The Venezuelan Refugee Crisis: Consequences and Responses
As of today, approximately 4.8 million Venezuelans have fled the country in an attempt to seek refuge from the crisis — that is, about 16% of Venezuela’s total population.
Tag: Laurence Campanella
The Demise of Path Dependency: Pakistan’s Economy
In a system where profit is king, there is little material incentive to diversifying outside of industries wherein powerful stakeholders have interests.
Contemplating Contemporary Colonialism: Making sense of China’s Increasing Investment and Influence in Africa
While Europe has long been Africa’s biggest investor, China’s increasingly assertive investment portfolio over the last three decades has forcefully challenged the status quo.
Language as a Weapon of Imperialism: A Comparative Case Study Between Canada and Korea
Forcible assimilation is not a mechanism of national cohesion, it is a weapon of erasure.
The United States’ Use of Human Rights as a Bargaining Chip in its Trade War with China: Why Here? Why Now?
As the trade war rages on between China and the United States, President Donald Trump’s recent strategy of calling out the human rights abuses of President Xi Jinping’s administration comes as an interesting development.