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The Rate of Change and the Role of the State: Understanding Fracture in Today’s World from a Polanyian Perspective
- Analysis
- January 27, 2025
We live in a period of profound change and transformation, with neoliberalism now under siege and becoming channeled in new directions. At the center of all of this is the state, especially states that are also great powers. Shifting geopolitical fortunes, the impact of technological change, the corrosion of established political institutions and the pernicious
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Trump is Intent on Repoliticizing the Global Economy: What Happens Next?
- Analysis
- January 24, 2025
Trump’s return to the White House will have seismic effects on the global political economy. These won’t be limited to one-off shocks like those associated with his threatened 25% tariff increase. A more lasting legacy will be the broad-based repoliticization of the global economy: a move away from decades of attempts by policymakers to depoliticize
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Trump’s America First Trade Policy Holds Both Perils and Promises for Canada
- Analysis
- January 22, 2025
Late on Inauguration Day, newly sworn-in President Trump signed an executive order outlining his America First Trade Policy. Although presidential impatience and the occasional tweet are bound to upset the policy’s fine print and timelines, the document is worth a closer look. It provides an intellectual roadmap for the new administration’s trade policy team. For
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Understanding the Conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region
- Analysis
- January 16, 2025
The Ethiopian diaspora in Canada held a significant protest in Ottawa on November 19, 2024. The demonstrators carried posters denouncing the Ethiopian regime. Messages such as ‘Stop the Amhara genocide’, ‘Justice for the Amhara people’, were prominently displayed. From City Hall, the demonstrators marched to Parliament Hill, where community and religious leaders from the Amhara
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