Backwards, March! Brexit, CANZUK, and the Legacy of Empire
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- 17 janvier 2019
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Backwards, March! Brexit, CANZUK, and the Legacy of Empire
- 17 janvier 2019
By Duncan Bell and Srdjan Vucetic
It was coined in the 1950s, but the term CANZUK — a union (or alliance or pact) of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom — has been repurposed in the wake of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSUK Rendition and Torture: Lessons for Canada
- 18 juillet 2018
The British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has produced two reports on collusion in rendition (the legal term for shipping someone from one jurisdiction to another) and torture operations in the US-led War on Terror. They remind us in blunt …
EN SAVOIR PLUSRussian Expulsions: “If there was ever a time for diplomacy, this is it”
- 5 avril 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman
About 50 years ago, Swedish writers Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo created addictive detective stories rooted in sociology. The reader knew who was murdered and often learned early on who did it. The mystery to be solved …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe West Gets Tough on Russia. What’s Next?
- 29 mars 2018
Canada has now joined an international effort to punish the Russians for their role in the use of a nerve agent to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England.
Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhat Canada Should Do about Russia’s New Aggression
- 16 mars 2018
The crisis between Russia and the West over the poisoning of former Russia spy Sergei Skripal, daughter, Yulia, and a British police sergeant, Nick Bailey, has now moved to the global stage of the United Nations Security Council. The crisis, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSFrom Spy Story to Global Crisis
- 16 mars 2018
The biggest crisis in relations between Russia and the West since Russian aggression in Crimea and Ukraine is now in full force. The enormity of the action that led to this crisis — the poisoning of a former Russian spy …
EN SAVOIR PLUS
Old-Style Poisoning Sets the Scene for New Cold War
- 14 mars 2018
An aging Russian general and former spy is found murdered in a London park, the victim of an assassin’s gun. That’s a story straight out of a John le Carré novel. An aging Russian colonel and former spy is discovered, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTheresa May’s use of “critical” threat level is a double-edged sword
- 14 juin 2017
In the wake of the vicious suicide bombing in Manchester, the British government under Prime Minister Theresa May has temporarily suspended an election campaign and done two extraordinary things. It has raised the terrorism threat level to “critical” — something …
EN SAVOIR PLUSUK’s new prime minister must negotiate EU split quickly
- 15 juillet 2016
As a result of the historic Brexit vote, the United Kingdom has found a new prime minister in Theresa May. As the new UK leader, May has a long to-do list, not least ensuring the UK economy does not fall …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDon’t blame the EU for the Brexit vote. Blame globalization, technology, and national governments instead.
- 2 juillet 2016
On June 23rd, a significant majority of voters in England and Wales cast referendum ballots in favour of the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU), in spite of those in London, Northern Ireland, and Scotland generally …
EN SAVOIR PLUSEU or Commonwealth: Where Does Canada Fit in Britain’s Plans?
- 27 avril 2016
In 2009, George Monbiot wrote a much-trafficked op-ed in The Guardian on the Canadian tar sands political-industrial complex, blaming it for the “astonishing spectacle of a beautiful, cultured nation turning itself into a corrupt petro-state.” The author blamed the government …
EN SAVOIR PLUS
China’s Domino Tactics Boost Infrastructure Bank
- 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 …
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