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Why would anyone trust a British Prime Minister or an American President ever again?
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- October 10, 2019
Boris Johnson’s betrayal of the Good Friday agreement and Donald Trump’s abandonment of the US’ Kurdish allies demonstrate not only the capriciousness of populist authoritarianism but also how little both men understand about where their power comes from.
Three years …
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Foreign Aid on the Campaign Agenda
While one federal party leader pledges to cut foreign aid, others fail to agree to meet Canada’s long-standing commitments. In the run-up to the 2019 elections, international assistance finally did earn a place on the campaign agenda. However, all major …
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Boris Johnson Goes to China – via Ireland
Boris Johnson’s ‘final offer’ to the EU for a Brexit deal may be effectively dead on arrival, but even if so, does it make a future united Ireland more likely?
Did anyone notice Boris Johnson’s Nixon-in-China move the other …
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Star Wars: Coming soon to a space near you – the diplomatic alternative
- Analysis
- October 3, 2019
Will Outer Space become a new frontier for international conflict? Or can it remain a global commons? As states dither, this question may soon be taken over by other actors.
I confess that I gave this blog its title with …
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MBS admits “full responsibility” for the Khashoggi murder: what this means for the Kingdom’s allies
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is either behind the assassination of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, or has no control. Either way, the situation begs a serious response
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (the now notorious ‘MBS’) recently admitted his …
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The Remarkable Consistency of Canada’s Foreign Policy
…READ MORECanada’s foreign policy is driven primarily by geopolitics, and its overriding concern is to remain close – but not too close – to its southern neighbour.
At the victory rally on election night 2015 the leader of Canada’s federal Liberal
F-35 Sales Are America’s Belt and Road
By Jonathan D. Caverley, Ethan B. Kapstein and Srdjan Vucetic
While China’s Belt and Road Initiative has captured the headlines, the network of alliances based around Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II offers advanced technology and close ties to the United
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History, memory, and politics in post-communist Eastern Europe
- Analysis
- September 19, 2019
The fact that East European trauma under communism is not adequately understood and appreciated in the West is the central grievance of these movements, and this feeds into new cycles of victimization
In October 2017, a commemorative plaque “In Memory …
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Neoliberalism’s ‘unfailures’
- Analysis
- September 16, 2019
The late 1970s and early 1980s are a moment in time that is often seen as a resounding success for neoliberal theory and practice
Economic policies enacted under neoliberalism have often failed to meet their objectives, but have remained unchallenged. …
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Sending More Canadians Abroad: Innovative or Old-Fashioned Development Assistance?
Why is the Canadian government trotting out such an old-fashioned approach to aid?
Does the world need more Canadians? Global Affairs Canada recently announced a new initiative to send more Canadians abroad to help developing countries fight poverty. The new …
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Nationalist Internationalists? The Strange Paradoxes of the Global Right
- Analysis
- September 9, 2019
By Rita Abrahamsen, Jean-François Drolet, Alexandra Gheciu, Srdjan Vucetic and Michael C. Williams
The first step toward meeting the challenge of the Radical Right is to understand their ideas, strategies, and organisations.
For nearly three years, we have been researching …
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Sovereignty Served Cold
- Analysis
- September 5, 2019
The Canadian government depends radically on the permanent population of Inuit and other Northerners … but, those Northern communities live with less.
I was on the lookout for Russians when I should have been looking for icebergs. As part of …
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