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How the 2008 Financial Crisis Helped Fuel Today’s Right-Wing Populism
- 10 octobre 2018
Ten years ago, on 3 October 2008, President George W. Bush signed the “Troubled Assets Relief Program” (TARP), promising $700 billion to support banks and companies hit by the global financial crisis. As Congress passed this historic bill, it seemed …
EN SAVOIR PLUSMoving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 1
- 27 août 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman
The summer of 2018 has shaken the rules-based world order that emerged from the devastation of the Second World War. A rogue president of the United States has apparently chosen unilateralism and nationalist competition over the multilateral …
EN SAVOIR PLUSMoving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 2
- 27 août 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman
Part 1 of this article appears here.
Though Trump’s electoral victory was a shock, allies hoped it was hyperbole when Trump declared in his inaugural address in January, 2017, that he placed the interests of America …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLiberal Internationalism: Save, Ditch, or Reform?
- 15 juillet 2018
Rita Abrahamsen, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and Director of CIPS
When President Donald Trump reneged on his commitment to the G7 Communiqué after the Charlevoix Summit in June, it was but one …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe View from MARs: American Populism and the Liberal World Order
- 15 juillet 2018
Jean-François Drolet, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University, London
Michael C. Williams, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
Each day seems to bring a new body-blow to the liberal international order. Longstanding alliances are strained. …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhy Nationalizing the Trans Mountain Pipeline is Undemocratic
- 8 juin 2018
When Canadians woke up to learn that they were the proud owners of a run-down pipeline, many of them no doubt asked themselves, “Can the government just do that?” After all, nationalization hasn’t been a popular government pastime in Canada …
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Is Facebook Just a “Tool”?
- 14 avril 2018
by Nolen Gertz
This past week, Facebook CEO, chairman, and founder Mark Zuckerberg testified before members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives to answer to the growing scandal surrounding Facebook’s role in helping Cambridge Analytica (and, by …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhy Deleting Facebook Isn’t Enough
- 4 avril 2018
By Taylor Owen and Ben Scott
While being pessimistic about the depressing tableau of Silicon Valley malfeasance is easy, let us not forget that the internet has brought tremendous value to our society. Therefore, the answer is not to lock …
EN SAVOIR PLUSIran’s Riots: Flash in the Pan, or Sign of Things to Come?
- 14 février 2018
The unrest that has erupted across Iran over the last few months never seriously threatened the regime’s hold on power. Though a genuine reflection of the people’s frustration with their lot, the riots were unfocused and leaderless. They lacked the …
EN SAVOIR PLUS“A parade like the one in France”: A Reflection on Militarism Today
- 8 février 2018
According to The Washington Post, US President Donald Trump has asked the Department of Defense to plan for a military parade later this year. The date is yet to be set, but it is likely to be either July …
EN SAVOIR PLUSScrooge in Paradise: Why Private Wealth is a Political Issue
- 19 décembre 2017
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.…
EN SAVOIR PLUSOnce More: What is Canada?
- 11 décembre 2017
In November 1964, the venerable American magazine The Atlantic published a special supplement on Canadian politics and society. It featured excellent, almost exclusively Canadian-authored articles: by John W. Holmes, the wordy Canadian diplomat, on “The Diplomacy of a Middle Power”; …
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