International Relations & Development

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The price tag for democracy

The price tag for democracy

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Chinese investors can use the FIPA to challenge anything that a legislature or government or court in Canada does. They may not win, but the ability to sue in this way is a powerful tool by … 7 $0.70 Add
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The Race for a Seat on the UN Security Council

The Race for a Seat on the UN Security Council

From: Canada is Not Back

Examines the Trudeau government’s commitment to winning a seat in the UN Security Council in 2020. Explores Trudeau’s position on major international issues, including the Israeli … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Return of Barbarism

The Return of Barbarism

From: The Return of History

From The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century 61 $6.10 Add
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The Return of Cold War

The Return of Cold War

From: The Return of History

From The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century 78 $7.80 Add
The Return of History

The Return of History

Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century

In the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis … 402 View
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The Return of History

The Return of History

From: The Return of History

From The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century 46 $4.60 Add
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The Return of Mass Flight

The Return of Mass Flight

From: The Return of History

From The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century 61 $6.10 Add
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The Rich Nations and the Poor Nations

The Rich Nations and the Poor Nations

From: More Lost Massey Lectures

From More Lost Massey Lectures: Recovered Classics from Five Great Thinkers 120 $12.00 Add
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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