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Indonesia: Game of Thrones or Living Dangerously?
- Analysis
- February 28, 2024
This year features a record number of elections world-wide. More than 200 million Indonesians just voted in the traditionally high turnout one has come to expect in the world’s third largest democracy. So what do the results mean? What national story seems to be unfolding? Will it be more like “The Year of Living Dangerously”
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The Most Important Country You Don’t Know Enough About
- Analysis
- February 26, 2024
When you mention Indonesia to Canadians the usual image that might come to mind is the tropical island of Bali. And yet the world’s largest archipelagic country is so much more than palm trees and beaches. Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country, third biggest democracy, largest Muslim country and a G20 economy growing
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Afghanistan’s Climate Crisis: Addressing Drivers of Conflict
Helping Afghans deal with climate-induced emergencies could aid in addressing the drivers of unending conflict and instability in the long-term. On January 28, Kabul received its first snowfall of the winter season, which had started almost two months earlier. The unusually delayed phenomenon nevertheless brought some relief by reducing the capital city’s insufferable level of
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How Canada Can Better Support Democratic Development: International Election Observers
- Analysis
- February 6, 2024
As part of its development, peace and security programming, Global Affairs Canada sends election observers to monitor foreign elections in countries where electoral processes are weak or developing. Its election observation efforts are part of GAC’s programs to support the advancement of democracy around the world. Canada’s priorities in supporting democratic development around the world
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