• Reforming the Spy Game

    Reforming the Spy Game

    When it comes to secret intelligence, the United States sometimes behaves like a true democracy.  It reminds me of the Leonard Cohen line, “democracy is coming…to the U.S.A.” President Barack Obama’s speech on January 17 marked an important occasion in the ongoing American struggle to conduct espionage while remaining true to democratic values. The U.S.

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  • Canada and Bangladesh: Beyond Rana Plaza

    Canada and Bangladesh: Beyond Rana Plaza

    By Alicia Dobson and Stephen Baranyi This essay, along with the ones by Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and by Syed Sajjadur Rahman, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out of Fragility symposium held at the University of Ottawa on November 26, 2013. The tragic death of over 1100 workers at Rana Plaza in April 2013 generated a

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  • Bangladesh: The Future of Development Partnerships

    Bangladesh: The Future of Development Partnerships

    By Syed Sajjadur Rahman, Visiting Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa This essay, along with the ones by Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy and by Stephen Baranyi and Alicia Dobson, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out of Fragility symposium held at the University of Ottawa on November 26, 2013. The Bangladesh economy

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  • Bangladesh: Out of Fragility?

    Bangladesh: Out of Fragility?

    By Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy, Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University This essay, along with the ones by Sajjad Rahman and by Stephen Baranyi and Alicia Dobson, arose out of the Bangladesh: Out of Fragility symposium held at the University of Ottawa on November 26, 2013. Bangladesh’s weak democratic institutions

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