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Taiwan’s Presidential Candidates and their Indigenous Platforms
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- November 7, 2011
This essay first appeared on the Taiwan 2012 blog. Indigenous people, accounting for about 2% of Taiwan’s population, are unlikely to influence the 2012 presidential election outcomes. Nonetheless, the relative success of the candidates in indigenous communities may influence elections for the Legislative Yuan, which has a quota of six indigenous legislators. The way in
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What Should the G20 Accomplish in Cannes?
- Analysis
- November 4, 2011
On Thursday and Friday of this week, the leaders of the G20 will meet in Cannes to discuss the numerous problems that the world economy is currently experiencing. The big question on everyone’s mind is whether they will be able to restore some kind of confidence in financial markets as well as with consumers and
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Le règne du On the Cheap pour les F-35
- Analysis
- November 4, 2011
par David Grondin Cela fait plusieurs années que les Forces canadiennes sont passées maîtres du faire beaucoup avec peu; le Canada fait peu d’envieux, mais son personnel est qualifié et réputé pour savoir tirer le maximum d’un matériel qui n’est pas toujours aussi performant qu’on serait en droit de s’y attendre. On peut avoir en
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Canada and UNDRIP: Moving Forward on Indigenous Diplomacy
- Analysis
- November 3, 2011
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the General Assembly on September 13, 2007, with 144 states in favour, 11 abstentions, and 4 votes against. Canada, like Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, originally voted against UNDRIP, but eventually changed its policy. In the March 2010 Speech
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