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Big Picture Realities:Canada and Mexico at the Crossroads
edited by Daniel Drache, fl. 1980 (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008), 309 page(s)
In the post-NAFTA era, Canada and Mexico face dramatic and irreversible changes from the Bush revolution in foreign public policy, the rising economic power of China and India, new concerns about border security and human rights, and the trends of economic integration. The essays in Big Picture Realities: Canada a...
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edited by Daniel Drache, fl. 1980 (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008), 309 page(s)
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In the post-NAFTA era, Canada and Mexico face dramatic and irreversible changes from the Bush revolution in foreign public policy, the rising economic power of China and India, new concerns about border security and human rights, and the trends of economic integration. The essays in Big Picture Realities: Canada and Mexico at the Crossroads address the sea change in the political economic order of North America and chronicle the attempts of Canad...
In the post-NAFTA era, Canada and Mexico face dramatic and irreversible changes from the Bush revolution in foreign public policy, the rising economic power of China and India, new concerns about border security and human rights, and the trends of economic integration. The essays in Big Picture Realities: Canada and Mexico at the Crossroads address the sea change in the political economic order of North America and chronicle the attempts of Canada and Mexico, two very different societies, to come to terms with the accumulated and often contradictory effects of micro and macro changes.Contributors are Canadian and Mexican scholars and leading authorities in security, immigration, human rights, foreign policy, Canada-Mexico relations, and market integration. This book is particularly valuable for public policy experts and scholars and students in international relations.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Daniel Drache, fl. 1980
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Human rights, International trade, International relations, Politics & Policy, Diplomacy
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Copyright © 2008 Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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Bloomberg Surveillance, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire
interview by Francine Lacqua, fl. 2000, in Bloomberg Surveillance (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2022), 20 mins
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua. France Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire tells Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua Macron played a key role in triggering Biden-Putin meeting but if diplomatic efforts won't work, sanctions remain available that would hit the Russian people, the...
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interview by Francine Lacqua, fl. 2000, in Bloomberg Surveillance (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2022), 20 mins
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua. France Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire tells Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua Macron played a key role in triggering Biden-Putin meeting but if diplomatic efforts won't work, sanctions remain available that would hit the Russian people, the Russian state, and Russian economic interests. Le Maire would not confirm if sanctions include energy. Says in the long term we must d...
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua. France Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire tells Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua Macron played a key role in triggering Biden-Putin meeting but if diplomatic efforts won't work, sanctions remain available that would hit the Russian people, the Russian state, and Russian economic interests. Le Maire would not confirm if sanctions include energy. Says in the long term we must draw from this crisis that Europe must be more independent as far as energy is concerned.
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Business & Economics
Content Type
Interview
Author / Creator
Francine Lacqua, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Bloomberg L. P.
Series
Bloomberg Surveillance
Person Discussed
Bruno Le Maire
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Copyright © 2022 Bloomberg
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Boko Haram: Black Terror in Africa
directed by Patrick Forestier; produced by CAT & Cie (Paris, Ile-de-France: Terranoa, 2016), 55 mins
Boko Haram is the most bloodthirsty terrorist group on the planet. Their objective: establish a Caliphate and impose sharia – Islamic law – in the heart of Africa. Since the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in a northern Nigerian school in April of 2014, the name Boko Haram has become globally notorious. Rape of...
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directed by Patrick Forestier; produced by CAT & Cie (Paris, Ile-de-France: Terranoa, 2016), 55 mins
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Boko Haram is the most bloodthirsty terrorist group on the planet. Their objective: establish a Caliphate and impose sharia – Islamic law – in the heart of Africa. Since the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in a northern Nigerian school in April of 2014, the name Boko Haram has become globally notorious. Rape of women and young girls, hold-ups, looting, massacres… In an attempt to understand who these terrorists are, how they operate, what ki...
