Nathan Seef discusses the Canadian government's ambitious goal of legalizing marijuana by next summer. After that we move over to Venezuela's restructuring of foreign debt followed by a discussion of the recent signing of Syria onto the Paris Climate Accord. Ending on a lighter note, we finish with a discussion of one of the latest trends in the green sector.

Nathan Seef, Joanna Fensome, and Luthfi Dhofier discuss Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power in China as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. We then move on to a discussion about the devastating suicide bombing on October 14th in the Somali capital of Mogadishu before touching on developments in the recent tensions in Spain over Catalan independence.

Joanna Fensome, Mitch Hulse, and Nathan Seef discuss the ongoing NAFTA talks between Canada, the US and Mexico for which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Washington this week. From there we move on to the recent announcement of a UK-Canada alliance to end coal power that will be officially launched at COP23 in Bonn, Germany in November.

Nathan Seef sits down with Elisha Connell and Laurélène Faye on a colloquium they attended last month in Paris addressing COP21 and the 2015 Paris climate agreement one year on.

Joanna Fensome, Mitch Hulse, and Raphaël Roman cover the latest developments on the divorce papers pertaining to Brexit, as well as a quick update on the Dutch elections and the anti-corruption protests in Russia.

Joanna Fensome and Mitch Hulse sit down with Mr Satya Tripathi, Executive Secretary of the Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility (TLFF) in Indonesia on issues surrounding sustainable development internationally, as well as tips for students interested in working in these fields.

Joanna Fensome, Mitch Hulse, and Nathan Seef discuss what was at stake in the election in the Netherlands earlier this week, the impeachment of South Korea’s president and implications of the installation of a THAAD system in the country, as well as some applications of the idea of access to Internet as a human right.

Joanna Fensome, Mitch Hulse, and Nathan Seef discuss a recent meeting between Turkey, Russia, and the USA on developments and strategies in the Syrian conflict before moving on to the implications of a recent diplomatic spat between Malaysia and North Korea following the murder of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother last month.

Joanna Fensome and Nathan Seef discuss the Indonesian government's plan to devote $1 billion annually to clean up its seas before reflecting on a decision about Israeli settlements in the West Bank that is rather different from the one we discussed several weeks ago.