Le crime va-t-il s’accomplir face à une communauté internationale silencieuse?
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- June 18, 2020
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Le crime va-t-il s’accomplir face à une communauté internationale silencieuse?
- June 18, 2020
Il semble que le Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu, dont le procès pour corruption vient de s’entamer, ait décidé d’entamer l’expansion illégale de la souveraineté israélienne en Cisjordanie dès le mois de juillet, profitant aussi bien de l’indifférence de la communauté …
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Can Canada Win a UN Security Council Seat?
- June 15, 2020
On June 17, 2020, Canada will seek election to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as one of the ten non-permanent members. If successful, Canada will serve as one of five countries elected this year for a two-year term ending …
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Disunited Democracies Cannot Face the Challenge of China
- June 7, 2020
The United States and its allies must agree on an approach to China with a clarity of purpose, resolve, and restraint. Because the China challenge will only grow over time.
After China violated Hong Kong’s legislative autonomy by imposing a …
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COVID-19 Forces a Rethink of an Old Debate
- May 18, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a test of the preparedness of countries’ public health and governance systems. As countries diverge in their strategies to fight the epidemic, we have more and more opportunities for learning about what works and …
READ MOREFinding Asylum Just Got Harder
- April 12, 2019
Refugee advocates in Canada breathed a sigh of relief in October of 2015. Immediately upon the election of the Liberals under the leadership of Justin Trudeau, the doors opened to thousands of Syrian refugees. Tens of thousands of Syrians have …
READ MOREA Bad US–China Trade Deal Might Lead to Good Things for the WTO
- March 2, 2019
When President Donald Trump announced that the United States was going to delay hiking tariffs on Chinese goods, investors breathed a sigh of relief. Here was a reduction in the risk of an escalation in the trade spat between the …
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Canada, China, and the Trump Doctrine
- February 5, 2019
The confrontation between Canada and China set off by the detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has escalated to near-crisis proportions. Canadian citizens have been detained, diplomats dismissed, ominous words uttered. Blame for the situation has been dispersed liberally. Canada …
READ MOREIndictments against Huawei: The Downside of Following the US Lead
- January 31, 2019
The US government has revealed more of its hand in its looming legal battle against the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Two separate US grand jury indictments against the company were unsealed on Monday, alleging criminal misconduct on the part of …
READ MOREWhat Challenges Face a New World Bank President?
- January 23, 2019
The World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were created in 1944, in the closing months of WWII. The Bretton Woods conference was the Allies’ vehicle for rebuilding a shattered Europe, relying on European and American leadership. This …
READ MOREThe Geopolitics of America’s New Africa Strategy
- December 19, 2018
The Trump administration has not had much to say about Africa, and what little it has said has been mostly nonsense or offensive, or both. First there was the President’s infamous “sx!#hole” comment, then his faint praise for the non-existent …
READ MORELearning from Taiwan’s Push to Diversify Trade Away From China
- November 28, 2018
Rather than cozying up to non-market economies, Canada should support Taiwan’s inclusion in the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Trade diversification seems increasingly important to Canada, especially after US President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed negotiations on the new US–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). …
READ MOREHow Do You Make Donald Trump Laugh? Democrats Should Think About It.
- November 23, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman
Many times in the past two years, people have told me they’ve never seen Donald Trump laugh.
So, what would it take?
A sure bet would be if — after the mid-term elections that bore very ominous …
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