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Has Canada gone too far in blocking mining investments from Chinese companies?0
- Analysis, Repost
- March 11, 2024
SRG Mining announced this week that it was putting an end to Carbon One New Energy Group’s proposed $16.9-million investment in the Canadian miner. Although the company did not officially say so, the belief is that a national security review …
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La descente dans l’enfer ou une sortie de la crise en Haïti : quel rôle pour le Canada?0
- Analysis
- March 11, 2024
Depuis le début de mars, la crise sécuritaire et humanitaire en Haïti s’est dramatiquement aggravée. Des gangs fédérés sous le parapluie du G9, dirigés par Jimmy Chérizier, ont libéré environs 4500 prisonniers de deux centres de détention dans la capitale, …
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Climate Change and Canadian Security: A Growing Imperative 0
- Analysis
- March 4, 2024
In recent years, climate change has emerged as a central factor in Canadian security discourse. Traditionally, security discussions in Canada have focused on military threats, border security, and international relations. However, the escalating impacts of climate change are forcing policymakers …
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A Southeast Asian Giant at the Crossroads 0
- Analysis
- March 1, 2024
Indonesia today stands at a crossroads as the Southeast Asian giant prepares for newly elected Prabowo Subianto to succeed Jokowi, the popular two term President. This October, Jokowi will hand over power to his preferred and, for many, surprising successor. …
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Indonesia: Game of Thrones or Living Dangerously?0
- Analysis
- February 28, 2024
This year features a record number of elections world-wide. More than 200 million Indonesians just voted in the traditionally high turnout one has come to expect in the world’s third largest democracy. So what do the results mean? What national …
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The Most Important Country You Don’t Know Enough About 0
- Analysis
- February 26, 2024
When you mention Indonesia to Canadians the usual image that might come to mind is the tropical island of Bali. And yet the world’s largest archipelagic country is so much more than palm trees and beaches. Indonesia is the world’s …
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Afghanistan’s Climate Crisis: Addressing Drivers of Conflict 0
- Analysis, Repost
- February 16, 2024
Helping Afghans deal with climate-induced emergencies could aid in addressing the drivers of unending conflict and instability in the long-term.

On January 28, Kabul received its first snowfall of the winter season, which had started almost two months earlier. The …
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How Canada Can Better Support Democratic Development: International Election Observers 0
- Analysis
- February 6, 2024
As part of its development, peace and security programming, Global Affairs Canada sends election observers to monitor foreign elections in countries where electoral processes are weak or developing. Its election observation efforts are part of GAC’s programs to support the …
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Canada Braces for the Possible Return of Donald Trump 0
- Analysis, Repost
- January 30, 2024
As Trump consolidates his position as Republican front runner, Canada must prepare for his possible new administration to ensure access to the vital US market.

Following the Republican primary result in New Hampshire this week, Canada is not the …
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International Students: How We Could Learn From Others—And Ourselves 0
- Analysis
- January 29, 2024
How is Canada at a point where there is no record of one in five of the international students with study permits studying at college or university here, with the no show rate over 90% at some private colleges? How …
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Defying Foreign Interference Means Taking an Independent Stance on Taiwan 0
- Analysis
- January 29, 2024
As Canada begins a public inquiry on foreign interference this week, the behaviour of China’s diplomats may come into the spotlight in ways that Canada’s Ambassador to China Jennifer May describes as “deeply uncomfortable.” Just a fortnight after Taiwan’s presidential …
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Myths about the Sustainable Development Goals 0
- Analysis
- January 18, 2024
As we head into the last half of the UN’s Agenda 2030, my progressive friends and colleagues continue to denounce the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as “neoliberal” or even “the continuation of coloniality and a legitimisation of …
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