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Small States vs. Middle Powers — What’s the Difference?
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- July 15, 2018
Njord Wegge, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) In early June 2018, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide expressed in an interview with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that Norway, as a “middle-sized economy,” benefited from an open international trading system. She was therefore concerned about the outlook for increased taxes in a
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Opioids and Capitalism
- Analysis
- July 10, 2018
by Paulo Pereira In recent years, tens of thousands of Americans have died of opioid related overdoses, and millions of Americans are classified by the country’s health agency standards as having some sort of problematic opioid use. Canada is facing a similar situation. Current research shows that it may also emerge in Latin America and
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Mona Mahmudnizhad, 10 September 1965–18 June 1983
- Analysis
- June 19, 2018
by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr The 35th anniversary of the death of Mona Mahmudnizhad seems to have passed without world notice yesterday. On 18 June 1983, she was executed in Iran for being Baha’i and for teaching that faith to the children in her community. Her death, and especially her courage as the last one executed in a
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Has the G7 Lost its Mojo?
- Analysis
- June 17, 2018
After a series of sessions on global trade and the key Canadian priorities of gender equality and climate change, the highly anticipated two-day Group of Seven (G7) summit ended Saturday afternoon in Charlevoix, Quebec. There had been hopes for a consensus communiqué. It was certainly issued as the summit closed, spelling out the key successes
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