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There’s a new front in the US-China trade and tech war: Aarshi Tirkey in ORF

As Washington and Beijing try to push for an economic and technological decoupling, laws and regulations will be used to serve national security...

 

November 5, 2020 at 8:17 pm read more

‘ASEAN centrality’ and the emerging great power competition: K. Yhome for the Observer Research Foundation

Southeast Asia is at the centre of a growing international competition, in which evolving power rivalry and the implications thereof begin to cast...

 

November 2, 2020 at 9:18 pm read more

Pakistan - Shaking legs cause political quake: Sushant Sareen for the Observer Research Foundation

A moment of tension between Pakistan and India was alleviated thanks to the apprehension of Pakistani officials and politicians who feared an escalation...

 

November 2, 2020 at 3:25 pm read more

The new nuclear arms race that wasn't: James Fergusson for Inside Policy

Despite the idealistic hopes and fears of arms control advocates, arms agreements are a product of the political environment of the time. Politics...

 

November 1, 2020 at 8:28 pm read more

Please no more broken promises to Indigenous peoples: Ken Coates for Inside Policy

Instead, superficial promises by the government are sure to result in disappointment and dissatisfaction among Indigenous peoples who deserve far better from the...

 

October 30, 2020 at 6:46 pm read more

The Forgotten Lessons of Louis St-Laurent’s Leadership: Patrice Dutil for Inside Policy

The St-Laurent government's leadership modernized the idea of Canada in its support of new programs and international relations, writes Patrice Dutil. By Patrice...

 

October 29, 2020 at 4:01 pm read more

The rising prominence of Vietnam for the Indo-Pacific: Pratnashree Basu for the Observer Research Foundation

Located at the heart of Southeast Asia, facing the South China Sea and ringed by the Southeast Asian nations, Vietnam occupies an important...

 

October 26, 2020 at 5:44 pm read more

State-Sponsored Hostage-Taking and Forced Confessions Unmask the CCP’s True Nature: J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy

In this kind of environment, any foreign national in China is at potential risk of being disappeared, accused, and paraded on state-run media,...

 

October 15, 2020 at 11:49 pm read more

Canada’s divorce from liberal internationalism: Joshua Walsh for Inside Policy

Canada needs a renewed commitment to multilateralism entrenched in a more focused cooperation with our allies, writes Joshua Walsh. By Joshua Walsh, October...

 

October 9, 2020 at 7:12 pm read more

Inside Policy: The Struggle for Democracy

OTTAWA, ON (September 30, 2020): MLI is devoting our latest issue of Inside Policy to discussing the fight for democracy around the world and how...

 

September 30, 2020 at 5:08 pm read more
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  • Connecting After COVID: How Canada and its allies can partner on infrastructure and trade in the Indo-Pacific

    January 27, 2021 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST

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  • Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

    Elliot Tepper, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Multimedia, Recent News

     MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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  • Build health care back better: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Health, In the Media, Latest News, Philip Cross, Recent News

    Patient care and not phoney bureaucratic metrics or political grandstanding about equality has to be the focus for everyone, writes Philip Cross in...

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  • The Liberals went hostile against Big Pharma. Now we’re facing vaccine shortages: Tasha Kheiriddin in the National Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Health, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    Europeans will wait just one week for their Pfizer shipments to return to normal levels, while Canadians will wait for four weeks, writes...

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  • New legislative proposal to combat global hostage-taking

    Foreign Affairs, Justice, Justice - papers, Latest News, Papers, Press Releases, Recent News, Sarah Teich, Security and defence - papers

    OTTAWA, ON (January 21, 2021): Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have languished as hostages in China’s brutal prisons for over two years. And...

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  • The yellow badge of Canadian courage: William Watson in the Financial Post

    Columns, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    For Canadian politicians no profiles in courage are involved in slamming the departing bully Trump. What’s in play instead are easy political points,...

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Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

 MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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