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Canada Among Donors: What Do the Latest Foreign Aid Statistics Tell Us?0
- Analysis
- April 17, 2018
The preliminary aid statistics for 2017 are now out. What do they tell us about global trends and Canadian foreign aid?

Globally, official development assistance (ODA) from traditional donors has held steady. The total amount, US$147 billion, is down slightly …
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Putting the Foreign Service Back on Track 0
- Analysis
- April 14, 2018
This blog is a condensed version of my 11 April 2018 presentation to the Professional Committee of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO), the Canadian Foreign Service Union, in Ottawa. It argues for a new foreign ministry model …
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Is Facebook Just a “Tool”?0
- Analysis
- April 14, 2018
by Nolen Gertz

This past week, Facebook CEO, chairman, and founder Mark Zuckerberg testified before members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives to answer to the growing scandal surrounding Facebook’s role in helping Cambridge Analytica (and, by …
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In Defense of Canada’s New International Development Assistance Policy 0
- Analysis
- April 12, 2018
Criticism, while hardly ever welcome, is nevertheless necessary to draw attention to potential pitfalls. If heeded in time, danger may be averted; disaster, however, may follow an unexamined plan. Canada’s new Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) has drawn its share …
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Arms Exports and Feminist Foreign Policy 0
- Analysis
- April 11, 2018
In recent years, we’ve seen a number of depressing political shifts in the Euro-Atlantic area — but the rise of feminist foreign policies is not among them.

The trend was set in 2014 when Margot Wallström was named foreign minister …
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Russian Expulsions: “If There Was Ever a Time for Diplomacy, This is it”0
- Analysis
- April 5, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman

About 50 years ago, Swedish writers Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo created addictive detective stories rooted in sociology. The reader knew who was murdered and often learned early on who did it. The mystery to be solved …
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”0
- Analysis
- April 4, 2018
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand …
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Press for Progress for Afghan Women and Girls 0
- Analysis
- April 4, 2018
As the month of March passes, the 2018 Women’s Day theme, relentless Press for Progress, must continue if the gains in women’s status in Afghanistan since 2001 are to be sustained.

Eminent members of the international community — individuals, …
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Why Deleting Facebook Isn’t Enough 0
- Analysis
- April 4, 2018
By Taylor Owen and Ben Scott

While being pessimistic about the depressing tableau of Silicon Valley malfeasance is easy, let us not forget that the internet has brought tremendous value to our society. Therefore, the answer is not to lock …
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Standing Guard on Japan’s Most Western Point 0
- Analysis
- March 30, 2018
Yonaguni, Japan’s most westernmost inhabited island (pop. 1745), lies 111 km from Hualien (Taiwan), but more than 2000 km from Tokyo. Yonaguni is part of the Sakishima Islands that include the Yaeyama Islands to the west near Taiwan and the …
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The West Gets Tough on Russia. What’s Next?0
- Analysis
- March 29, 2018
Canada has now joined an international effort to punish the Russians for their role in the use of a nerve agent to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England.

Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland …
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Drug Dealers on Death Row?0
- Analysis
- March 25, 2018
By Dane Degenstein

Donald Trump has suggested the death penalty for drug dealers.

It has been difficult to pin down President Trump’s policies on anything and the opioid crisis is no different. The fact that he uses language similar …
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