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The Measurement of the Earth Through Time
The year 1957 marks an important milestone in the development history of geodesy: The launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 virtually...
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Meteors, meteorites and the Chelyabinsk superbolide: main facts
Chelyabinsk is the eighth most populated city in Russia, with approximately 1,170,000 people. It is the capital of the Southern Urals, an important...
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The Third Wave: The International Financial Crisis and Refugees
This chapter examines the third wave of nativist populism in the post-war era, which began to brew in the wake of the International Financial Crisis...
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Brexit
Brexit is the greatest act of self-harm any nation has committed in living memory. It will also weaken the EU, complicate efforts by the US to...
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Barack Obama, the Idealistic Realist, 2009–2017, Part II: Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Global Problems
Barack Obama entered the White House intending to emulate the more realistic foreign policy philosophy of the first President Bush without abandoning...
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Canada’s Global Trade Options—Is There a Plan B?
This chapter argues that Canada’s trade diversification agenda provides Canadian traders with greater access and investment certainty in new markets...
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The Energy Narratives: Fossil Fuels Versus Renewables
This chapter summarizes the competing narratives for and against the use of fossil and renewable energy resources and technologies. The chapter...
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Right-Wing Terrorism. Still an Underestimated Threat
A famous old Chinese proverb, attributed to the war theorist Sun TzuSun Tzu , states: “Kill one, terrify 10,000.” A modern terrorist would even say...
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Burying Sheila Cassidy
Chico awakens to the whirr of crow wings flapped once in a glide, black shadows circling on blacker gravel. Rising stiffly on one elbow, he turns to...
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Trump the Ordinary Republican
As a purported outsider, disruptor, nationalist, populist and insurgent, Trump promised dramatic change. This chapter demonstrates that he has not...
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Systeminteressen
Die Figur des Immunsystems hat ihre Grenzen. Sie ist zwar mehr als nur eine Metapher, doch ihre Übertragung von organischen auf soziale Zusammenhänge...
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Conclusion
In this concluding chapter we draw on the evidence from the previous chapters to evaluate the future of the Canada–US relationship. Chapters in this...
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Upsetting the Apple Cart? Implications of the NAFTA Re-Negotiations for Canada–US Relations
The election of U.S. President Trump and his administration’s belligerent approach to his trading partners has destabilized the Canada—U.S....
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Canada’s International Environmental Policy: Trudeau’s Trifecta of Challenges
The Trudeau government currently confronts a complex bundle of challenges as it seeks to follow through on an ambitious and activist international...
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Drug Policy and Canada–US Relations: The Evidence and Its (Ir)relevance
The production, sale and consumption of cannabis are being fully legalized in Canada. In the United States, while much of the population lives in...
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Trump’s Electoral Politics
Trump’s primary and presidential election victories were by any measure extraordinary and unexpected. But despite much talk of a populist uprising,...
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Lessons of the Crisis for Eurozone Reform
The euro crisis provides a wealth of lessons that should not be ignored. Financial stability was grossly neglected before the crisis. Completing the...
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Trump and Congress
Trump did not manage to convince the 115th Congress to adopt his radical agenda. He has not taken over the party or won the influence to impose his...
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Trade
The failure to conclude a US-EU free trade deal was a strategic error. The environment in Europe was never going to be easy; the US and the EU...
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Two Film Festivals: San Sebastián, Guadalajara; Two Institutions: Cineteca, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
This opening chapter on film explores the industrial context: two festivals (the first a “bridge” between Spain and Latin America, the second the...