International Relations & Development

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The Right to Peace Takes Shape

The Right to Peace Takes Shape

From: Peacemakers

Examines the development of the idea of the human right to peace and concludes what needs to be done in order to make this a reality. 15 $1.50 Add
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The roller coaster continues

The roller coaster continues

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Awards of compensation for foreign investors have risen to billions of dollars, and now tens of billions. Lawyers have developed new and creative arguments for compensating foreign investors, … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Security Agenda:

The Security Agenda:

Driving Deep Integration

From: Living with Uncle

Using NAFTA as a jumping off point this chapter analyzes the driving force of deep integration becoming security. Specifically looks at the US calling for unprecedented integration among … 20 $2.00 Add
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The SNC-Lavalin affair
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The SNC-Lavalin affair

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter details how SNC-Lavalin evaded serious punishment for its Libyan bribery scandal through political lobbying and a plea deal in Canada, while Libya now lay in ruins. 11 $1.10 Add
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The special status of Chinese investors

The special status of Chinese investors

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

under the FIPA, Chinese investors now have a power to sidestep Canada’s legal system by starting a lawsuit under the FIPA. Or, they can go to the courts in Canada to attempt to strike down … 9 $0.90 Add
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The strange case of Stephen Gordon

The strange case of Stephen Gordon

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes an article written in Maclean’s Magazine by Stephen Gordan which presents a poorly informed spin on the FIPA 9 $0.90 Add
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The trade specialists

The trade specialists

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

My point is that the federal government should have put the competing claims about the FIPA to the test, in public, by organizing a thorough and independent review. It should have brought in … 6 $0.60 Add
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The UN and the Responsibility to Protect

The UN and the Responsibility to Protect

From: Peacemakers

Examines the UN’s responsibilty to protect and maintain peace. Pays particular focus to international law 19 $1.90 Add
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Averting World War III

Averting World War III

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

The history of how the UN has proved itself to the people in its efforts to avert another World War. 10 $1.00 Add
The United Nations in the 21st Century

The United Nations in the 21st Century

Grappling with the world's most challenging issues: militarism, the environment, human rights, inequality

After more than seven decades, the United Nations embodies humanity’:s hopes for peace, security, social justice, human rights, equality for women, and a voice for all. At the same time, … 98 View
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The United States: “Virus” of Disinformation
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The United States: “Virus” of Disinformation

Part III: A New Cold War?

From: China Unbound

Chapter 9 features reporting from the United States that gathers evidence and points towards potential areas of global conflict with Chinese interests in the region and looks for what can be done … 36 $3.60 Add
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The Use of Force
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The Use of Force

PART IV: RECOURSE FOR VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

From: International Law, 3/e

Chapter 14 examines the limited circumstances in which armed force may still be used, and by whom, to secure or restore compliance with international law by focusing on the general prohibition of … ; ; ; 56 $5.60 Add
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The Virtual World of Peace

The Virtual World of Peace

From: Peacemakers

Looks at how the public understands peace issues and technology’s role in this. 15 $1.50 Add
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Thirty-one years and a hysterical scenario

Thirty-one years and a hysterical scenario

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

If one accepts climate change as a pressing concern, it is hard to imagine a more epic fail than the FIPA. For years, the Harper Government told Canadians it would not act on climate change until … 9 $0.90 Add
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Trade, Economies, and Flows
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Trade, Economies, and Flows

From: North America's Arctic Borders

This chapter turns to the ways in which contemporary trade and economic processes both reinforce and pose challenges to the maintenance of domestic and regional borders. In the North American … ; 26 $2.60 Add
Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law

Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law

Canadian Perspectives

The group of authors — made up of prosecutors, defence lawyers, government counsel, academics, and civil society advocates — take on a variety of subjects, including terrorism, … 608 View