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What Does a New Ambassador Mean for Canada-China Relations?0
- Analysis
- October 17, 2019
By John Gruetzner and Geoffrey Ziebart

The appointment of former McKinsey executive, Domonic Barton, as Canada’s new ambassador to China presents a new opportunity to reset bilateral relations. However, while Barton is well-positioned to further Canadian interests in the world’s …
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Foreign Aid on the Campaign Agenda 0
- News, Report
- October 8, 2019
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 0
- Analysis, News
- October 5, 2019
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 0
- 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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F-35 Sales Are America’s Belt and Road 0
- Analysis, Repost
- September 22, 2019
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 0
- 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’0
- 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?0
- Analysis, Repost, Research
- September 12, 2019
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 0
- 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 0
- 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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30 Years After Tiananmen: Democracy More Urgent than Ever 0
- Analysis
- May 30, 2019
In early May, US State Department Director of Policy Planning Kiron Skinner was rebuked in China’s English-language media for characterizing US–China relations as a “clash of civilizations.” Skinner’s rhetoric reflects a Cold War mentality that overlooks centuries of mutual contact …
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Mass Wedding Banquet to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan 0
- Analysis
- May 30, 2019
After new legislation permitting same-sex marriage came into effect in Taiwan on 24 May 2019, LGBT couples and their families began celebrating their new freedom. Journalists and foreign diplomats (including Canadian representative Jordan Reeves) crowded into Taipei City Hall to …
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