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Canada Must Protect Activists-in-Exile Against Transnational Repression
- Analysis
- December 9, 2022
Many struggles for justice, peace, or well-being incur the pushback of the state. When the state is authoritarian and unconstrained (or unconcerned) by the rule of law, ‘pushback’ can be severe and even lethal. Not surprisingly, many dissidents or activists seek safety in exile. It was assumed that, once abroad, activists would be able to
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What the Indo-Pacific Strategy Means for Indigenous Peoples
- Analysis
- December 8, 2022
With its November 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), Canada joined a growing number of states to embrace the geo-political concept that originated in Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s visionary speech to India’s Parliament in 2007. Canada made a new contribution to Indo-Pacific governance by including Indigenous peoples as key actors. Canada’s IPS uses the word “Indigenous” no fewer than 15
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Global Policing and the Trucker Convoy
- Analysis
- December 5, 2022
The hearings around the “Freedom Convoy” that occupied parts of Ottawa in early 2022 have opened a window into the inner workings of Canadian police forces. The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) was widely criticized for its mishandling of the situation and, according to the testimony of interim Police Chief Steve Bell, was indeed “unprepared for what
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What’s Behind Taiwan’s “Blue Wave”?
- Analysis
- December 1, 2022
On the weekend that Canada announced its new Indo-Pacific Strategy and angry protests emerged across China, Taiwan (Republic of China, ROC) held its “nine-in-one” local elections on November 26. In what the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT, Kuomintang) celebrated as a “blue wave,” voters elected KMT or allied non-party candidates as city mayor or county magistrate
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