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Canada Must Step Up to Help Stop Beijing’s Bullying of Taiwan 0
- Analysis
- January 10, 2018
China began 2018 with a breach of longstanding arrangements for aviation safety in the Taiwan Straits. On 4 January, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) unilaterally opened up northbound civil flights on flight path M503 and three connecting east–west …
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Canada’s Foreign Policy “One-Sided,” Not the UN Resolution We Refused to Support 0
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- December 22, 2017
Canada refused to support the UN General Assembly resolution this week that rebuked the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In doing so, the Trudeau government undermined its claim to be cutting a new foreign policy …
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Trump’s Security Strategy is more about his Personal Grievances 0
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- December 20, 2017
US President Donald Trump released his administration’s national security strategy, presented in a speech to a subdued military audience on the afternoon of December 18^th. The strategy document was previewed by Trump’s national security adviser, General H.R. McMaster, …
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Scrooge in Paradise: Why Private Wealth is a Political Issue 0
- Analysis
- December 19, 2017
As global inequality grows to “extreme levels” — as revealed in the just-released World Inequality Report — it is hard not to wonder what it bodes for the health of liberal democracy — around the world and here in Canada.…
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The Central African Republic: Forgotten by the World?0
- Analysis
- December 18, 2017
By Gino Vlavonou

International news headlines move quickly from one disaster to another. A political crisis in one country is forgotten as turmoil unfolds in the next: Mugabe’s fall from power; a mass shooting in the US; sub-Saharan African …
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A Pioneering War Crimes Tribunal Comes to an End 0
- Analysis
- December 14, 2017
At the end of December, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closes its doors after 24 years in business.

The United Nations court, situated in The Hague, was established in 1993 with the goal of providing accountability …
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How Rational are Capitalists in the Developing World?0
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- December 13, 2017
By Thomas Chiasson-LeBel

A questionable fundamental assumption underpins a great deal of the literature in International Development studies. It suggests that given the proper incentives, a “national bourgeoisie” will adequately reinvest its profits and provoke a virtuous cycle of reinvestment …
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Mapping Out a North Korean Peace Process 0
- Analysis
- December 11, 2017
By John Gruetzner

There are ultimately four critical components to a peace process:

The first component is to submit and then finalize a draft of a document acceptable to the original signatories that converts the armistice agreement signed on 27 …
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Canada Doubling Down on Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula 0
- Analysis
- December 11, 2017
By John Gruetzner

Canada has announced that it is co-hosting a 16-nation summit with the United States early next year to explore options to engage North Korea. Prime Minister Trudeau is also likely to meet this month with US Secretary …
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Once More: What is Canada?0
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- December 11, 2017
In November 1964, the venerable American magazine The Atlantic published a special supplement on Canadian politics and society. It featured excellent, almost exclusively Canadian-authored articles: by John W. Holmes, the wordy Canadian diplomat, on “The Diplomacy of a Middle Power”; …
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Gender, Data, and High-Risk Environments 0
- Analysis
- December 6, 2017
Collecting reliable data on state and political processes in insecure environments is a necessary first step to understanding and ultimately reducing violence. Gender shapes the data we collect, the ways it is collected, and ultimately the findings we produce and …
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An International Education for Our Students is Vital to Canada’s Success 0
- Analysis
- December 5, 2017
by Roland Paris and Margaret Biggs

Canada’s biggest customer, the United States, is veering towards protectionism. Rising powers are transforming the global economy. Intolerance is on the rise, including in Canada. Technology is revolutionizing the nature of work.

We must …
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