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Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now
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- June 3, 2018
by John Packer Nine months since the violent attacks of August 25, 2017, and thereafter forced 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, the first of thousands of pregnancies as a result of rape are coming to term. For these women and girls, the ongoing crisis is inescapably urgent. The imminent births won’t wait. Humanitarian
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Alternative Facts, Chinese Style
- Analysis
- May 25, 2018
China’s increased censorship of foreign websites came to light on May 15, when it was reported that Air Canada had changed the drop-down menus of its destinations to show Taiwan’s capital Taipei as part of China. Air Canada’s capitulation to China’s demand immediately drew protests from Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry, threats of boycott from Taiwanese-Canadian communities,
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The G7: Hard Talk or a Sleepwalk?
- Analysis
- May 24, 2018
by Jeremy Kinsman As the Charlevoix G7 approaches, there is some question as to how the June 8–9 summit could play out as a Trumpian disaster. As veteran diplomat Jeremy Kinsman writes, if the disruptive president plays skunk at the La Malbaie garden party, Justin Trudeau should think about publicly calling him out on it
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1983 GAC Document Still Relevant Today: “The Crisis of Quality” Revisited
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- May 17, 2018
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is under pressure from a variety of directions and for different reasons: the Prime Minister’s India trip; a lacklustre policy performance under the Trudeau government; indifferent communications with the Canadian public; and, at the top, confusion among ministers as to who is in charge of what. It isn’t the first time
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