30 Years After Tiananmen: Democracy More Urgent than Ever
- Analysis
- May 30, 2019
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Canadian Perspectives on Global Diplomacy, Part 1: The Lay of the Land
- May 6, 2019
This 2-part CIPS blog is based on my guest presentation at a seminar for graduating trainee diplomats at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), University of West Indies, Trinidad, on 20 March 2019. The session was led jointly with Professor …
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Canadian Perspectives on Global Diplomacy, Part 2: Dealing with the USA
- May 6, 2019
This 2-part CIPS blog is based on my guest presentation at a seminar for graduating trainee diplomats at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), University of West Indies, Trinidad, on 20 March 2019. The session was led jointly with Professor …
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Haiti: Beyond the Headlines
- March 5, 2019
For a few weeks after protests reignited in Haiti’s major cities on 7 February 2019, the media carried images of angry protesters and much speculation on what this meant for the embattled country. Familiar tropes dominated the narrative: “the people” …
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“Nothing to Lose”: The Daily Struggles of Venezuelans
- February 5, 2019
By Rosana Lezama Sanchez
Venezuelan emigrants always talk about how much they miss the country they left behind. I returned to Caracas in August of 2018, but I too miss Venezuela. The Venezuela that I grew up in was certainly …
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How Rational are Capitalists in the Developing World?
- 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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What if Canada and Mexico Said No to Renegotiating NAFTA?
- April 7, 2017
Last week, acting United States trade representative Stephen Vaughn sent a draft notification letter to Congress indicating the President’s intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, the very same agreement that Trump qualified …
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Canadian aid+ to fragile and conflict-affected states: From crisis to opportunity?
- November 17, 2015
By Stephen Baranyi
The arrival of a new government in Ottawa presents an opportunity to reposition Canada in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) such as Afghanistan, Haiti and South Sudan, where distinct mixes of weak public institutions, high levels of …
READ MOREMexico’s Abducted Students: Where Does the Country Go From Here?
- October 20, 2014
by Claude Denis
How does one write about Mexico today?
The country is in full crisis mode after 43 students from the Ayotzinpa teachers’ college in rural Guerrero were kidnapped by the police on September 26, and six other people …
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