• Scrooge in Paradise: Why Private Wealth is a Political Issue

    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. Even though our growing levels of inequality may not come close to those in the

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  • The Central African Republic: Forgotten by the World?

    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 slaves in Libya. The longstanding crisis unfolding in the Central African Republic (CAR), however, rarely even

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  • A Pioneering War Crimes Tribunal Comes to an End

    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 for war crimes that took place during the brutal dismemberment of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

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  • Quelle rationalité domine chez les capitalistes des pays en développement ?

    Par Thomas Chiasson-LeBel Une bonne partie de la littérature dans le domaine des études du développement international repose sur un présupposé fragile. Celui-ci soutient que si on lui offre les stimulants adéquats, une « bourgeoisie nationale » réinvestira ses profits et produira un cycle vertueux d’accumulation et de croissance économique. Autrement dit, lorsque les conditions sont bonnes,

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