Julian Snelling assesses the increasing presence of the Party in China’s “third realm,” aiming to comprehend the extent to which information dissemination constitutes not just top-down control but individual self-censorship.
Tag: China
The Hidden Costs of Cotton: Charting a Path Towards a More Sustainable Future
Cotton is one of the most contentious crops in the world due to its environmental and Human Rights implications. This article seeks to qualify the state of cotton’s negative impact in 2020 while demonstrating a path towards a more sustainable cotton industry.
A Harmonious Mirage?: Information Control in Modern China
In this article, Julian Snelling examines the tangible results of citizen calls for legal reform in China to assess the extent to which these successes are simply the consequence of a “propaganda as policy” governance framework.
Dragon Slayer: The Partial Foreign Policy of Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party
Upon Erin O’Toole’s election to lead Canada’s Conservatives, Arjun Singh examines the party’s foreign policy platform.
Military-Civil Fusion in China and the growth of the Belt and Road Initiative
Military Civil Fusion is a rarely talked about component of China’s foreign policy. Emilio analyzes the implications of MCF when conducted alongside the Belt and Road initiative.
Towards China’s Digital Industrialization: The Labour Dilemma
In this article, Mia Nguyen comments on the country’s hukou reform strategies that would stimulate internal migration across the country.
Does the Future Hold Nuclear Insecurity?
Emily Mullin analyzes the state of the world’s nuclear security seventy-five years after the detonation of the first atomic bomb
Will the Chinese Renminbi Replace the US Dollar as the International Currency?
The “rise of China” on the international stage is virtually an undisputed fact. Some even speak of China ‘eclipsing’ the United States as the preeminent world power. One element of this would likely involve the replacement of the U.S. dollar by the Renminbi as the international currency. But how likely is this scenario to play out? Lily Jia subjects this hypothesis to analytical rigour.
Euro-Caspian Energy Relations in the Post-COVID World
On 11 June 2020, Dr. Robert M. Cutler, Director of the Energy Security Program, spoke to a webinar “Energy Issues in the Post-Covid World”, organized by the Center for Analysis of International Relations, Baku, Azerbaijan. This is a transcript of his remarks.
2020 Vision: The Need to Expand the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves
2020 has been rough for Canada and for the world. In this article, Justin Dell argues that the emergence of multiple security contingencies across the globe this year, many of which pose a direct threat to Canadians, necessitates that policymakers significantly enlarge the Canadian Armed Forces reserves in order to ensure that Canadian military personnel are not stretched too thinly as they respond to an ever-growing list of emergencies.