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Time to End the Exclusion of Taiwan From the International Civil Aviation Organization
- Analysis
- March 3, 2020
On February 13, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) posted an online notice about the economic impact of the travel ban created in response to the international transmission of the COVID-19 virus (i.e. the coronavirus). Its estimates about the cancellation of international flights to or from mainland China, however, “… do not include potential impacts
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Understanding Canada’s Middle East Policy in a Tumultuous 2020
- Analysis
- March 3, 2020
The new year began with two major crises in the Middle East, both of which have impacted Canadian policy and interests. First, the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by the US in Iraq precipitating the downing of Ukraine Airlines flight PS752 in Iran, with 57 Canadians and 29 permanent residents aboard. Second, the Trump
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Trump’s New, Undemocratic, Denaturalization Policy
- Analysis
- February 27, 2020
This week, the US Justice Department announced the creation of a “Denaturalization Section”, which will focus on stripping US citizenship status of those it believes had acquired it fraudulently. However, this choice contributes to the undermining of the post-World War 2 consensus that the right to citizenship is a basic human right. The press release
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Human Rights “Inflation”— What’s the Problem?
Instead of talking about “rights inflation”, we should understand what we are witnessing are new interpretations that respond to new struggles for human dignity. It is increasingly common to hear the complaint that there are too many international human rights. Those complaining raise three sorts of allegations: that new rights are being created willy-nilly, a sort
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