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The World According to Chrystia Freeland
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- 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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UNSC Reform: A Future Possibility or a Distant Memory?
- Analysis
- October 17, 2022
Many around the world tune in every September to the annual General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). Since the first UNGA in 1946, leaders have addressed their fellow UN members. Many addresses have been incredibly memorable, from Nikita Kruschev banging his shoe to Hugo Chavez suggesting that the smell of sulphur in the room emerged
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Canada’s Broken Promises: LGBTQ+ Afghans Left Behind
- Analysis
- October 12, 2022
Shortly after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, the Canadian government announced its intention to resettle 40000 Afghans as quickly as possible. This promise was made at the United Nations General Assembly in recognition that Canadians were “overwhelmingly” calling on the government to do more. The intent of the Special Program for Afghans
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Four Things You Need to Know About AUKUS
- Analysis
- October 5, 2022
In 2021, the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia announced the ‘AUKUS’ trilateral security pact. Assessments of AUKUS have tended to focus on the nature of the advanced military technology that will be shared (cyber, AI, quantum, hypersonic, and of course, nuclear-powered submarines). Important as this is, it misses four key points that will underpin
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