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Growing up in Athens, Greece, I always found myself at the cross roads of different cultures. My Canadian family and my British school often had different ideas than the Greek side of my family and surrounding environment. My upbringing,…
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With slowly intensifying conflicts brewing in the South China Sea, neighboring governments are constantly finding ways to defuse tensions not only between other countries, but also to calm the anxieties of their citizens. China continues to…
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The reelection of Turkey’s President Erdogan, falsely considered to be free, fair, and representative of the will of the majority of the Turkish population, has dire implications both domestic and foreign. Supporters of Erdogan suggest that…
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This past week we celebrated the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, commemorated every year on the first Saturday of July. Cooperatives’ success in sustainable development, wealth creation, and poverty alleviation give many…
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In a recent Macleans piece Scott Gilmore writes passionately and rigorously about “why Canada is not a country.” His concerns are echoed by many in the public sphere: that there is increasingly little culturally and institutionally that…
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When the historic Singapore summit on June 12th brought together North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump at a much-anticipated negotiating table, the eyes of the world didn’t know quite what to expect. For two leaders…
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Globalization is often understood in economic and political terms, where success is a measure of international connectivity and the reach of these relations. Despite the various analytics used to measure an organizations’ or individual's…
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Two Decades of Failure and Broken Promises: Chairman Kim Jong-Un proclaimed North Korea’s newfound nuclear status during his New Year's Speech of 2018, thus marking the failure of two decades of US policy towards non-proliferation.…
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March 29th marked the start of the one year countdown to Brexit day, when the United Kingdom is set to begin to withdraw from the European Union. The outcome of the referendum in 2016 was certainly unexpected, with many still struggling to…
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