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MLI launches DisinfoWatch project led by Marcus Kolga

OTTAWA, ON (September 24, 2020): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to launch a new foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform, DisinfoWatch.org, with a specific focus on COVID-19....

Taiwan - Between the Extremes of War and Abandonment: New MLI Commentary by J. Michael Cole

OTTAWA, ON (September 24, 2020): With China engaging in increasingly aggressive action and rhetoric against Taiwan, and with a major US election on...

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    Where We Go From Here: Indigenous prosperity at a crossroads

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MLI's DisinfoWatch.org project tracks and analyzes foreign disinformation narratives.

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Excellent initiative led by @kolga, one of the foremost experts on #disinfo not only in #Canada but in the larger #Transatlantic community, with great partners like @cepa @HJS_Org @_EuropeanValues @MIGSinstitute @EUvsDisinfo @STRATCOMCOE @jhrnews @freeworldforum #cdnfp #COVID19 twitter.com/mlinstitute/st…

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#ICYMI - MLI is hosting a webinar next week which will discuss what the next steps look like in terms of Indigenous engagement in Canada's energy economy. #cdnpoli #cdnecon #abpoli Register for the event now: macdonaldlaurier.ca/event/go-…

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Very excited to launch this new project to monitor and expose COVID related and other foreign disinformation targeting Canada and our allies. twitter.com/MLInstitute/st…

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To learn more about DisinfoWatch, check out the full site here: disinfowatch.org

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NEW: MLI is pleased to launch a new foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform with a specific focus on #COVID19. Led by @kolga, the site will track and analyze foreign disinformation narratives. #cdnpoli #cdnfp macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-launc…

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China Ends ‘Median Line’ in the Taiwan Strait: The Start of a Crisis? J. Michael Cole in the National Interest

Without a doubt, we have entered the most dangerous phase in cross-Strait relations since 2003-2004, if not the Taiwan Strait Missile Crisis of...

COVID-19 perfectly illustrates progressives’ ambition to remake our society: Brian Lee Crowley in the Globe and Mail

The circumstances we now face thanks to COVID-19 have laid bare the ambitions that progressives harbour, ambitions that would see them as the...

Lack of innovation is crippling Maritime recovery: Philip Cross in the Telegraph Journal

Implementing changes to bolster a more entrepreneurial culture will take time, but less than the decades already wasted on government efforts to boost...

After Abe: Can an old hand steer Japan through stormy seas? Jonathan Berkshire Miller in the Globe and Mail

With a new captain at the helm, Japan faces daunting economic and security headwinds. But the world needs the principled, balanced and pragmatic...

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Webinar Panel Video: Know Thy Enemy – Understanding the threat posed by Russia and China in the post-COVID era

Despite decades of trying to bring China and Russia into the world as legitimate partners, both countries have sought to take advantage of...

Ep. 53 - Greek-Turkish Tensions in the Mediterranean with Balkan Devlen and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 53 - Greek-Turkish Tensions in the Mediterranean with Balkan Devlen and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou In the latest...

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Speaking for Ourselves - Kaveh Shahrooz on Tonight with Jamil Jivani

Senior Fellow Kaveh Shahrooz joined MLI's newest Senior Fellow Jamil Jivani on Tonight with Jamil Jivani to discuss Shahrooz's work as a human...

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MLI launches DisinfoWatch project led by Marcus Kolga

OTTAWA, ON (September 24, 2020): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to launch a new foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform, DisinfoWatch.org, with a specific focus on COVID-19....

Taiwan - Between the Extremes of War and Abandonment: New MLI Commentary by J. Michael Cole

OTTAWA, ON (September 24, 2020): With China engaging in increasingly aggressive action and rhetoric against Taiwan, and with a major US election on...

New book by MLI Managing Director Dr. Brian Lee Crowley: Gardeners vs. Designers – Understanding the Great Fault Line in Canadian Politics

OTTAWA, ON (September 23, 2020): In the new book Gardeners vs Designers, MLI managing director Brian Lee Crowley swims against the “progressive” zeitgeist that claims...

Experts Call for Multilateral Co-ordination in Response to Hong Kong Crisis in High-Profile Global Webinar

OTTAWA, LONDON, TORONTO, WASHINGTON, BERLIN, BRUSSELS (September 22, 2020): The last Governor of Hong Kong, Lord Patten of Barnes, today led calls for a...

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