Political scientist Janice Stein is one of Canada's - and the world's - foremost authorities on global affairs. Each week on the Disrupting the Global Order, Stein leads a conversation with an author about an ideology, event or issue that affects our opinions and perspective - or could have a significant impact on world order.
Foreign and domestic policy in the United States seem to have melted
down.
The President’s major domestic policy initiative – repeal and replace
Obamacare – has failed. Infighting inside the White House is especially
open and vicious.
Abroad, President Trump has upset almost all of...
Published 08/07/17
Digital technologies and platforms are connecting people across space and time in new and disruptive ways.
Amazon is the world’s largest shopping platform. We buy books, clothes, shoes, and shortly groceries on the Amazon platform, and we do it with this powerful computer that we hold in our...
Published 07/31/17
The Middle East is now principally an exporter of conflict to the rest of the world. It has lost its strategic position in world oil markets as the US has become a global exporter of oil.
The world is also moving rapidly to develop renewable energy. Although that will take decades, Crown Prince...
Published 07/24/17