
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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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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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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The recently-released third edition of the Gender Equality and Governance Index (GEGI) found, not surprisingly, that the two countries with the lowest scores in the index are Afghanistan and Iran. Both countries have institutionalized gender inequality through laws and policies of the state. The Taliban’s brutal repression of women and girls is being closely monitored by the international
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