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Foreign Aid on the Campaign Agenda
While one federal party leader pledges to cut foreign aid, others fail to agree to meet Canada’s long-standing commitments. In the run-up to the 2019 elections, international assistance finally did earn a place on the campaign agenda. However, all major parties are short on detail. Be careful what you wish for. During Canadian election campaigns,
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Boris Johnson Goes to China – via Ireland
Boris Johnson’s ‘final offer’ to the EU for a Brexit deal may be effectively dead on arrival, but even if so, does it make a future united Ireland more likely? Did anyone notice Boris Johnson’s Nixon-in-China move the other day? In papers filed with the European Union and in an address to his party’s annual
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Star Wars: Coming Soon to a Space Near You – The Diplomatic Alternative
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- October 3, 2019
Will Outer Space become a new frontier for international conflict? Or can it remain a global commons? As states dither, this question may soon be taken over by other actors. I confess that I gave this blog its title with a bit of tongue in cheek. While the media apparently insists on invoking this misleading
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F-35 Sales Are America’s Belt and Road
By Jonathan D. Caverley, Ethan B. Kapstein and Srdjan Vucetic While China’s Belt and Road Initiative has captured the headlines, the network of alliances based around Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II offers advanced technology and close ties to the United States Imagine a globe-spanning economic and security project—with a cost of over a trillion dollars
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