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Canada – from International Wannabe to Serious Citizen

Canada needs to turn to local action in order to address global challenges. Doing so will make a better contribution to a tumultuous world than would international busy-ness. "This is what happens when you think you are an island in an intermestic world", says author...

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Why populism is a threat to democracy

Populism is as much a right-wing as it is a left-wing phenomenon, because it is not built on a politics but on identity: "There is us, and there is them, and they can never become us, nor do we want them to." Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez In partnership with...

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Wrestling with the forces of aid populism in Canada and beyond

Challenging populism in foreign aid: a post-election agenda for Canada? In partnership with SAGE Publications, one article of key significance from every new issue of International Journal is chosen to be featured in the IJ Spotlight Series. The unabridged version of...

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Foreign Affairs Should Not Be Debated Through Partisan Lenses

Justin Massie argues that party leaders should remove partisanship from the discussion of foreign affairs. In partnership with SAGE Publications, one article of key significance from every new issue of International Journal is chosen to be featured in the IJ Spotlight...

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Book Review of “Canada is Not Back”

Bob Publicover provides a review of “Canada is Not Back”(2019) by Jocelyn Coulon Book Review “Canada is Not Back” Jocelyn Coulon: James Lorimer & Company, Toronto, 2019. $24.95 softcover. The day I spent slogging through Jocelyn Coulon’s recent book on the current...

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Purpose and then Profit: Should Huawei consider an IPO?

A Huawei IPO: One Small Step for Founder Ren but one giant step forward for reform In partnership with SAGE Publications, one article of key significance from every new issue of International Journal is chosen to be featured in the IJ Spotlight Series. The unabridged...

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