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Is the Trudeau Government Losing Interest in LGBTI Rights?
- Analysis
- January 21, 2020
Justin Trudeau has been a better ally to gay communities than his predecessor. However, he seems to be losing interest in protecting the rights of LGBTI people in other countries, despite the desperate need for such support. Justin Trudeau’s government has proven itself to be a better ally to LGBTI communities than any previous one.
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Fortress of Democracy: Taiwan’s Election Deserves Strong International Support
- Analysis
- January 20, 2020
After a fierce electoral campaign, 19 million voters in Taiwan woke up on January 11, 2020, with important choices to make in their country’s presidential and legislative election. The voting itself is very local. Polling stations, one for every 1500 to 3000 voters, are easily-accessible public buildings such as schools and community centres. The elections
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Iran-U.S. Crisis Reminds Us How Culture Matters in Wartime
As tensions have ratcheted up between the United States and Iran, a series of tweets by President Donald Trump threatening the deliberate targeting of Iranian cultural sites triggered a strong negative reaction around the world. In fact, following Trump’s tweets, Pentagon officials reassured the world that the U.S. would not target Iran’s cultural sites, and would follow the laws of armed conflict. Quickly, the
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What Are the Benefits and Pitfalls of ‘Data-Driven’ Peacekeeping?
- Analysis
- January 9, 2020
The UN is committed to improving peace operations by making them more ‘data-driven,’ but the move toward systematic data analysis comes with practical, ethical, and political challenges. UNpeace operations face a variety of problems, but one of the most pressing,historically, has been a lack of adequate field information. Peacekeepers often fail toachieve core objectives –
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