GeoffyPJohnston for consistently high quality assessments https://t.co/qTFKqG4Qj1

[David French @DavidAFrench]

"At the moment, the United States is negotiating with a regime that President Trump claimed we had already changed, to open a strait that was supposed to be open last month, and to end a nuclear program that we said we had obliterated."

So no, things are not going well: https://t.co/N1whNpkzAw

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Review of “American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington” by H. W. Brands https://t.co/9vNygOv7G8

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Stuart Stevens: “No one will stop him. The only people who can stop Trump are Republicans. They’re not going to stop him. They’re going to let him keep crashing and killing and destroying.” https://t.co/700ZpqQbAv

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WATCH: PM @MarkJCarney says median wealth in Canada is 23% higher than in the U.S. "because we take care of each other."

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Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston joined Andrew Pinsent on @CFRAOttawa to discuss Russia’s illegal strikes on Ukrainian civilians & Ukraine’s powerful response. https://t.co/0mU5MMQIHQ

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

HOLY CRAP Trump actually accomplished a miracle. Here is what he got out of Iran:

- Reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium by about 98%

- Limit uranium enrichment to 3.67% purity (far below weapons-grade)

- Cut the number of installed centrifuges by roughly two-thirds

- Only enrich uranium at one declared site (Natanz)

- Stop enrichment activities at Fordow and convert it into a research facility

- Redesign the Arak heavy-water reactor so it could not easily produce weapons-grade plutonium

- Ship out or dilute excess enriched uranium
Allow extensive inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Permit continuous monitoring of nuclear facilities and supply chains

- Accept “snap” inspections under expanded monitoring rules

- Avoid building new heavy-water reactors for years

- Stay within strict limits on uranium stockpile size and centrifuge development for set periods ranging from 10–25 years

Ooops, sorry!

That was the JCPOA that Obama signed with Iran, only to have him tear it up, kill 140 kids, get hundreds of Americans injured, 13 killed, and gas prices to surge 50%.

[Dax Nair @DaxNair]

One of the best views of #Toronto is from the lake. Most visitors miss this. https://t.co/8WYhjvoM3j #Canada

[Robin MacNab @RobinMacNab]

CREA Café | What REALTORS® are really thinking during an open house https://t.co/0UDeCdP9HJ

[Michael Bociurkiw @WorldAffairsPro]

#BREAKING: US has asked Lithuania, Poland & Ukraine to allow the transit of Belarusian potash through their territories. For Kyiv, the request borders on geopolitical absurdity: facilitating export revenues for the very regime that helped launch the war now devastating Ukraine https://t.co/P4b25Dq1qa

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Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston provides a good update on Ukraine’s continuing need for security assistance and their capabilities to defend themselves https://t.co/P3WA2ldGS5

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An excellent piece from Jamelle Bouie (gift article): I feel dreadfully sorry for blacks in America today. They must feel their souls have been suddenly ripped apart https://t.co/WqTUCz4w8T

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In a swipe at Trump’s policy positions Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston: “it is clear that the world needs more international coordination, not less, in responding to increasingly frequent outbreaks of zoonotic infections.” https://t.co/jrTvDSWgZo

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The Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston has a thorough review of food insecurity in Lebanon https://t.co/Wrj6J0KAye