Boko Haram is the most bloodthirsty terrorist group on the planet. Their objective: establish a Caliphate and impose sharia – Islamic law – in the heart of Africa. Since the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in a northern Nigerian school in April of 2014, the name Boko Haram has become globally notorious. Rape of women and young girls, hold-ups, looting, massacres… In an attempt to understand who these terrorists are, how they operate, what kind of a threat they represent to Africa and the rest of the world, we travelled to Nigeria and Cameroon, meeting former prisoners, repented jihadists and troops on the frontline.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
CAT & Cie
Author / Creator
Patrick Forestier
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Terranoa
Topic / Theme
Violence, Terrorism
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Film Platform
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Brazil: Memories of a Dirty War
directed by Rodrigo Vazquez (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
In 2012, President Dilma Rouseff created the Truth Commission to investigate human rights abuses committed by the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. Members of the security forces have been called to collaborate but only one has stepped forward: Claudio Guerra. In the 1970s, he was a key player i...
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directed by Rodrigo Vazquez (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
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In 2012, President Dilma Rouseff created the Truth Commission to investigate human rights abuses committed by the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. Members of the security forces have been called to collaborate but only one has stepped forward: Claudio Guerra. In the 1970s, he was a key player in Brazil's paramilitary repression. His shocking confession reveals how agents of a murderous regime tortured and killed Brazilians for...
In 2012, President Dilma Rouseff created the Truth Commission to investigate human rights abuses committed by the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. Members of the security forces have been called to collaborate but only one has stepped forward: Claudio Guerra. In the 1970s, he was a key player in Brazil's paramilitary repression. His shocking confession reveals how agents of a murderous regime tortured and killed Brazilians for almost 40 years.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Rodrigo Vazquez
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Java Films
Topic / Theme
Brazil Military Dictatorships (1964-1985), Crimes against humanity, Government, Armed forces, Brazil Military Dictatorships, 1964-1985, Sociology, History, Documentation of Crimes, Transitional Justice, Brazilians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2013 Java Films
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Burma Displaced
directed by Roland Wehap, fl. 2008; produced by Rowe Productions (Java Films, 2010), 1 hour
We hear the stories of the people who were able to flee Burma. They live as illegal workers in neighboring countries, in refugee camps in Bangladesh, as tourist attractions in Thailand. Burma only lives in their memories. We meet the Rap Group 'Myanmar Future Generation' who sing about Burma's tragic history. Thei...
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directed by Roland Wehap, fl. 2008; produced by Rowe Productions (Java Films, 2010), 1 hour
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We hear the stories of the people who were able to flee Burma. They live as illegal workers in neighboring countries, in refugee camps in Bangladesh, as tourist attractions in Thailand. Burma only lives in their memories. We meet the Rap Group 'Myanmar Future Generation' who sing about Burma's tragic history. Their common hope: a better life, a freed Burma.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rowe Productions, Howard Nightingall, fl. 2000
Author / Creator
Roland Wehap, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Java Films
Speaker / Narrator
Howard Nightingall, fl. 2000
Topic / Theme
Burma-Myanmar Conflict (1982-2008), Violence, Political dissidents, Saffron Revolution, Burma, August 15, 2007-September 2008, Sociology, History, Origins, Burmese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2012. Used by permission of Java Films
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Cambodia: The Betrayal
produced by David Munro, 1942- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 1 hour 8 mins
The world was horrified to learn of the holocaust which had taken place in Cambodia at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. This film exposes the hypocrisy of the Western nations which continue to support Pol Pot, despite the atrocities of his regime. Not only has Pol Pot been allowed to occupy Cambodia's sea...
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produced by David Munro, 1942- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 1 hour 8 mins
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The world was horrified to learn of the holocaust which had taken place in Cambodia at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. This film exposes the hypocrisy of the Western nations which continue to support Pol Pot, despite the atrocities of his regime. Not only has Pol Pot been allowed to occupy Cambodia's seat in the United Nations, but the Western nations have been secretly selling them weapons for use in their civil war. Despite the loss o...
