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The passage of Bill 96 and the renewed sovereignty talk are about ensuring a crushing majority for François Legault in the October election
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Those with populist impulses make the point that the dignity and worth of each person does not depend on one’s position in the meritocratic hierarchy.
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Presented to the New England Political Science Association 2022 Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
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It is of little surprise that the French political party system would be among the first to collapse. France is extraordinarily divided in ways that its…
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Canadians clearly do not understand how the parliamentary system works. They do consider it undemocratic and believe that parts of it escape voters…
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As the COVID pandemic potentially ends, Canada and the United States are drifting apart, both politically and culturally.
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Graduates entering international affairs in the early 2020s have the opportunity to move beyond the repeated policy failures of the post-Cold War…
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The capacity of the Canadian state has eroded constantly for thirty years, and it has left the country’s institutions unable to deal with a global…
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Right-wing populism in Canada has changed. It used to be a libertarian response to Quebec nationalism. Now it is standing at the doors of Parliament…
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Australian republicans' problem is that their constitutional monarchy works well
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Canada’s continental integration approach to the United States no longer works. There needs to be a major rethinking of how to deal with the continent…
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Primarily a guide to the Foreign Service career for those considering applying
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