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Sunday’s violent crackdowns on orderly dissent by Myanmar’s security forces, in which at least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded, mark the start of a rapid reversal of the country’s modest gains over the past five years.
They were also another example of how the international community’s shallow optimistic support of democratic transitions for newly minted leaders can be insufficient; and a reminder of how the limited tools that support international peace and security efforts require updating.
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Sundayâs violent crackdowns on orderly dissent by Myanmarâs security forces, in which at least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded, mark the start of a rapid reversal of the countryâs modest gains over the past five years.
They were also another example of how the international communityâs shallow optimistic support of democratic transitions for newly minted leaders can be insufficient; and a reminder of how the limited tools that support international peace and security efforts require updating.
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Writers’ Trust launches $60,000 prize for public-policy writing
The Writers’ Trust of Canada has launched a new $60,000 prize for public-policy writing as part of tech entrepreneur Jim Balsillie’s $3 million commitment to the non-profit. The prize and the endowment were announced by the Writers’ Trust today. The Balsillie Prize for Public Policy is now open for submissions, with finalists to be chosen by a jury of writers and experts.
According to an announcement made by the Writers’ Trust, The Balsillie Prize will be awarded to “a nonfiction book that advances and influences policy debates on social, political, economic, and/or cultural topics relevant to Canadians.” While Balsillie was not available to comment, he said in a statement, “My hope is that we can spur the commissioning of books that engage the general public and have potential to influence the work of the country’s top policymakers.”
Both could go through withdrawal symptoms in the new year.
Whatever else history will say about the outgoing president, he had a knack for scratching that uniquely Canadian itch for acknowledgment from south of the border, even if it often left a painful welt. South Park fans might call it the blame Canada doctrine: Trump branded the country a national-security threat, an existential danger to U.S. farmers and manufacturers and a place unworthy of U.S.-made pandemic protection.
He decried two-faced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a very dishonest and weak leader, and admitted to disliking former foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland, who he reportedly said hates America.
WASHINGTON, D.C. If Donald Trump has anything in common with Canada, it might be this: a shared craving for the attention of the American people that at times can border on the pathological. Both could go through withdrawal symptoms in the new year. Whatever else history will say about the outgoing president, he had […]