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Twitter and the #Ottawa Attacks
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- November 2, 2014
As we move past the immediate shock, anger and grief precipitated by the attack in Ottawa last week, debate is beginning in earnest on several fronts: the motivation of the attacker, the adequacy of existing laws to meet ‘lone wolf’ threats, and the risks of another attack. But there are other, more prosaic questions. For
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Will a New Development Architecture Undercut the Poorest?
- Analysis
- October 29, 2014
We are still living in the global financial crisis. Much of Europe and even the world of emerging economies are in the doldrums. By some standards, the situation has become grimmer, with China and Germany joining the list of countries struggling to maintain their economic sparkle. There is some recovery in the U.S. and UK,
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Who Will Make the Middle East’s New Map?
- Analysis
- October 29, 2014
Canada has now been directly affected by the turmoil raging in the Middle East. It is unfolding on many levels, reflecting the multitude of forces and tensions involved. One way to understand it is as an exercise in fundamentally re-drawing the region’s map. But the map-makers have vastly different objectives. The post-WWI Middle East is
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What Economic Uncertainty Means for Canadian Policymakers
- Analysis
- October 23, 2014
If you have been reading the financial press over the past week, you know that the global economy’s chances are looking a lot more uncertain these days. What you may not know, however, is that this more recent upswing in uncertainty and volatility is part of a much broader pattern in the global economy—one that
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