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Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 1
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- August 27, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman The summer of 2018 has shaken the rules-based world order that emerged from the devastation of the Second World War. A rogue president of the United States has apparently chosen unilateralism and nationalist competition over the multilateral norms and co-operative principles that America itself did so much to shape. Donald Trump’s style
READ MOREMoving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 2
- Analysis
- August 27, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman Part 1 of this article appears here. Though Trump’s electoral victory was a shock, allies hoped it was hyperbole when Trump declared in his inaugural address in January, 2017, that he placed the interests of America first, “always America first.” But that doctrine was confirmed when his original national security and economic
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Tangible Evidence or Wishful Thinking?
- Analysis
- August 20, 2018
“Women’s participation in the peacebuilding process increases by 35% the probability that a peace agreement will last for at least 15 years.” Or does it? “If you want to make peace sustainable, include women in the peacebuilding process.” Over the last few months, I have seen this claim, or variations of it, everywhere. Canada’s Feminist International
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Harnessing Disruption: Working with China on Global Trade
- Analysis
- August 3, 2018
Patrick Leblond and Pascale Massot Ottawa provided welcome news with its recent announcement of a fall meeting with multiple nations to discuss the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It confirmed that the Trudeau government is not shifting its policy focus to trade promotion and bilateral free-trade agreements at the expense of promoting the
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