30 Years After Tiananmen: Democracy More Urgent than Ever
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30 Years After Tiananmen: Democracy More Urgent than Ever
- 30 mai 2019
In early May, US State Department Director of Policy Planning Kiron Skinner was rebuked in China’s English-language media for characterizing US–China relations as a “clash of civilizations.” Skinner’s rhetoric reflects a Cold War mentality that overlooks centuries of mutual contact …
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Mass Wedding Banquet to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan
- 30 mai 2019
After new legislation permitting same-sex marriage came into effect in Taiwan on 24 May 2019, LGBT couples and their families began celebrating their new freedom. Journalists and foreign diplomats (including Canadian representative Jordan Reeves) crowded into Taipei City Hall to …
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WHO: Better Health for Everyone, Everywhere — Except Taiwan
- 17 mai 2019
The World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), meets 20–28 May in Geneva. Although the WHO promises “better health for everyone, everywhere,” the organization systematically excludes one country from the annual discussions. Taiwan, officially …
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CAR’s Peace Accords and Rebel Warlords
- 17 mai 2019
By Gino Vlavonou
After ten years in power, in 2013, Séléka rebels ousted the Central African Republic’s (CAR) President François Bozizé, after which Anti-Balaka militia groups rose up in response. The country has since been searching for peace, and seven …
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Dawn of a New Era: Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Visit to Ottawa
- 13 mai 2019
A new era is dawning in Japan. With the abdication of Emperor Akihito on 30 April and the ascension of his Crown Prince Naruhito to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May, calendars will change from the 31st year of …
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Conceptualising Markets
- 11 mai 2019
By Pascale Massot and Julian Gruin
Markets are ubiquitous in contemporary everyday life and society as well as central features of the global economy. Markets have political, economic, social, and cultural origins, as well as consequences. But in the public …
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Is the Sky the Limit? Risk, Uncertainty, and Nature
- 11 mai 2019
By Sylvain Maechler
The Living Planet Report 2018, published by the World Wild Fund for Nature in collaboration with the research division of the Zoological Society of London, recently valued nature at an estimated US$125 trillion.
The International Organization …
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What Makes a Market Economy?
- 11 mai 2019
By Alice Chessé
What makes a market economy? To many, the answer is simple: they are countries where the market is the main mechanism of resource allocation. Yet, this intuitive definition is at odds with the political impact of the …
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China, State Capitalism, and the Global Financial Order
- 11 mai 2019
By Johannes Petry
In 1989, capital markets did not exist in China. Fast forward to 2018, China’s capital markets have become the second largest equity markets, second largest futures markets, and third largest bond markets in the world. More …
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Canadian Perspectives on Global Diplomacy, Part 1: The Lay of the Land
- 6 mai 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
- 6 mai 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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What Canada Can Do About the Rohingya Genocide
- 1 mai 2019
By Payam Akhavan and John Packer
Twenty-five years ago, as young UN human rights officers working together in Geneva, we witnessed how the world watched and did nothing as close to a million Rwandan Tutsis were exterminated. Brimming with idealism …
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