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The More Things Change (Don't believe the armchair strategists. It's still a Bipolar World.)
Too many current governments have subscribed to the belief that we have slipped into a multipolar world where the old order no longer...
Mark Chin
4 days ago9 min read
Now for the Hard Part: Mark Carney's Improbable Victory
In 2019 (a time that seems in retrospect as far removed from the present as the dinosaur age) an official prominent within certain...
Mark Chin
May 512 min read
Moving Fast & Breaking Things
The news cycle can’t catch a break these days. The New Normal is that Donald Trump has put us all into a constant 24/7 treadmill fuelled...
Mark Chin
Apr 179 min read
I Will Survive: Fear & Loathing Across the Border
A popular song (2 million plus views as of this writing on YouTube) is a clever take on the classic “I Will Survive” by American Gloria...
Mark Chin
Apr 76 min read
The New Rules of War
Donald Trump may indeed regard “tariff “as the “most beautiful word in the dictionary,” but his exuberance for it reflects a broader...
Mark Chin
Apr 110 min read
A Multipolar Myth
One of the most persistent arguments put forward by politicians, diplomats, and observers of international politics is that the world is...
Mark Chin
Mar 249 min read
Mark Carney's Run: The Prime Minister (?) from Brookfield
It’s human nature to look for saviors, especially when circumstances are difficult, solutions not easily available and viable options...
Mark Chin
Mar 37 min read
Trumped! (The Trade War Begins)
Voters like to complain that politicians either forget their promises upon election or water them down due “to unforeseen circumstances”...
Mark Chin
Feb 36 min read
We All Live in Trump's World Now (Inauguration Day, 2025)
The incoming US president Donald Trump generates torrents of diplomatic angst with seemingly outlandish statements about Canada becoming...
Mark Chin
Jan 199 min read
Ukraine 2025: Ending the Forever War
What will Trump 2.0 look like? From Brussels to Beijing, Moscow and Singapore, the whole political world seems trapped in amber and...
Mark Chin
Dec 30, 202414 min read
To Seek a Newer World: Time to escape from political nostalgia in an era many of us pretend to understand but few of us truly do.
"The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs; the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer...
Mark Chin
Nov 25, 20246 min read
Into the Sunset: Joe Biden's Journey
One thing jumped out at me when reflecting upon the extraordinary decision of Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race: we will all...
Mark Chin
Nov 18, 20247 min read
The Countdown Begins: (US Election 2024)
We have days before the most consequential American presidential election since the last one and a nervous calm has fallen over the...
Mark Chin
Nov 4, 20246 min read
The Return of the King: Donald Trump Redux
With just days to go until the U.S. 2024 presidential election, former President Donald Trump appears well positioned to reclaim the...
Mark Chin
Oct 28, 20247 min read
The Message, Not the Messenger...
American presidential elections are likened to marathons for good reason. The first caucus and primary elections for the respective...
Mark Chin
Sep 9, 202412 min read
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