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How are current economic crises testing #China's authoritarian system?

Delighted to host Ho-fung Hung - On the Frontlines of Democracy

October 21
7:00-8:30pm
TPL, 789 Yonge Street

Register: tinyurl.com/ho-fung-hung

@torontomet.bsky.social

#US #democracy #autocracy #GlobalEconomy
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Happy Diwali!
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As George Kennan once said about China in early Cold War debates: ‘how could you lose a country you do not possess?’

Reference: @edwardluce.bsky.social in ZBig, his biography of Brzezinski.

#India #China #Russia #US
September 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A very quiet Canada Day 2025 for us - just what we really needed
July 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
One year ago
May 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Inequality, oligarchy, a backlash against migrants.

What explains their rise in many democracies? What can be done to change course?

Delighted to host @brankomilan.bsky.social this week--On the Frontlines of Democracy.

Register: tinyurl.com/TPLMilanovi

Co-sponsors: @torontomet.bsky.social & TPL
April 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
April 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Canadians are much less polarized than many believe, surveys show.

A ⁦‪#DXC summit‬⁩ panel with ⁦‪Shachi Kurl‬⁩, Andrew Parkin ⁦‪and Madalina Botan.
April 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Packed house at ⁦‪the TPL‬⁩ to hear ⁦‪Nahlah Ayad ‬⁩CBC Ideas in conversation with ⁦‪Timothy Snyder‬⁩ on the meaning of freedom.

A ⁦‪DXC summit‬⁩ keynote.
April 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If you are looking for inspiration on how Canada might chart a progressive foreign policy now, and revitalize its political parties and democratic governance, Lloyd Axworthy’s memoir is a good place to start.
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
February 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
India feared China and Russia growing close after the invasion of Ukraine.

Now Chinese anxiety about the US supporting Russia, leading it to abstain.
February 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A good week to be teaching Juan Linz and Al Stepan, among others, on democracy, authoritarianism and sultanistic regimes.
January 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Democracy is risky. The promise is freedom to rule ourselves. Yet we fear the unruly.

What if anarchy is the nursery of democracy?

Look forward to engaging @annenortonnow.bsky.social
--On the Frontlines of Democracy.

Register: tinyurl.com/AnneNortonTPL

Co-sponsors: @torontomet.bsky.social & TPL
January 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Many special moments in a tough year for so many. But this moment remains especially vivid.

To more learning and discovery, time with family and friends, and striving to make the world better in 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I remember meeting Manmohan Singh in 1998. Gentle, analytically incisive, politically evasive. “What do economists in Cambridge think about the Asian financial crisis?” he inquired when I asked about high Congress politics.

A remarkable life of a great Nehruvian who changed India in decisive ways.
December 27, 2024 at 3:31 PM
December 25, 2024 at 2:14 PM
David Brown Milne, Clouds Coming Over.

The @globe captures the mood. Hope it’s forecast for clear weather eventually is right.

#2025
December 24, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I always wondered if Chystia Freeland would ever resign, and on what grounds.

The moment has come.

#cdnpoli #Liberals
December 16, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Brooklyn turned 4. Still acts like she is 1. Brings a lot of love into our life every day - and a little bit of mischief and chaos.
December 14, 2024 at 2:50 PM