International Relations & Development

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Economic Skirmishes and Pressures: Whose Oil Is It?

Economic Skirmishes and Pressures: Whose Oil Is It?

From: Oil and World Politics

Discusses economic pressures on oil-producing countries to conform to the Washington Consensus. Examines the use of the IMF, World Bank and regional development banks to promote neoliberalism, … 38 $3.80 Add
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Entrenchment and Retrenchment

Entrenchment and Retrenchment

From: Equal as Citizens

1980s. The re-election of Pierre Trudeau to the PM in 1980, constitutional reform (National Energy Policy and Charter of Rights0, The Canada/US Free Trade Agreement, the MacDonald Commission, 16 $1.60 Add
Exile

Exile

Rejecting America and Finding the World

Che Guevara left Argentina at 22. At 21, Belén Fernández left the U.S. and didn’t look back. Alone, far off the beaten path in places like Syria and Tajikistan, she reflects on … 160 View
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Faith in the Investment Canada Act

Faith in the Investment Canada Act

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

It is true that the FIPA has a carve-out for the Investment Canada Act. This carve-out lets the federal government block specific Chinese takeovers of Canadian companies. On the other hand, the … 9 $0.90 Add
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Farming and Agriculture, Local and Global

Farming and Agriculture, Local and Global

From: Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change

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Fewer Arms, Less Conflict

Fewer Arms, Less Conflict

From: Peacemakers

Examines how arms trade treaties are meant to create fewer arms and thus would lead to less conflict. 20 $2.00 Add
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Flirting with China

Flirting with China

From: Canada is Not Back

Provides background Trudeau’s relationship and experiences with China through his early life, his days as the Liberal leader and into his term as prime minister. Explores what is described … 14 $1.40 Add
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For-profit arbitrators instead of judges

For-profit arbitrators instead of judges

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

all of the decisions of investor-state arbitrators are open to doubt because of the absence of judicial safeguards: secure tenure, a set salary, an objective method of case assignment, and so on. … 9 $0.90 Add
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Foreword

Foreword

From: Canada is Not Back

Briefly explains the premise of the book and introduces the author’s background as a foreign policy advisor to the Trudeau Liberal campaign in 2015, and his transition to advisor to the new … 5 $0.50 Add
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Foreword
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Foreword

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter argues that Canada’s little analyzed role in the 20011 NATO-led war on Libya reveals a foreign policy that is driven by corporate interests and geopolitical advantage,despite … 3 $0.30 Add
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Foreword

From: Syria

In this foreword, Stone presents a critical account of U.S. intervention in the Middle East, arguing that deliberate destabilization of Syria, Iraq, and Libya produced sectarian violence and … 4 $0.40 Add
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The UN vs. Militarism

The UN vs. Militarism

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

This chapter looks at the obstacle that militarism presents to the UN. Most policies implimented by states are militaristic in nature. 10 $1.00 Add
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Global Conflicts, Tensions, and Risks

Global Conflicts, Tensions, and Risks

From: The Oppinionated Middle Ground

In this chapter, Cowan examines international security from the fourteenth century to 2022, connecting the historical campaign against piracy to modern counter-terrorism efforts. 80 $8.00 Add
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Globalism and the Nation-State

Globalism and the Nation-State

From: The Lost Massey Lectures

In this 1983 lecture, Kierans examines Canada’s economic vulnerability to American dominance and the tension between national sovereignty and multinational corporate power. 94 $9.40 Add
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Globalization and the end of an alternative
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Globalization and the end of an alternative

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter explores the neoliberal agenda of the 1990s and how Canadian military interests aligned with those of the US around the globe while SNC-Lavalin grew in influence. In Libya there were … 14 $1.40 Add
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Governance of the North American Arctic
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Governance of the North American Arctic

From: North America's Arctic Borders

This chapter assesses our understanding of globalization within the North American Arctic in light of larger geopolitical concepts of security and border management, including consideration of … ; 21 $2.10 Add