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Rethinking Canada’s India Problem

Rethinking Canada’s India Problem

At the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China the rituals of diplomacy were as choreographed as ever: handshakes,...

09.09.2025 2

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Narendra Pachkhédé

Syria’s first post-Assad election: a pivotal moment for internal and regional stability

Syria’s first post-Assad election: a pivotal moment for internal and regional stability

An election taking place halfway across the world will have serious consequences, not only for the 100,000 Syrians resettled in Canada who have...

08.09.2025 1

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Susan Korah

Responding to the cascading and deadly impacts of glacial melting

Responding to the cascading and deadly impacts of glacial melting

Today, the fragile mountains in India’s Himalayan region are virtually crumbling under the impact of escalating ecological disasters. A rapidly...

08.09.2025 1

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Seema Sengupta

What Aristophanes’ The Clouds Can Teach Canada About Post-Truth Politics

What Aristophanes’ The Clouds Can Teach Canada About Post-Truth Politics

In Aristophanes’ play The Clouds, two characters, Just Speech and Unjust Speech, stage a debate over the meaning of justice. Just Speech insists...

02.09.2025 1

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Rimsha Sayyed

Unwinnable Peace: Untold Stories of Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan, by Tim Martin, Tidewater Press, 2024

I’m certain that every war is a blast furnace and Tim Martin’s latest book, Unwinnable Peace packs a powerful punch that ought to be required...

22.08.2025 1

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Catherine Lang

Time to Revive the Team Canada Trade Missions

When I served as Minister of International Trade, my stakeholders were overwhelmingly Canadian business owners who were involved in the importing...

15.08.2025 1

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Sergio Marchi

Canada Should Care About Bangladesh’s Democratic Revolution

One year ago, the streets of Bangladesh erupted. Not in a coup, not in a civil war, but in a peaceful, people-powered revolution. Young people...

15.08.2025 2

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Washim Ahmed