I am very pleased to announce that I have been selected to represent Canada as the Minister of Defence at the 2011 G8/G20 Youth Summit being held this May in Paris, France. I am looking forward to representing Canadian interests at this international gathering of graduate student leaders from around the world, especially at such an interesting time globally.
Check out the Canadian delegation here.
After participating in last year's G8/G20 Youth Summit in Vancouver as the Minister of Finance, I know I will bring principled leadership experience to our discussion. I cannot wait to return to Paris after visiting last spring, and will be sure to write updates about my experiences there as it happens.
-R.O.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Iranium - The Documentary
Check out Iranium, a documentary about Iran and its nuclear weapons program released today.
"In approximately 60 minutes, Iranium powerfully reports on the many aspects of the threat America and the world now faces using rarely-before seen footage of Iranian leaders, and interviews with 25 leading politicians, Iranian dissidents, and experts on: Middle East policy, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation.
Iranium documents the development of Iran's nuclear threat, beginning with the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the ideology installed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini.
Iranium tracks Iran's use of terror as a tool of policy, beginning with the 444 day seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, through Iran's insurgent actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iranium details the brutal nature of the Iranian regime to its own citizens, and the Iranian people's desire to rejoin the international community.
Iranium outlines the various scenarios the greater Middle East and the Western world may face should Iran cross the nuclear threshold."
"In approximately 60 minutes, Iranium powerfully reports on the many aspects of the threat America and the world now faces using rarely-before seen footage of Iranian leaders, and interviews with 25 leading politicians, Iranian dissidents, and experts on: Middle East policy, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation.
Iranium documents the development of Iran's nuclear threat, beginning with the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the ideology installed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini.
Iranium tracks Iran's use of terror as a tool of policy, beginning with the 444 day seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, through Iran's insurgent actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iranium details the brutal nature of the Iranian regime to its own citizens, and the Iranian people's desire to rejoin the international community.
Iranium outlines the various scenarios the greater Middle East and the Western world may face should Iran cross the nuclear threshold."
Monday, January 24, 2011
Tony Blair: West must be prepared to use force against Iran
Tony Blair: West must be prepared to use force against Iran - Haaretz.com, Jan. 22, 2011
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says what today's world leaders are too afraid to admit - that the West must be prepared to use force against Iran. As published by Ha'aretz, Blair "urged the West to be prepared to confront Iran with force in order to face the "looming and coming challenge" from the Islamic republic."
Blair continued, saying "[Iran] has to be confronted and changed. Iran is a looming challenge. It is negative and destabilizing. It supports terrorists," Blair, who currently serves as the Quartet envoy to the Middle East said at the Chilcot inquiry, the U.K. inquiry into the war in Iraq."
As yet another round of talks with Iran (predictably) stall and collapse in Istanbul, the West must ask itself: at what point will diplomacy be deemed to have failed? When will the line be drawn? When will Iran's leaders be held to account for their continued defiance of international law? These are grave questions that must be answered.
The United States recently deployed the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier into the Gulf off the coast of Iran, carrying over 6000 sailors and armed with 80 attack fighter jets. Certainly this is a sign that the U.S. is serious about its calls for Iran to come clean about its covert nuclear program, and Iran's likely ongoing production of nuclear weapons. But will U.S. defense planners match their words with action?
We may be about to find out.
- R.O.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says what today's world leaders are too afraid to admit - that the West must be prepared to use force against Iran. As published by Ha'aretz, Blair "urged the West to be prepared to confront Iran with force in order to face the "looming and coming challenge" from the Islamic republic."
Blair continued, saying "[Iran] has to be confronted and changed. Iran is a looming challenge. It is negative and destabilizing. It supports terrorists," Blair, who currently serves as the Quartet envoy to the Middle East said at the Chilcot inquiry, the U.K. inquiry into the war in Iraq."
As yet another round of talks with Iran (predictably) stall and collapse in Istanbul, the West must ask itself: at what point will diplomacy be deemed to have failed? When will the line be drawn? When will Iran's leaders be held to account for their continued defiance of international law? These are grave questions that must be answered.
The United States recently deployed the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier into the Gulf off the coast of Iran, carrying over 6000 sailors and armed with 80 attack fighter jets. Certainly this is a sign that the U.S. is serious about its calls for Iran to come clean about its covert nuclear program, and Iran's likely ongoing production of nuclear weapons. But will U.S. defense planners match their words with action?
We may be about to find out.
- R.O.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Blessing Israel, come what may -- Published by The Jerusalem Post
My interview with Joel C. Rosenberg was published in the The Jerusalem Post early last month. Hope you enjoy it! Be sure to read the full-length interview located here on my blog.
"Blessing Israel, come what may" - Robert D. Onley - The Jeruslaem Post - Oct. 2, 2010
http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=189881
- R.O.
"Blessing Israel, come what may" - Robert D. Onley - The Jeruslaem Post - Oct. 2, 2010
http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=189881
- R.O.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Israel's Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon in Q&A session with Joel C. Rosenberg - Part 2
Israel's Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon in Q&A session with Joel C. Rosenberg
Part 2
Part 1 of the video will be re-uploaded soon.
Thanks for watching World Assessor. - R.O.
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