Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation
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- 18 décembre 2018
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John Sinclair
Senior Fellow, School of International Development and Global Studies
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Is Canada Ready to Deliver a Feminist Development Co-operation Policy?0
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- 22 juin 2017
A policy rethink on Canada’s Agenda 2030 commitments finally emerged as a feminist development manifesto from Canada’s Development Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau. This feminist framework for Canadian aid is bold in its ambitions — some might call it revolutionary — but …
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The G7 Disruptor0
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- 1 juin 2017
The G7 is traditionally praised for its solidarity and collegiality, but the May 26–27 summit saw a very fragile partnership with an unapologetic disruptor at the table. The summit, and the NATO summit the day before, had its technical successes, …
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Geopolitical Policy Challenges on a New Canadian Path, Part 2: The New Leadership and Canada0
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- 3 mai 2017
Following on Part 1, this section extends the discussion of disrupting factors to explore what could be key changes and how Canada might respond to a new global order. For Part 1 of this post, click here.
Canadian public …
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Geopolitical Policy Challenges on a New Canadian Path, Part 1: New Disrupting Forces0
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- 3 mai 2017
Canada needs to move beyond a policy perspective largely shaped by relations with the US and EU and build upon partnerships with the Global South.
The future is always hard to predict, but we already know that there is …
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Global nightmare, false alarm — or a first step to a new geopolitical order?0
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- 22 novembre 2016
We have had a few days now to calm our jangling nerves. President-elect Trump has already had a civilized conversation with President Obama and “promised” to keep a couple of features from Obamacare. But he is going to be an …
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TPP, TTIP, and CETA: Just Stalled or at a Dead-end?0
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- 3 mai 2016
The acronyms are confusing enough to outsiders. TPP is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, sponsored by the US, bringing together 12 Pacific-rim countries representing 40% of the global economy. TTIP is the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, potentially linking the …
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Is Canada “Fit for Purpose” in the face of a new global agenda?0
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- 3 novembre 2015
Par Julia Sanchez et John Sinclair
Canada has just elected a new government committed to ‘putting Canada back on the global stage’ by re-establishing Canada’s leadership position in promoting human rights and ending poverty. This commitment will be put to …
EN SAVOIR PLUSChina’s Domino Tactics Boost Infrastructure Bank0
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- 22 mars 2015
China is looking ever the experienced super-power. In a week it has scooped up all the important European dominos, humiliating a U.S. government which has lobbied hard to block the launch of China’s new $50b Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank …
EN SAVOIR PLUSIs the Global Partnership Ready for Action?0
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- 25 février 2015
The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation was born at a global conference held in Busan, Korea in 2011 to confront concerns that old-fashioned aid (ODA) was not working. Billions were being spent and the Global South’s poor and vulnerable …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWill a New Development Architecture Undercut the Poorest?0
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- 29 octobre 2014
We are still living in the global financial crisis. Much of Europe and even the world of emerging economies are in the doldrums. By some standards, the situation has become grimmer, with China and Germany joining the list of countries …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWho’s Leading the World?0
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- 11 août 2014
The simple but disturbing answer is: nobody.
Our world has over a billion people still living in extreme poverty. There are 25 million jobless in Europe. Jihadists control half of Iraq. The Doha Trade Round is in its 13th…
EN SAVOIR PLUSWith Russia Out of the G8, What About the G7 and G20?0
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- 25 mars 2014
Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Prime Minister Harper has insistently demanded that Russia be expelled from the G8. But what sort of G7 will survive that action? And what happens to the G20?
For now, the situation was resolved at …
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The Ethics of Buying Clothes Produced in Sweatshops
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- 26 février 2018
