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Why Canada Should NOT Move its Embassy to Jerusalem 0
- Analysis
- June 5, 2018
by Jon Allen and Alan Freeman

For President Donald Trump and many Israelis, the decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem is simply “a recognition of reality,” the fact that Jerusalem and not Tel Aviv is the functioning capital …
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Bangladesh on the Move, Part 1: A Development Breakthrough 0
- Analysis
- June 5, 2018
Bangladesh, a country branded at its birth, in 1971, as a bottomless development basket by Henry Kissinger, marches forward. Proving Kissinger’s words wrong, this development success story unfolds in one of the poorest countries of the world.

The country moves …
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Bangladesh on the Move, Part 2: Future Prospects 0
- Analysis
- June 5, 2018
Read Part 1 of this article here.

London-based research organization BMI has listed Bangladesh as one of six countries that will be growth performers in the period 2016–2025. Three major factors are identified as boosters of this growth. An …
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Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now 0
- Analysis
- June 3, 2018
by John Packer

Nine months since the violent attacks of August 25, 2017, and thereafter forced 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, the first of thousands of pregnancies as a result of rape are coming to term.

For these …
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Alternative Facts, Chinese Style 0
- Analysis
- May 25, 2018
China’s increased censorship of foreign websites came to light on May 15, when it was reported that Air Canada had changed the drop-down menus of its destinations to show Taiwan’s capital Taipei as part of China. Air Canada’s capitulation to …
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The G7: Hard Talk or a Sleepwalk?0
- Analysis
- May 24, 2018
by Jeremy Kinsman

As the Charlevoix G7 approaches, there is some question as to how the June 8–9 summit could play out as a Trumpian disaster. As veteran diplomat Jeremy Kinsman writes, if the disruptive president plays skunk at the …
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1983 GAC Document Still Relevant Today: “The Crisis of Quality” Revisited 0
- Analysis
- May 17, 2018
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is under pressure from a variety of directions and for different reasons: the Prime Minister’s India trip; a lacklustre policy performance under the Trudeau government; indifferent communications with the Canadian public; and, at the top, confusion …
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China’s Thought Police Handcuff Canadian Businesses 0
- Analysis
- May 16, 2018
When I received Air Canada’s promotional email about a worldwide seat sale this week, I immediately checked their website to book my August trip to Taipei. To my surprise, the list of destinations had been changed to read “Taipei, China” …
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Why We Need to Stop Letting Economic Crises go to Waste 0
- Analysis
- April 30, 2018
There’s a popular adage that we should never let a good crisis go to waste. Yet, arguably, that’s what we’ve been doing for decades now. We’ve avoided facing the genuine political challenges that economic crises present us and lost these …
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The Commonwealth’s Refusal to Address LGBTI Rights 0
- Analysis
- April 25, 2018
One of the best predictors of whether a country criminalizes homosexuality is whether it is a member of the Commonwealth. In 36 out of 53 Commonwealth countries, sexual acts in private between two consenting adults of the same sex are …
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The (Vanishing?) Conspiracy Theory Part 1: Daniel Jean on the PM’s India Trip 0
- Analysis
- April 21, 2018
The National Security and Intelligence Adviser to the Prime Minister, Daniel Jean, made a rare appearance before a Parliamentary committee on April 16. Such visits are usually sparked by scandal and controversy, and Jean’s appearance was no different. On the …
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The (Vanishing?) Conspiracy Theory Part 2: Media Reports on the PM’s India Trip 0
- Analysis
- April 21, 2018
Here is a sample of what the media reported after Daniel Jean’s background brief:

Globe and Mail, February 22, 2018: “…after initially pointing the finger at Mr. Sarai, the Canadian government later spread the blame to ‘factions in India’ …
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