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The German Election: A (Preliminary) Analysis
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- September 28, 2017
Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maizière, of the Christian Democrats (CDU), had a hard time defending his seat in Sunday’s general election in Germany. This is rather surprising given that his riding in Saxony, close to Dresden, in the far east of Germany has usually produced safe seats for the CDU. But nothing is
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Just Don’t Share, Except With Care
- Analysis
- September 26, 2017
The federal government’s Public Safety Department has just released a bombshell ministerial directive dealing with the sensitive issue of intelligence sharing in cases that might involve torture. This issue has long and delicate roots, reaching back to the terrible case of Canadian intelligence sharing with the United States and Syria — post 9/11 — which
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All the President’s Friends: Adventures in “Nambia”
- Analysis
- September 24, 2017
Every year, I begin my African Politics classes by giving the students a map of Africa with the state borders drawn, but their names missing. Filling in the blanks is a humbling exercise, and most manage only a handful: South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, perhaps Kenya or Tanzania, although the two are often mixed up. But
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Why Taiwan is an International Issue
- Analysis
- September 20, 2017
China works hard to convince the world that any decision about Taiwan is entirely a Chinese domestic affair. This has not, however, always been the official line of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1936, when the Republic of China (ROC) was China’s government and Taiwan (Formosa) was a Japanese colony, Chairman Mao Zedong offered support
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