Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
17 January 2012
Politics
Architect of Conservatism: Leo Strauss
The political right takes much of its direction
from the theories of a man who escaped the
Holocaust and settled in the United States
Are Liberal Democracies Always Peaceful?
It is widely believed that liberal democracies are inherently peaceful; what is widely believed is not always true
Nations gather together to try to find collective solutions to problems that bother them all, but it’s usually only the biggest countries that have any real impact
Britain Gets a Coalition Government
An inconclusive election leads to a marriage
between the right-
and the centre-
Chinese Cyber Attack on Government Computers
There’s a war going on in cyberspace and the targets
are some of the most carefully guarded secret
information systems of governments
China’s Growing Military Muscle
Throughout the Cold War the United States worked
with its allies to contain the Soviet Union’s expansion;
it’s much the same today with regard to China
Eighteenth Century Plot to Overthrow British Government
The French Revolution of 1789-
passions of English people hoping for a
chance to wrest power from privileged elites
For Western powers trying to establish democracy
and freedom in Afghanistan the presidential
election was hugely embarrassing
Europe’s Last Dictator Holds Power by Violence
In the former Soviet republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko holds on to power through the brutal suppression of dissent and rigging elections
Fabian Society Think Tank Influences Policy
The inequalities of Victorian society prompted a group of progressive thinkers to start a group to press for change
Oil doesn’t just move the world’s economic
machinery it also lubricates the globe’s politics
Violent protests at international gatherings such
as the G20 meeting in Toronto in 2010 from
the Italian revolutionary Errico Malatesta
Sayyid Qutb and Muslim Extremism
As Egyptians struggle to throw off decades of
repression some fear the rise of Islamic extremism
The Secretive Bilderberg Council
If someone wanted to create and organization
to feed the imagination of conspiracy
theorists they would create The Bilderberg Council
Separation of Church and State
By a long-
There are signs that people, crippled by the
financial crisis, are beginning to take out their anger
on the elites, just as they did in the French Revolution
Sudan’s President Indicted for War Crimes
The International Criminal Court wants
Omar Hassan al-
he orchestrated atrocities in Darfur
Uighur Minority Unrest in China
The July 2009 outbreak of violence in China’s
westernmost province is just part of a long
history of a people’s struggle for independence
What Does a Failed State Look Like?
While there is no agreed global list of failed states,
however some are in such obviously
bad shape that nobody would argue about their inclusion