International Relations & Development

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The Disappeared

The Disappeared

From: The Two Michaels

In this chapter, Blanchfield and Osler Hampson recount the daily lives of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor during their detention in China from 2018 to 2021. ; 9 $0.90 Add
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The Dominican Republic, 1963

The Dominican Republic, 1963

From: Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy

In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine the 1963 military coup against elected President Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic and the 1965 US invasion that followed. ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Education of a Leader

The Education of a Leader

From: Canada is Not Back

Describes the early days of Trudeau as leader of the Liberal party focusing on his knowledge of and education in foreign affairs issues. Touches on the roles his key aids played in developing his … 15 $1.50 Add
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The End and the Beginning

The End and the Beginning

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses how Nazi collaborators and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists attempted to organize after the Soviet’s ocupation of Galicia. 16 $1.60 Add
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The Establishment of POW Camps in Canada and the Transfer of the Captured Afrika Corpsmen to Canada 1941-1942

The Establishment of POW Camps in Canada and the Transfer of the Captured Afrika Corpsmen to Canada 1941-1942

From: Hanged in Medicine Hat

In this chapter, Greenfield traces how Canada accepted captured German Afrika Corpsmen between 1941 and 1942, following the North African campaigns. He describes Private August Plaszek’s … 9 $0.90 Add
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The explosion of foreign investor lawsuits

The explosion of foreign investor lawsuits

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

overview of the history of foreign investor lawsuits and how FIPA has accelerated them 9 $0.90 Add
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The FIPA and the courts

The FIPA and the courts

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

This example shows how investor-state arbitrators can review a country’s highest courts, and order its people to pay for whatever the arbitrators order as a protection for foreign … 14 $1.40 Add
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The FIPA media blitz

The FIPA media blitz

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes the media’s poorly informed spin on the FIPA and how this fueled government led propaganda 11 $1.10 Add
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The First Steps

The First Steps

From: Canada is Not Back

The 2015 federal election and the immediate effect of Trudeau’s victory Canada’s international reputation and standing. 8 $0.80 Add
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The First U.S. Regime Change in Syria—The Early Cold War
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The First U.S. Regime Change in Syria—The Early Cold War

From: Syria

In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik trace the U.S. covert interference in Syria from the Truman administration through the early Cold War, beginning with the 1949 CIA-engineered coup against … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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The Future of the World

The Future of the World

From: The Third Man

In this chapter, Thompson traces the military and diplomatic manoeuvres of late 1942 and early 1943, when Mackenzie King and Franklin Roosevelt shaped Allied visions for the post-war world. 30 $3.00 Add
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The Geopolitical Context

The Geopolitical Context

From: The Indo-Pacific

In this chapter, Burney and Hampson examine Canada’s geopolitical positioning in the 2020s. 13 $1.30 Add
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The Ghost of Дід Хом’як and the Krakivski Visti

The Ghost of Дід Хом’як and the Krakivski Visti

From: Family Ties

This chapter examines Chrystia Freeland’s role as Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs and her focus on Ukrainian relations. 9 $0.90 Add
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The government’s spin, part one

The government’s spin, part one

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

How did the Harper Government spin the FIPA? It would take another book to count all the ways. I discuss four examples in the next few chapters. The first example is the prime minister’s … 11 $1.10 Add
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The government’s spin, part three

The government’s spin, part three

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

My last example of the government’s misleading responses to concerns about the FIPA comes from the legal challenge brought by the Hupacasath First Nation. 11 $1.10 Add
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The government’s spin, part two

The government’s spin, part two

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Despite the Conservatives’ efforts to limit debate, other politicians were able to use the process at the House of Commons trade committee, and elsewhere in Parliament, to put important … 9 $0.90 Add