Tag: year in review
Maximilian C. Forte , December 31st, 2019
Annual Review of 2019: The State of the Empire at the End of a Decade This year marks the end of the second decade of the 21st-century, and…
Review of 2018, Part 4 (October–December): Nationalism, Deglobalization, plus the US exit from Syria
Maximilian C. Forte , December 23rd, 2018
OCTOBER Where US–Canada relations were concerned, as well as Trump’s trade strategy, NAFTA was the leading event opening the month of October. The US–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) On Monday,…
Maximilian C. Forte , December 22nd, 2018
JULY June was a month so heavily saturated with key turning point events, that it seemed like the longest month of the year—but then July came. Already, on…
Maximilian C. Forte , December 21st, 2018
APRIL The Trade War Begins? April continued many of the same themes from March, beginning with the apparent start of a trade war between China and the US…
Maximilian C. Forte , December 21st, 2018
In memory of James Laxer, n. December 22, 1941, d. February 23, 2018, prolific author, and an inspiration to all Canadian academics to think for ourselves. JANUARY A…
Maximilian C. Forte , December 21st, 2018
Numbering 100 printed pages, at about 50,000 words, the thickest review of 2018 is about to be published here in four parts over the next few days. A…
Maximilian Forte , December 31st, 2014
This year has seen an almost frenzied escalation of US intervention around the globe, ranging from the determined provocations and threats against Russia and backing a coup in…