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The legal challenge to the FIPA, part two

The legal challenge to the FIPA, part two

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Through focusing on the arguments of the government’s foreign investment expert, J. Christopher Thomas, and how the courts favoured his opinions Van Harten outlines how the legal challenge … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Liberal Intelligentsia Plays Its Role
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The Liberal Intelligentsia Plays Its Role

From: Syria

In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik examine how liberal intellectuals have provided moral and ideological justification for United States regime-change operations, tracing a lineage from the … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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The Mad Dog
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The Mad Dog

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter looks at Qadhafi’s radical reform program of the 1980s, which clashed violently with the US-led world order. As Libya used oil, arms, and support for liberation movements to … 15 $1.50 Add
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The magical FIPA: attracting Chinese investment without any environmental impact!

The magical FIPA: attracting Chinese investment without any environmental impact!

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

It is especially telling that the government, in its environmental assessment of the China FIPA, discounted entirely the possibility of environmental impacts of new Chinese investment in Canada. … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Middle Power Advantage in the Age of AI
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The Middle Power Advantage in the Age of AI

From: Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World

In this chapter, Wang examines how Canada can exercise agency in the wake of artifical intelligence. 12 $1.20 Add
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The Minister's Downfall

The Minister’s Downfall

From: Canada is Not Back

A rare insider’s perspective on the operation of the Trudeau cabinet and PMO. Describes Justin Trudeau’s relationship with Stephane Dion while Dion served as Minister of Foreign … 13 $1.30 Add
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The multipolar world
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The multipolar world

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter examines Libya’s collapse into civil war and jihadist takeover while the US shifted its focus to containing a rising China and Russia, whose growing independence signaled a new … 4 $0.40 Add
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The nationalization threat
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The nationalization threat

From: Targeting Libya

In this chapter, SNC-Lavalin’s corrupt ties to the Qadhafi family deepened just as Libya’s relations with Western oil companies and governments took a turn for the worse. In Libya … 9 $0.90 Add
The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing

Canadian journalist and political insider Dalton Camp left behind a powerful legacy, including books, essays, and newspaper columns on Canadian politics and public policy. To both celebrate his … 208 View
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The North American Deep Integration Agenda:

The North American Deep Integration Agenda:

A Critical Overview

From: Living with Uncle

Addresses the concept of deep integration—still largely unknown in the Canadian public arena—by addressing six questions:What is it? Where did it come from and where is it now? Where … 23 $2.30 Add
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The Petroleum Game: New Realities

The Petroleum Game: New Realities

From: Oil and World Politics

Discusses the patterns of Western military and economic interventions during the twenty-first century, and petroleum’s largely hidden role in world politics. US pressures have influenced … 26 $2.60 Add
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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