What Was Said (And What Was Not Said)0

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• March 19, 2025

U.S. Department of State: Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press at Fairmont le Manoir Richelieu, Charlevoix, Canada 

Transcript of Remarks

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

Fairmont le Manoir Richelieu

Charlevoix, Canada

March 14, 2025

QUESTION: If I …

Double Truths: When Fiction Reveals What Academia Cannot0

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• March 17, 2025

After years working in the World Bank’s Result Measurement Unit, I found myself confronting an uncomfortable reality: development aid to impoverished countries primarily benefits aid facilitators, donors, and a select few wealthy clients—rarely empowering those it’s meant to help on …

Thinking Critically About Science Diplomacy: What Does It Mean To Give Scientists A ‘Seat At The Table’?0

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• March 11, 2025

Canada Must Dream Big and Spend Big as it Faces the Trump Threat0

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• March 10, 2025

It should now be clear to Canadians that we face an existential threat from a United States that has gone full MAGA. In response, Canada must go full GIGA! Giga, of course, means “giant” in Greek, and that’s the size …

Why is the United States Leaving the WHO?0

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• February 24, 2025

On January 20, 2025, one of Donald Trump’s first executive orders was to withdraw the United States from the WHO (World Health Organization). In 1975, the Republican Gerald Ford decided to leave the ILO (International Labour Organization). The Reagan administration …

The Rise of Nature-Related Risk and the Climatization of Biodiversity0

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• February 18, 2025

As biodiversity loss accelerates, financial actors are increasingly engaging with the issue—but not under the banner of biodiversity itself. Instead, they are embracing nature-related risk, an umbrella concept modeled after, aligned with, and integrated into existing climate finance frameworks. This …

The Rate of Change and the Role of the State: Understanding Fracture in Today’s World from a Polanyian Perspective0

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• January 27, 2025

We live in a period of profound change and transformation, with neoliberalism now under siege and becoming channeled in new directions. At the center of all of this is the state, especially states that are also great powers. Shifting geopolitical …

Trump is Intent on Repoliticizing the Global Economy: What Happens Next?0

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• January 24, 2025

Trump’s return to the White House will have seismic effects on the global political economy. These won’t be limited to one-off shocks like those associated with his threatened 25% tariff increase. A more lasting legacy will be the broad-based repoliticization …

Trump’s America First Trade Policy Holds Both Perils and Promises for Canada0

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• January 22, 2025

Late on Inauguration Day, newly sworn-in President Trump signed an executive order outlining his America First Trade Policy. Although presidential impatience and the occasional tweet are bound to upset the policy’s fine print and timelines, the document is worth …

Understanding the Conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region0

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• January 16, 2025

The Ethiopian diaspora in Canada held a significant protest in Ottawa on November 19, 2024. The demonstrators carried posters denouncing the Ethiopian regime. Messages such as ‘Stop the Amhara genocide’, ‘Justice for the Amhara people’, were prominently displayed. From City …

Laws Discriminating Against Women in Iran and Afghanistan Go Beyond Borders0

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• January 13, 2025

The recently-released third edition of the Gender Equality and Governance Index (GEGI) found, not surprisingly, that the two countries with the lowest scores in the index are Afghanistan and Iran. Both countries have institutionalized gender inequality through laws and …