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The Irony of La Francophonie
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- November 17, 2022
As the Summit of La Francophonie begins in Djerba in Tunisia, the organization and the francophone world it represents are faced with a profound irony. There will be no shortage of dignitaries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister Mélanie Joly and French President Emmanuel Macron will join other leaders in extolling the French language and the
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COP27: How Ambitious Climate Action Can Help Dig Us Out of The Global Polycrisis
- Analysis
- November 7, 2022
The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has just begun in Egypt. As the conference’s President-Designate, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, recently wrote, the meeting is being held “at a critical time of cascading risks and overlapping crises” – including warfare, inflation, an ongoing
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Bound to Lead: AUKUS and US-Taiwan Relations
- Analysis
- October 25, 2022
In September 2021, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia established a trilateral security partnership called AUKUS, which aims to uphold the rule-based order and deepen diplomatic and defence cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. Recently, there have been several multilateral institutions emerging across Asia, such as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
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The World According to Chrystia Freeland
- Analysis
- October 20, 2022
Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland recently gave a headline-grabbing foreign policy speech in Washington, DC. At the event, hosted by the Brookings Institution on October 11, she outlined her prescription for the international order, which has since been described as the “Freeland Doctrine”. Though refreshing for its plain talk, Freeland’s speech was
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