The world was horrified to learn of the holocaust which had taken place in Cambodia at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. This film exposes the hypocrisy of the Western nations which continue to support Pol Pot, despite the atrocities of his regime. Not only has Pol Pot been allowed to occupy Cambodia's seat in the United Nations, but the Western nations have been secretly selling them weapons for use in their civil war. Despite the loss of a fifth of their population, the resilient Cambodians have made significant strides to rebuild their society. But they fear the threat of a second Holocaust. College Adult
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Munro, 1942-
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Cambodia Khmer Rouge Regime (1975-1979), History curriculums, Cambodian Holocaust, 1975-1979, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, International Response, Humanities, Cambodian, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1993. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Canada and the Middle East:In Theory and Practice
written by Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI); edited by Bessma Momani, fl. 2015 and Paul Heinbecker, 1941- (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007), 243 page(s)
Canada and the Middle East: In Theory and Practice provides a unique perspective on one of the world’s most geopolitically important regions. From the perspective of Canada’s diplomats, academics, and former policy practitioners involved in the region, the book offers an overview of Canada’s relationship wit...
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written by Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI); edited by Bessma Momani, fl. 2015 and Paul Heinbecker, 1941- (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007), 243 page(s)
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Canada and the Middle East: In Theory and Practice provides a unique perspective on one of the world’s most geopolitically important regions. From the perspective of Canada’s diplomats, academics, and former policy practitioners involved in the region, the book offers an overview of Canada’s relationship with the Middle East and the challenges Canada faces there. The contributors examine Canada’s efforts to promote its interests and value...
Canada and the Middle East: In Theory and Practice provides a unique perspective on one of the world’s most geopolitically important regions. From the perspective of Canada’s diplomats, academics, and former policy practitioners involved in the region, the book offers an overview of Canada’s relationship with the Middle East and the challenges Canada faces there. The contributors examine Canada’s efforts to promote its interests and values—peace building, peacekeeping, multiculturalism, and multilateralism, for example—and investigate the views of interested communities on Canada’s relations with countries of the Middle East.Canada and the Middle East will be useful to academics and students studying the Middle East, Canadian foreign policy, and international relations. It will also serve as a primer for Canadian companies investing in the Middle East and a helpful reference for Canada’s foreign service and journalists stationed abroad by providing a background to Canadas interestsand role in the region.Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Bessma Momani, fl. 2015, Paul Heinbecker, 1941-
Author / Creator
Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Peace processes, International trade, Diplomacy, International relations, Politics & Policy
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Copyright © 2007 Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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Challenged Hegemony: The United States, China, and Russia in the Persian Gulf
written by Katerina Oskarsson and Steve A. Yetiv (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 253 page(s)
Few issues in international affairs and energy security animate thinkers more than the classic topic of hegemony, and the case of the Persian Gulf presents particularly fertile ground for considering this concept. Since the 1970s, the region has undergone tumultuous changes, with dramatic shifts in the diplomatic,...
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written by Katerina Oskarsson and Steve A. Yetiv (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 253 page(s)
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Few issues in international affairs and energy security animate thinkers more than the classic topic of hegemony, and the case of the Persian Gulf presents particularly fertile ground for considering this concept. Since the 1970s, the region has undergone tumultuous changes, with dramatic shifts in the diplomatic, military, and economic roles of the United States, China, and Russia. In this book, Steve A. Yetiv and Katerina Oskarsson offer a pano...
