Kelly Grounds
Political Corner: Trump’s inaction on the Russian bounties should not be allowed to fall out of the news cycle
July 19, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate On June 26, 2020, the New York Times released a report that claimed American intelligence had determined that a Russian military intelligence unit had offered bounties to militants to kill Afghanistan coalition forces. The disturbing part of the report was that it appeared that the United States’ president had been briefed at the beginning of last year, and again in 2020 about the plot. Despite this, he had not taken any actions to stop it, nor to immediately inform American coalition allies. Following the release of the report in the New York Times, the Whitehouse denied…
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Political Corner: Last minute efforts cost Canada its Security Council seat
July 5, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate On June 17, the United Nations held a vote for five of the 10 non-permanent Council seats for the 2021–22 term. The countries that were elected to the Council for the next term are India,…
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Political Corner: Romina Ashrafi’s murder in Iran could have been prevented
June 28, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate In late May of this year, Romina Ashrafi, age 14, ran away from her home in Iran to be with her boyfriend. The decision came after Ashrafi’s father objected to their marriage. After running away, the…
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Political Corner: The real economic threat of COVID-19 is a global lack of paid sick leave
March 14, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate As the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases surpasses 100,000, the economic impacts of the virus are becoming clearer. Worldwide markets have repeatedly dropped, suffering losses not seen since the last decade’s Great Recession, as anxiety about…
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Political Corner: Irish border negotiations need to be handled more delicately than Brexit was
February 25, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate Three years and two prime ministers later, the United Kingdom successfully left the European Union on January 31. The rest of the year is going to be filled with UK-EU free trade talks. These talks are…
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Political Corner: World leaders can’t continue to shrug off wildfires while courting Big Coal
January 26, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate Last year, the world watched as forest fires in the Amazon led to some of the worst environmental damage the world has seen in recent decades. Throughout all of the devastation, there was a hope through…
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Political Corner: Canada’s stance on the Rohingya genocide is all talk
January 14, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate In late August 2017, a genocide began against the Rohingya Muslim minority living in Myanmar. The catalyst for the genocide was an alleged terror attack carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army that resulted in…
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The protests in Chile are yet another example of civil unrest due to rising inequality
November 15, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate It seems that the entire world is protesting right now. From Lebanon to Catalonia and Iraq to Pakistan, protests seemed to constantly erupt throughout October. One of the most prominent protests to emerge is the one…
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Political Corner: The withdrawal of US troops from Syria aids only ISIS
November 4, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate Since the beginning of October, US troops have been pulled from the northeast area of Syria. They were in the area providing support to the Syrian Kurds who have been fighting as part of the Global…
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Political Corner: The Polish elections present a teachable moment for left-wing opposition parties
October 27, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate With Canadian voters now recovering from our own election cycle, it is easy to forget about the politics of other countries and their potential repercussions. One example is Poland, which has also held parliamentary elections…
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