International Relations & Development

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"The hottest of hot spots"
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"The hottest of hot spots"

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter looks at the period of the late 2000s, when Libya’s uneasy opening to foreign investment exacerbated internal political battles while SNC-Lavalin courted the Qadaffi sons with … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Human Security Agenda, 1997-2000

The Human Security Agenda, 1997-2000

From: Lloyd Axelworthy

In this chapter, Axworthy discusses Canada’s human security foreign policy from 1997 to 2000. 23 $2.30 Add
The Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific

New Strategies for Canadian Engagement with a Critical Region

The Indo-Pacific region is home to 60 percent of the world’s population and accounts for roughly 60 percent of global GDP. It should figure prominently in any discussion of … 231 View
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The Just Society and the Jamahiriya
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The Just Society and the Jamahiriya

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter explains how during the late 1960s Pierre Trudeau continued Canada’s longstanding pattern of backing corporate expansion and Cold War anti-communism abroad. In contrast, … 23 $2.30 Add
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“The largest energy project in the entire world”

“The largest energy project in the entire world”

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes reports about why the Harper Government would support this plan tieing their support to the oil sands and finds the government seemed anxious for China to support Canada’s resource … 12 $1.20 Add
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The legal challenge to the FIPA, part one

The legal challenge to the FIPA, part one

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

The public opposition to the China FIPA included thousands of people who took steps to support an effort by the Hupacasath First Nation, an aboriginal community on Vancouver Island in British … 11 $1.10 Add
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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