Few issues in international affairs and energy security animate thinkers more than the classic topic of hegemony, and the case of the Persian Gulf presents particularly fertile ground for considering this concept. Since the 1970s, the region has undergone tumultuous changes, with dramatic shifts in the diplomatic, military, and economic roles of the United States, China, and Russia. In this book, Steve A. Yetiv and Katerina Oskarsson offer a panoramic study of hegemony and foreign powers in the Persian Gulf, offering the most comprehensive, data-driven portrait to date of their evolving relations.The authors argue that the United States has become hegemonic in the Persian Gulf, ultimately protecting oil security for the entire global economy. Through an analysis of official and unofficial diplomatic relations, trade statistics, military records, and more, they provide a detailed account of how U.S. hegemony and oil security have grown in tandem, as, simultaneously, China and Russia have increased their political and economic presence. The book sheds light on hegemony's complexities, and challenges and reveals how local variations in power will continue to shape the Persian Gulf in the future.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Katerina Oskarsson, Steve A. Yetiv
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Energy industry, International trade, Petroleum, Geography, Politics & Policy, Diplomacy
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Copyright © 2018 Stanford University Press
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Children Of War
produced by Henrik Lindemann and Eva Arnvig, A-Com Production and Hovsafilm (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008), 43 mins
When adults fight, children are the losers. They have neither mental nor physical strength to deal with the horrors of war. Finding headless bodies, limps and massacred people leaves scars never to be healed. This is the situation in Afghanistan
War trauma seriously affects the emotional and intellectual developm...
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produced by Henrik Lindemann and Eva Arnvig, A-Com Production and Hovsafilm (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008), 43 mins
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When adults fight, children are the losers. They have neither mental nor physical strength to deal with the horrors of war. Finding headless bodies, limps and massacred people leaves scars never to be healed. This is the situation in Afghanistan
War trauma seriously affects the emotional and intellectual development of children ruining their chances of growing up as balanced individuals. A capacity much needed in a country suffering from decade...
When adults fight, children are the losers. They have neither mental nor physical strength to deal with the horrors of war. Finding headless bodies, limps and massacred people leaves scars never to be healed. This is the situation in Afghanistan
War trauma seriously affects the emotional and intellectual development of children ruining their chances of growing up as balanced individuals. A capacity much needed in a country suffering from decades of war. Six million Afghan children are estimated to be steeped in crises. Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on the war. Compared to these amounts hardly anything is spent on the children. Experience shows that it is easy, cheap and feasible to help the minors and thus reducing the risk of them becoming future aggressors. This documentary pictures Afghan children, their life and background and some of the people deeply involved in helping children victimised by war.
The documentary has been researched since 2003 – shot in 2007 and 2008 in several locations in Afghanistan from Tora Bora to Kabul
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Henrik Lindemann, Eva Arnvig, A-Com Production, Hovsafilm, Julian Isherwood, Ellerton
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Nordic World
Speaker / Narrator
Julian Isherwood, Ellerton
Topic / Theme
Afghanistan Conflict (1980 -- ), War, Children, United States Intervention in Afghanistan, December 22, 2001-, History, Documentation of Crimes, Current Affairs, Afghans
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Nordic World.
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Chile: Hasta Cuando?
directed by David Bradbury, 1951- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987), 1 hour 19 mins
This is the story of a country racked with political repression and torture. The film flashes back to the violence of 1973 in which the country's military, backed by the U. S., overthrew the government of Salvadore Allende, replacing it with the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. It is the Pinochet governme...
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directed by David Bradbury, 1951- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987), 1 hour 19 mins
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This is the story of a country racked with political repression and torture. The film flashes back to the violence of 1973 in which the country's military, backed by the U. S., overthrew the government of Salvadore Allende, replacing it with the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. It is the Pinochet government's harsh, repressive measures that are recorded in this searing documentary. The film crew risked their lives to capture this story o...
This is the story of a country racked with political repression and torture. The film flashes back to the violence of 1973 in which the country's military, backed by the U. S., overthrew the government of Salvadore Allende, replacing it with the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. It is the Pinochet government's harsh, repressive measures that are recorded in this searing documentary. The film crew risked their lives to capture this story of indiscriminate arrests, military intimidation, brutal murders and disappearances, all taking place while Chile's elite enjoyed the good life. College Adult
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
David Bradbury, 1951-
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Salvador Allende, 1908-1973, Augusto Pinochet, 1915-2006
Topic / Theme
Chile - Pinochet Regime (1973-1990), History curriculums, Politics, Augusto Pinochet's Dictatorship, Chile, 1973-1990, Chile, Coup d'Etat, September 11, 1973, Politics & Policy, Documentation of Crimes, Humanities, Chileans
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Copyright © 1987. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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