Politics & Current Affairs

Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy

“If you own a device and connect to a cellular service anywhere in the world, you’re trackable.” That’s the sobering assessment of Ronald J. Deibert, someone who knows whereof he speaks. As the founder and ... Read More »

February 5, 2025 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews, Science, Technology & Environment

Unwinnable Peace: Untold Stories of Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan

By Tim Martin

Three years after the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan, Canada’s lengthiest military engagement seems a distant memory, one almost unrecalled by most citizens, even those who can still name Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele as part of this ... Read More »

August 14, 2024 | Filed under: History, Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

Ukrainian Portraits: Diaries from the Border

By Marina Sonkina

Marina Sonkina In Ukrainian Portraits: Diaries from the Border, Marina Sonkina renders the impact of Russia’s attack on Ukraine in startling, intimate details: the toothless woman who spent her savings on a pair of dentures, ... Read More »

December 6, 2023 | Filed under: History, Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

Gendered Islamophobia: My Journey With a Scar(f)

By Monia Mazigh

There’s something about Monia Mazigh’s Gendered Islamophobia that is reminiscent of texts such as The Communist Manifesto and Witches, Midwives, and Nurses. These works – short and to the point – were intended by their ... Read More »

November 1, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs, Race & Ethnic Relations

Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself

By Rob Goodman

Every Canadian knows the analogy about living next door to the United States: “like sleeping with an elephant,” we are “affected by every twitch and grunt.” The analogy may be well-worn, but the challenge of ... Read More »

October 11, 2023 | Filed under: History, Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

Canada Alone: Navigating the Post-American World

By Kim Richard Nossal

October 11, 2023 | Filed under: History, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

★ Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places

By Christopher Pollon

In a disturbing case of the cure possibly proving as deadly as the disease, Christopher Pollon’s Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places provides an eloquent, clear-eyed warning that, absent a radical ... Read More »

October 11, 2023 | Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews, Science, Technology & Environment

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